St Augustines School
Obelisk Park, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin · A94 X8K7 · Roll number 18499O
St Augustines School is one of 7 special schools in or within 3 km of Blackrock. Every school in and around Blackrock →
What stands out about St Augustines School
- One of the larger special schools: 157 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 7 special schools around Blackrock.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Augustines School had 157 pupils in 2025/26, down from 174 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 42% of them. Its roll rose in 3 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 Augustines 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 Augustines 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 Augustines 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 Augustines School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Augustines 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 Augustines School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Blackrock together changed by +7%.
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 Augustines School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 12 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 23 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km |
Living in Blackrock
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Homes in the A94 Eircode area
Housing in Blackrock →The median sale price rose from €720,000 in 2023 to €834,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Blackrock
Cost of living in Blackrock →New tenancies in Blackrock averaged €2,633 a month in 2025, against €2,508 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Blackrock, A94 X8K7
Special schools near St Augustines 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 Augustines School
Is St Augustines 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 Augustines School have?
157 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does St Augustines School teach through Irish?
No: St Augustines School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Augustines School?
St Augustines School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Augustines 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 Augustines School?
The nearest are Benincasa Special School (1.5 km), Red Door Special School (1.8 km) and St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc (1.9 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 Blackrock; 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).