St Ciarans Spec Sch
ST CANICES RD, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN 11 · D11 VK64 · Roll number 19325J
St Ciarans Spec Sch is one of 16 special schools in or within 3 km of Ballygall. Every school in and around Ballygall →
What stands out about St Ciarans Spec Sch
- One of the larger special schools: 140 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 16 special schools around Ballygall.
- 52 girls and 88 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Ciarans Spec Sch had 140 pupils in 2025/26, against 139 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 37% of them. Its largest roll was 144, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 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 Ciarans Spec Sch
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 Ciarans Spec Sch 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 Ciarans Spec Sch
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 Ciarans Spec Sch
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Ciarans Spec Sch 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 Ciarans Spec Sch is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Ballygall together changed by +2%.
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.
St Ciarans Spec Sch has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 3.4 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.5 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km |
Living in Ballygall
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Homes in the D11 Eircode area
Housing in Ballygall →The median sale price rose from €310,200 in 2023 to €353,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D11 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballygall
Cost of living in Ballygall →New tenancies in Ballygall averaged €1,934 a month in 2025, against €1,821 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballygall, D11 VK64
Special schools near St Ciarans Spec Sch
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Ciarans Spec Sch
Is St Ciarans Spec Sch 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 Ciarans Spec Sch have?
140 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does St Ciarans Spec Sch teach through Irish?
No: St Ciarans Spec Sch teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Ciarans Spec Sch?
St Ciarans Spec Sch has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Ciarans Spec Sch?
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 Ciarans Spec Sch?
The nearest are St Michaels Hse Spec Sc (0.6 km), St Josephs for Blind N.S. (2.3 km) and Casa Caterina S S (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 Ballygall; 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).