The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
INCORPORATING THE NATIONAL, CHILDRENS HOSPITAL SPECIAL SCHOOL, TALLAGHT, DUBLIN 24 · D24 KNE0 · Roll number 19207D
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital is one of 7 special schools in or within 3 km of Tallaght. Every school in and around Tallaght →
What stands out about The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
- A small special school: 11 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The smallest of the 7 special schools around Tallaght.
- 8 girls and 3 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalouogh; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26The Adelaide and Meath Hospital had 11 pupils in 2025/26, down from 13 in 2015/16 (−15%). Girls are 73% 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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital 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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital 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.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest special schools has more pupils than The Adelaide and Meath Hospital.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | ||
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 1.7 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 15 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 15 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 18 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 28 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 35 km |
Living in Tallaght
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D24 Eircode area
Housing in Tallaght →The median sale price rose from €342,000 in 2023 to €412,200 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Tallaght
Cost of living in Tallaght →New tenancies in Tallaght averaged €1,816 a month in 2025, against €1,740 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Tallaght, D24 KNE0
Special schools near The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about The Adelaide and Meath Hospital
Is The Adelaide and Meath Hospital 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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital have?
11 pupils in 2025/26.
Does The Adelaide and Meath Hospital teach through Irish?
No: The Adelaide and Meath Hospital teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs The Adelaide and Meath Hospital?
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalouogh.
How do pupils get a place at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital?
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 The Adelaide and Meath Hospital?
The nearest are ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism (1.7 km), St Roses Special School (2.3 km) and St Josephs Special Sch (2.6 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 Tallaght; 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).