Danu Community Special School
Blanchardstown Road North, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 · D15 P380 · Roll number 20548N
Danu Community Special School is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Mulhuddart. Every school in and around Mulhuddart →
What stands out about Danu Community Special School
- 43 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 6 girls and 37 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only special school in Mulhuddart or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2020/21 to 2025/26Danu Community Special School had 43 pupils in 2025/26, against 23 in 2020/21 (+87%). Girls are 14% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 5 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Danu 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 Danu 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 Danu 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 Danu Community Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Danu 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.
Of the 6 nearest special schools, 2 have more pupils than Danu Community Special School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 10 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 20 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 20 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km |
Living in Mulhuddart
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D15 Eircode area
Housing in Mulhuddart →The median sale price rose from €370,000 in 2023 to €441,500 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Mulhuddart
Cost of living in Mulhuddart →New tenancies in Mulhuddart averaged €1,801 a month in 2025, against €1,685 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Mulhuddart, D15 P380
Special schools near Danu 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 Danu Community Special School
Is Danu 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 Danu Community Special School have?
43 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Danu Community Special School teach through Irish?
No: Danu Community Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Danu Community Special School?
Danu Community Special School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Danu 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 Danu Community Special School?
The nearest are Youth Encounter Project (4.5 km), St Vincents Home NS (5 km) and Phoenix Park Specialist School (5.1 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 Mulhuddart; 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).