An Taonad Reamhscoile
SRAID RUTHLAND, BAILE ATHA CLIATH 1 · D01 VX01 · Roll number 19361N
An Taonad Reamhscoile is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of Summerhill. Every school in and around Summerhill →
What stands out about An Taonad Reamhscoile
- One of the larger special schools: 96 pupils, against a typical 58.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26An Taonad Reamhscoile had 96 pupils in 2025/26, against 91 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 42% of them. Its largest roll was 100, in 2016/17. 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 An Taonad Reamhscoile
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 An Taonad Reamhscoile 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 An Taonad Reamhscoile
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 An Taonad Reamhscoile
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at An Taonad Reamhscoile 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: An Taonad Reamhscoile is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Summerhill 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.
An Taonad Reamhscoile has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest special schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 2 of the 4 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | ||
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 7.2 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 9.2 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 18 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km |
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Location
Directions ↗Summerhill, D01 VX01
Special schools near An Taonad Reamhscoile
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about An Taonad Reamhscoile
Is An Taonad Reamhscoile 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 An Taonad Reamhscoile have?
96 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does An Taonad Reamhscoile teach through Irish?
No: An Taonad Reamhscoile teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs An Taonad Reamhscoile?
An Taonad Reamhscoile has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin.
How do pupils get a place at An Taonad Reamhscoile?
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 An Taonad Reamhscoile?
The nearest are St L O Tooles 2 Spec (0.5 km), Hospital School CHI at Temple Street (0.7 km) and Henrietta Street School (1.2 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 Summerhill; 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).