Our Lady of Hope School
Armagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12 · D12 V6RK · Roll number 20555K
Our Lady of Hope School is one of 13 special schools in or within 3 km of Kimmage. Every school in and around Kimmage →
What stands out about Our Lady of Hope School
- 45 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2021/22: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 9 girls and 36 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2022/23 to 2025/26Our Lady of Hope School had 45 pupils in 2025/26, against 42 in 2022/23 (+7%). Girls are 20% of them. Its largest roll was 45, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 1 of the 3 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Our Lady of Hope 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 Our Lady of Hope 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 Our Lady of Hope 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 Our Lady of Hope School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Our Lady of Hope 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.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest special schools has more pupils than Our Lady of Hope School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 1 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 2.6 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 | 3 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 4.1 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.8 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 | 8.8 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 9.6 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 | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | 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 V6RK
Special schools near Our Lady of Hope School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Our Lady of Hope School
Is Our Lady of Hope 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 Our Lady of Hope School have?
45 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Our Lady of Hope School teach through Irish?
No: Our Lady of Hope School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Our Lady of Hope School?
Our Lady of Hope School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at Our Lady of Hope 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 Our Lady of Hope School?
The nearest are Scoil Eoin (0.1 km), Solas Hospital School (1 km) and Libermann Spiritan School (1.9 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).