Scoil Mochua
Old Nangor Road, Deansrath, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 · D22 KF84 · Roll number 19590F
Scoil Mochua is one of 5 special schools in or within 3 km of Deansrath. Every school in and around Deansrath →
What stands out about Scoil Mochua
- 69 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is Central Remedial Clinic; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mochua had 69 pupils in 2025/26, against 63 in 2015/16 (+10%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 76, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Mochua
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 Scoil Mochua 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 Scoil Mochua
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 Scoil Mochua
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Scoil Mochua 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: Scoil Mochua has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Deansrath 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, 1 have more pupils than Scoil Mochua. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 3 of the 3 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 4.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 15 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 18 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 19 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 28 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Deansrath
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Homes in the D22 Eircode area
Housing in Deansrath →The median sale price rose from €353,100 in 2023 to €425,300 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D22 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Deansrath
Cost of living in Deansrath →New tenancies in Deansrath averaged €1,862 a month in 2025, against €1,743 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Deansrath, D22 KF84
Special schools near Scoil Mochua
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Mochua
Is Scoil Mochua 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 Scoil Mochua have?
69 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mochua teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mochua teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mochua?
Scoil Mochua has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Central Remedial Clinic.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mochua?
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 Scoil Mochua?
The nearest are Stewarts School (2.6 km), Lucan Community Special School (4 km) and Linn Dara Schools (4.1 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 Deansrath; 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).