ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
Treepark Road, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24 · D24 A2XF · Roll number 20378O
ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism is one of 11 special schools in or within 3 km of Kilnamanagh. Every school in and around Kilnamanagh →
What stands out about ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
- A small special school: 30 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- 5 girls and 25 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Irish Autism Action; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism had 30 pupils in 2025/26, against 16 in 2015/16 (+88%). Girls are 17% of them. 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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism 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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism 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: ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Kilnamanagh together changed by −1%.
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, 4 have more pupils than ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ||
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 3 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.8 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 13 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 14 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 27 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Kilnamanagh, D24 A2XF
Special schools near ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism
Is ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism 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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism have?
30 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.
Does ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism?
ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Irish Autism Action.
How do pupils get a place at ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism?
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 ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism?
The nearest are St Josephs Special Sch (1.3 km), St Roses Special School (1.5 km) and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital (1.7 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 Kilnamanagh; 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).