Belmayne Community Special School
Balgriffin Park, Belmayne, Donaghmede · D13 DA58 · Roll number 20596B
Belmayne Community Special School is one of 7 special schools in or within 3 km of Donaghmede. Every school in and around Donaghmede →
What stands out about Belmayne Community Special School
- A small special school: 2 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2025/26: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- The smallest of the 7 special schools around Donaghmede.
- Its ethos is multi-denominational; the lists name no patron.
No letter for Belmayne Community Special 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 Belmayne Community Special 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 Belmayne Community Special 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 Belmayne Community Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Belmayne Community Special 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.
Each of the 6 nearest special schools has more pupils than Belmayne Community Special School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.5 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 0.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 3.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km |
Living in Donaghmede
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Renting in Donaghmede
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Location
Directions ↗Donaghmede, D13 DA58
The Department doesn’t place this school; the pin marks its address town, not the building.
Special schools near Belmayne Community Special School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Belmayne Community Special School
Is Belmayne Community Special 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 Belmayne Community Special School have?
2 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Belmayne Community Special School teach through Irish?
No: Belmayne Community Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Belmayne Community Special School?
Belmayne Community Special School has a multi-denominational ethos.
How do pupils get a place at Belmayne Community Special 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 Belmayne Community Special School?
The nearest are St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield (0.5 km), ABACAS Kilbarrack (0.6 km) and St Michaels Hse Sp Sch (0.7 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 Donaghmede; 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).