St Michaels Spec Sch
Hacketstown, Skerries, Co. Dublin · K34 XE38 · Roll number 19757P
St Michaels Spec Sch is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Skerries. Every school in and around Skerries →
What stands out about St Michaels Spec Sch
- A small special school: 30 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 8 girls and 22 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is St Michael's House; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only special school in Skerries or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Skerries’s outline, 0.3 km away; listed with Skerries, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels Spec Sch had 30 pupils in 2025/26, against 30 in 2015/16 (+0%). Girls are 27% of them. Its largest roll was 30, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 1 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 Michaels Spec Sch
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 Michaels Spec Sch 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 Michaels Spec Sch
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 Michaels Spec Sch
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Michaels Spec Sch 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 Michaels Spec Sch is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+0%). All the schools around Skerries together changed by −8%.
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, 4 have more pupils than St Michaels Spec Sch. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +0%; 2 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | ||
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 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 | 21 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 31 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 34 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 35 km |
Living in Skerries
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the K34 Eircode area
Housing in Skerries →The median sale price rose from €470,000 in 2023 to €570,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K34 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Skerries
Cost of living in Skerries →New tenancies in Skerries averaged €1,975 a month in 2025, against €1,811 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Skerries, K34 XE38
Special schools near St Michaels Spec Sch
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Michaels Spec Sch
Is St Michaels Spec Sch 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 Michaels Spec Sch have?
30 pupils in 2025/26. That is +0% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels Spec Sch teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels Spec Sch teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels Spec Sch?
St Michaels Spec Sch has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is St Michael's House.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels Spec Sch?
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 Michaels Spec Sch?
The nearest are Crannog Nua Special School (8.3 km), St Michaels House Special School (19 km) and Belmayne Community Special School (20 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 Skerries; 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).