Phoenix Park Specialist School
Phoenix Park Specialist School, North Road, Phoenix Park · D08 V098 · Roll number 19500B
Phoenix Park Specialist School is one of 15 special schools in or within 3 km of Chapelizod. Every school in and around Chapelizod →
What stands out about Phoenix Park Specialist School
- A small special school: 17 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 2 girls and 15 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Health Service Executive; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Phoenix Park Specialist School had 17 pupils in 2025/26, down from 18 in 2015/16 (−6%). Girls are 12% of them. Its largest roll was 20, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Phoenix Park Specialist 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 Phoenix Park Specialist 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 Phoenix Park Specialist 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 Phoenix Park Specialist School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Phoenix Park Specialist 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.
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, 5 have more pupils than Phoenix Park Specialist School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 0.2 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 3 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | 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 | 12 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 15 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Chapelizod, D08 V098
Special schools near Phoenix Park Specialist School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Phoenix Park Specialist School
Is Phoenix Park Specialist 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 Phoenix Park Specialist School have?
17 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Phoenix Park Specialist School teach through Irish?
No: Phoenix Park Specialist School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Phoenix Park Specialist School?
Phoenix Park Specialist School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Health Service Executive.
How do pupils get a place at Phoenix Park Specialist 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 Phoenix Park Specialist School?
The nearest are St Vincents Home NS (0.2 km), Casa Caterina S S (1.4 km) and Holy Family School for the Deaf (1.6 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 Chapelizod; 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).