St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
Briarfield Villas, Greendale Road, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5 · D05 AT26 · Roll number 20279M
St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield is one of 6 special schools in or within 3 km of Raheny. Every school in and around Raheny →
What stands out about St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
- 61 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 61 pupils, 144% more than the 25 of 2019/20.
- 13 girls and 48 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is St Michael's House; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield had 61 pupils in 2025/26, against 32 in 2015/16 (+91%). Girls are 21% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
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 St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield 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 St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
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 St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield 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: St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield has grown by 144% since 2019/20. All the schools around Raheny together changed by +3%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest special schools, 1 have more pupils than St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +144%; 0 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 0.2 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.5 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 4.3 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Raheny, D05 AT26
Special schools near St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield
Is St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield 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 St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield have?
61 pupils in 2025/26. That is +144% since 2019/20.
Does St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield teach through Irish?
No: St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield?
St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is St Michael's House.
How do pupils get a place at St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield?
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 St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield?
The nearest are ABACAS Kilbarrack (0.2 km), Belmayne Community Special School (0.5 km) and St Michaels Hse Sp Sch (0.9 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 Raheny; 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).