Red Door Special School
Monkstown Grove, Monkstown Avenue, Monkstown, Co. Dublin · A94 D3H7 · Roll number 20381D
Red Door Special School is one of 6 special schools in or within 3 km of Dún Laoghaire. Every school in and around Dún Laoghaire →
What stands out about Red Door Special School
- A small special school: 29 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 29 pupils, 21% more than the 24 of 2019/20.
- 6 girls and 23 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Irish Autism Action; its ethos is other.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Red Door Special School had 29 pupils in 2025/26, against 12 in 2015/16 (+142%). Girls are 21% of them. Its largest roll was 30, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Red Door 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 Red Door 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 Red Door 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 Red Door Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Red Door 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Red Door Special School has grown by 21% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dún Laoghaire together changed by +2%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Red Door Special School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +21%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | ||
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.3 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 13 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 14 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 23 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km |
Living in Dún Laoghaire
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A96 Eircode area
Housing in Dún Laoghaire →The median sale price rose from €609,900 in 2023 to €696,200 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A96 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dún Laoghaire
Cost of living in Dún Laoghaire →New tenancies in Dún Laoghaire averaged €2,226 a month in 2025, against €2,176 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dún Laoghaire, A94 D3H7
Special schools near Red Door 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 Red Door Special School
Is Red Door 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 Red Door Special School have?
29 pupils in 2025/26. That is +21% since 2019/20.
Does Red Door Special School teach through Irish?
No: Red Door Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Red Door Special School?
Red Door Special School has a other ethos. Its patron is Irish Autism Action.
How do pupils get a place at Red Door 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 Red Door Special School?
The nearest are St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc (0.6 km), Our Lady of Lourdes School (1.3 km) and Carmona Special National School (1.5 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 Dún Laoghaire; 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).