Scoil Eoin
Armagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12 · D12 PX38 · Roll number 19382V
Scoil Eoin is one of 13 special schools in or within 3 km of Kimmage. Every school in and around Kimmage →
What stands out about Scoil Eoin
- One of the larger special schools: 142 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 13 special schools around Kimmage.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Eoin had 142 pupils in 2025/26, against 120 in 2015/16 (+18%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 143, in 2017/18. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Eoin
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 Scoil Eoin 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 Scoil Eoin
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 Scoil Eoin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Scoil Eoin 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: Scoil Eoin has grown by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kimmage together changed by +6%.
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.
Scoil Eoin has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 3 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | ||
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 1 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.2 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 4 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 9.7 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 12 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 23 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km |
Living in Kimmage
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Homes in the D12 Eircode area
Housing in Kimmage →The median sale price rose from €441,800 in 2023 to €515,500 in 2025 (+17%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kimmage
Cost of living in Kimmage →New tenancies in Kimmage averaged €1,909 a month in 2025, against €1,869 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kimmage, D12 PX38
Special schools near Scoil Eoin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Eoin
Is Scoil Eoin 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 Scoil Eoin have?
142 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Eoin teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Eoin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Eoin?
Scoil Eoin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Eoin?
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 Scoil Eoin?
The nearest are Our Lady of Hope School (0.1 km), Solas Hospital School (1 km) and Libermann Spiritan School (1.8 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 Kimmage; 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).