Central Remedial Clinic
VERNON AVENUE, CLONTARF, DUBLIN 3 · D03 K298 · Roll number 18317F
Central Remedial Clinic is one of 11 special schools in or within 3 km of Clontarf East. Every school in and around Clontarf East →
What stands out about Central Remedial Clinic
- 78 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 78 pupils, 18% fewer than the 95 of 2019/20.
- 25 girls and 53 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Central Remedial Clinic; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Central Remedial Clinic had 78 pupils in 2025/26, down from 100 in 2015/16 (−22%). Girls are 32% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Central Remedial Clinic
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 Central Remedial Clinic 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 Central Remedial Clinic
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 Central Remedial Clinic
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Central Remedial Clinic 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: Central Remedial Clinic has shrunk by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clontarf East together changed by +4%.
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.
Central Remedial Clinic has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 3 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 3.5 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 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 | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km |
Living in Clontarf East
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Homes in the D03 Eircode area
Housing in Clontarf East →The median sale price rose from €443,800 in 2023 to €539,700 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D03 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clontarf East
Cost of living in Clontarf East →New tenancies in Clontarf East averaged €2,259 a month in 2025, against €2,113 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Clontarf East, D03 K298
Special schools near Central Remedial Clinic
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Central Remedial Clinic
Is Central Remedial Clinic 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 Central Remedial Clinic have?
78 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does Central Remedial Clinic teach through Irish?
No: Central Remedial Clinic teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Central Remedial Clinic?
Central Remedial Clinic has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Central Remedial Clinic.
How do pupils get a place at Central Remedial Clinic?
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 Central Remedial Clinic?
The nearest are St Michaels Hse Sp Sch (2.7 km), St Joseph's Adolescent School (2.9 km) and Beaumont Hospital Special School (3 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 Clontarf East; 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).