Ballyowen Meadows
Loughlinstown Drive, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin · A96 H735 · Roll number 19355S
Ballyowen Meadows is one of 4 special schools in or within 3 km of Killiney. Every school in and around Killiney →
What stands out about Ballyowen Meadows
- 53 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 4 special schools around Killiney.
- 10 girls and 43 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Health Service Executive; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ballyowen Meadows had 53 pupils in 2025/26, against 39 in 2015/16 (+36%). Girls are 19% of them. Its largest roll was 54, in 2023/24. 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 Ballyowen Meadows
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 Ballyowen Meadows 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 Ballyowen Meadows
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 Ballyowen Meadows
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Ballyowen Meadows 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: Ballyowen Meadows has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killiney together changed by +8%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Ballyowen Meadows. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 1 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Kierans Spec School | 59 | – | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km |
The other 49 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 27 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km |
Living in Killiney
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Homes in the A96 Eircode area
Housing in Killiney →The median sale price rose from €601,400 in 2023 to €683,800 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 Killiney
Cost of living in Killiney →New tenancies in Killiney averaged €2,625 a month in 2025, against €2,521 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Killiney, A96 H735
Special schools near Ballyowen Meadows
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ballyowen Meadows
Is Ballyowen Meadows 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 Ballyowen Meadows have?
53 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Ballyowen Meadows teach through Irish?
No: Ballyowen Meadows teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ballyowen Meadows?
Ballyowen Meadows has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Health Service Executive.
How do pupils get a place at Ballyowen Meadows?
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 Ballyowen Meadows?
The nearest are Our Lady of Lourdes School (3.3 km), Carmona Special National School (3.5 km) and St Kierans Spec School (4.3 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 Killiney; 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).