St Joseph's Adolescent School
St Vincent;s Hospital, Richmond Road, Dublin 3 · D03 HN80 · Roll number 20153N
St Joseph's Adolescent School is one of 16 special schools in or within 3 km of Drumcondra. Every school in and around Drumcondra →
What stands out about St Joseph's Adolescent School
- A small special school: 11 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Joseph's Adolescent School had 11 pupils in 2025/26, down from 21 in 2015/16 (−48%). Girls are 55% of them. Its largest roll was 21, in 2016/17. 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 St Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Joseph's Adolescent 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 St Joseph's Adolescent School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 2.2 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 | 2.6 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 6.3 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 10 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 24 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Drumcondra, D03 HN80
Special schools near St Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent School
Is St Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent School have?
11 pupils in 2025/26.
Does St Joseph's Adolescent School teach through Irish?
No: St Joseph's Adolescent School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Joseph's Adolescent School?
St Joseph's Adolescent School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St Joseph's Adolescent 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 Joseph's Adolescent School?
The nearest are St Josephs for Blind N.S. (0.6 km), St L O Tooles 2 Spec (1.1 km) and An Taonad Reamhscoile (1.2 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 Drumcondra; 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).