Crannog Nua Special School
Crannóg Nua Special School, Portrane, Co. Dublin · K36 TY03 · Roll number 20136N
Crannog Nua Special School is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Portrane. Every school in and around Portrane →
What stands out about Crannog Nua Special School
- A small special school: 5 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 2 girls and 3 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is other.
- The only special school in Portrane or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Crannog Nua Special School had 5 pupils in 2025/26, down from 10 in 2015/16 (−50%). Girls are 40% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Crannog Nua 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, 5 have more pupils than Crannog Nua Special School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | ||
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 13 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 23 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 27 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Portrane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the K36 Eircode area
Housing in Portrane →The median sale price fell from €550,000 in 2023 to €525,000 in 2025 (−5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K36 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Dublin
Cost of living in Portrane →New tenancies in Co. Dublin averaged €2,159 a month in 2025, against €2,069 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Portrane, K36 TY03
Special schools near Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua Special School
Is Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua Special School have?
5 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Crannog Nua Special School teach through Irish?
No: Crannog Nua Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Crannog Nua Special School?
Crannog Nua Special School has a other ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Crannog Nua 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 Crannog Nua Special School?
The nearest are St Michaels Spec Sch (8.3 km), St Michaels House Special School (10 km) and Belmayne Community Special School (12 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 Portrane; 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).