St Michaels Spec School
Glenmaroon, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 · D20 A072 · Roll number 17971H
St Michaels Spec School is one of 11 special schools in or within 3 km of Carpenterstown. Every school in and around Carpenterstown →
What stands out about St Michaels Spec School
- One of the larger special schools: 163 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−2%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 11 special schools around Carpenterstown.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels Spec School had 163 pupils in 2025/26, against 155 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 45% of them. Its largest roll was 170, in 2023/24. 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 Michaels Spec 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 Spec 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 Spec 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 Spec School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Michaels Spec 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 Spec School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−2%). All the schools around Carpenterstown 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.
St Michaels Spec School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −2%; 2 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | ||
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 6.2 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 9.5 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 14 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 22 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Carpenterstown
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Homes in the D15 Eircode area
Housing in Carpenterstown →The median sale price rose from €370,000 in 2023 to €441,500 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carpenterstown
Cost of living in Carpenterstown →New tenancies in Carpenterstown averaged €1,820 a month in 2025, against €1,699 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carpenterstown, D20 A072
Special schools near St Michaels Spec 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 Spec School
Is St Michaels Spec 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 Spec School have?
163 pupils in 2025/26. That is −2% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels Spec School teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels Spec School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels Spec School?
St Michaels Spec School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels Spec 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 Spec School?
The nearest are Linn Dara Schools (2 km), Phoenix Park Specialist School (2.3 km) and St Vincents Home NS (2.4 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 Carpenterstown; 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).