Lucan Community Special School
Kishogue Cross, Lucan · K78 FA37 · Roll number 20595W
Lucan Community Special School is one of 5 special schools in or within 3 km of Lucan. Every school in and around Lucan →
What stands out about Lucan Community Special School
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2025/26: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- The smallest of the 5 special schools around Lucan.
- Its ethos is multi-denominational; the lists name no patron.
No letter for Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Raphaels Special Sch | 96 | +25% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km |
The other 49 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 8.5 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 16 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 21 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 27 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
Living in Lucan
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Homes in the K78 Eircode area
Housing in Lucan →The median sale price rose from €435,000 in 2023 to €490,000 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K78 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Lucan
Cost of living in Lucan →New tenancies in Lucan averaged €2,160 a month in 2025, against €2,142 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Lucan, K78 FA37
The Department doesn’t place this school; the pin marks its address town, not the building.
Special schools near Lucan Community Special School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Lucan Community Special School
Is Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special School have?
0 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Lucan Community Special School teach through Irish?
No: Lucan Community Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Lucan Community Special School?
Lucan Community Special School has a multi-denominational ethos.
How do pupils get a place at Lucan Community Special 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 Lucan Community Special School?
The nearest are Stewarts School (2.6 km), Ballydowd High Support Special School (3.4 km) and Scoil Mochua (4 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 Lucan; 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).