ABACAS Kilbarrack
Greendale Road, kilbarrack, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5 · D05 F8F8 · Roll number 20375I
ABACAS Kilbarrack is one of 6 special schools in or within 3 km of Raheny. Every school in and around Raheny →
What stands out about ABACAS Kilbarrack
- 54 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- 12 girls and 42 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Irish Autism Action; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26ABACAS Kilbarrack had 54 pupils in 2025/26, against 42 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 22% of them. Its largest roll was 54, in 2024/25. 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 ABACAS Kilbarrack
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 ABACAS Kilbarrack 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 ABACAS Kilbarrack
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 ABACAS Kilbarrack
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at ABACAS Kilbarrack 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: ABACAS Kilbarrack has grown by 10% 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, 3 have more pupils than ABACAS Kilbarrack. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 1 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ||
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.2 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.6 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 4.5 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 | 4.9 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | 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 | 12 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 Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 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 | 15 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 | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km |
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Renting in Raheny
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Location
Directions ↗Raheny, D05 F8F8
Special schools near ABACAS Kilbarrack
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about ABACAS Kilbarrack
Is ABACAS Kilbarrack 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 ABACAS Kilbarrack have?
54 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.
Does ABACAS Kilbarrack teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs ABACAS Kilbarrack?
ABACAS Kilbarrack has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Irish Autism Action.
How do pupils get a place at ABACAS Kilbarrack?
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 ABACAS Kilbarrack?
The nearest are St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield (0.2 km), Belmayne Community Special School (0.6 km) and St Michaels Hse Sp Sch (1.1 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 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).