St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Aldborough Parade, North Strand, Dublin 1 · D01 P978 · Roll number 19819L
St L O Tooles 2 Spec is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of East Wall. Every school in and around East Wall →
What stands out about St L O Tooles 2 Spec
- A small special school: 14 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 14 pupils, 42% fewer than the 24 of 2019/20.
- 1 girls and 13 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St L O Tooles 2 Spec had 14 pupils in 2025/26, down from 23 in 2015/16 (−39%). Girls are 7% of them. Its largest roll was 24, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 3 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 L O Tooles 2 Spec
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 L O Tooles 2 Spec 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 L O Tooles 2 Spec
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 L O Tooles 2 Spec
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St L O Tooles 2 Spec 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: St L O Tooles 2 Spec has shrunk by 42% since 2019/20. All the schools around East Wall together changed by +7%.
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 St L O Tooles 2 Spec. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −42%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | ||
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.1 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 | 2.2 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 4.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 6.8 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 9.6 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km |
Living in East Wall
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Renting in East Wall
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Location
Directions ↗East Wall, D01 P978
Special schools near St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Is St L O Tooles 2 Spec 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 L O Tooles 2 Spec have?
14 pupils in 2025/26. That is −42% since 2019/20.
Does St L O Tooles 2 Spec teach through Irish?
No: St L O Tooles 2 Spec teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St L O Tooles 2 Spec?
St L O Tooles 2 Spec has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at St L O Tooles 2 Spec?
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 L O Tooles 2 Spec?
The nearest are An Taonad Reamhscoile (0.5 km), St Joseph's Adolescent School (1.1 km) and Hospital School CHI at Temple Street (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 East Wall; 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).