St Michaels Hse Spec Sc
St. Michael's House, Grosvenor School, Leopardstown Road, Dublin 18 · D18 KR80 · Roll number 18671A
St Michaels Hse Spec Sc is one of 5 special schools in or within 3 km of Stepaside. Every school in and around Stepaside →
What stands out about St Michaels Hse Spec Sc
- 68 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 15 girls and 53 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is St Michael's House; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels Hse Spec Sc had 68 pupils in 2025/26, against 63 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 22% of them. Its largest roll was 69, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 3 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 Hse Spec Sc
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 Hse Spec Sc 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 Hse Spec Sc
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 Hse Spec Sc
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Michaels Hse Spec Sc 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 Hse Spec Sc is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Stepaside 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, 1 have more pupils than St Michaels Hse Spec Sc. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 4 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 11 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 14 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 25 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Stepaside, D18 KR80
Special schools near St Michaels Hse Spec Sc
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 Hse Spec Sc
Is St Michaels Hse Spec Sc 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 Hse Spec Sc have?
68 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels Hse Spec Sc teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels Hse Spec Sc teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels Hse Spec Sc?
St Michaels Hse Spec Sc has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is St Michael's House.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels Hse Spec Sc?
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 Hse Spec Sc?
The nearest are St Augustines School (2.7 km), Our Lady of Lourdes School (3.7 km) and Benincasa Special School (3.9 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 Stepaside; 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).