St Michaels House Special School
Willie Nolan Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 · D13 W9R0 · Roll number 18210K
St Michaels House Special School is one of 5 special schools in or within 3 km of Baldoyle. Every school in and around Baldoyle →
What stands out about St Michaels House Special School
- 56 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 16 girls and 40 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is St Michael's House; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels House Special School had 56 pupils in 2025/26, against 53 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 29% of them. Its largest roll was 58, in 2022/23. 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 St Michaels House Special School
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 St Michaels House Special School 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 St Michaels House Special School
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 St Michaels House Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Michaels House Special School 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: St Michaels House Special School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Baldoyle together changed by +6%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St Michaels House Special School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 2 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 2.3 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 6.4 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 10 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 19 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km |
Living in Baldoyle
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Homes in the D13 Eircode area
Housing in Baldoyle →The median sale price rose from €476,000 in 2023 to €550,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D13 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Baldoyle
Cost of living in Baldoyle →New tenancies in Baldoyle averaged €2,114 a month in 2025, against €2,067 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Baldoyle, D13 W9R0
Special schools near St Michaels House Special School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Michaels House Special School
Is St Michaels House Special School 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 St Michaels House Special School have?
56 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels House Special School teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels House Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels House Special School?
St Michaels House Special School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is St Michael's House.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels House Special School?
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 St Michaels House Special School?
The nearest are ABACAS Kilbarrack (2.3 km), St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield (2.5 km) and Belmayne Community Special School (2.6 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 Baldoyle; 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).