St Pauls Hospital Special School
Coolgreena Road, Beaumont, Dublin 9 · D09 VY30 · Roll number 19316I
St Pauls Hospital Special School is one of 13 special schools in or within 3 km of Beaumont. Every school in and around Beaumont →
What stands out about St Pauls Hospital Special School
- 54 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.
- 13 girls and 41 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 Pauls Hospital Special School had 54 pupils in 2025/26, against 54 in 2015/16 (+0%). Girls are 24% of them. Its roll rose in 1 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 Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital Special School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Beaumont together changed by +1%.
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, 3 have more pupils than St Pauls Hospital Special School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 1 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 0.5 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 4.9 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 13 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 14 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Beaumont, D09 VY30
Special schools near St Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital Special School
Is St Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital Special School have?
54 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does St Pauls Hospital Special School teach through Irish?
No: St Pauls Hospital Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Pauls Hospital Special School?
St Pauls Hospital Special School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Pauls Hospital 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 Pauls Hospital Special School?
The nearest are Beaumont Hospital Special School (0.5 km), St Josephs for Blind N.S. (2.5 km) and St Michaels Hse Spec Sc (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 Beaumont; 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).