Casa Caterina S S
Rathoath Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 · D07 YY30 · Roll number 19409P
Casa Caterina S S is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of Ashtown. Every school in and around Ashtown →
What stands out about Casa Caterina S S
- A small special school: 31 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−6%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 1 girls and 30 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Casa Caterina S S had 31 pupils in 2025/26, down from 35 in 2015/16 (−11%). Girls are 3% of them. Its largest roll was 35, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Casa Caterina S S
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Casa Caterina S S is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Casa Caterina S S
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Casa Caterina S S
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Casa Caterina S S follow a professional report on the child’s needs; the National Council for Special Education’s local special educational needs organiser helps families apply.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
Places in special classes and special schools are allocated with the National Council for Special Education.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Casa Caterina S S has shrunk by 6% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ashtown together changed by +5%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest special schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest special schools, 4 have more pupils than Casa Caterina S S. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −6%; 4 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | ||
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 6 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 10 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 18 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km |
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Renting in Ashtown
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Location
Directions ↗Ashtown, D07 YY30
Special schools near Casa Caterina S S
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Casa Caterina S S
Is Casa Caterina S S a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Casa Caterina S S have?
31 pupils in 2025/26. That is −6% since 2019/20.
Does Casa Caterina S S teach through Irish?
No: Casa Caterina S S teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Casa Caterina S S?
Casa Caterina S S has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Casa Caterina S S?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Casa Caterina S S?
The nearest are Holy Family School for the Deaf (0.8 km), St Vincents Home NS (1.2 km) and Phoenix Park Specialist School (1.4 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Ashtown; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).