Setanta Special School
Beechwood Court, Stillorgan, County Dublin · A94 C6Y0 · Roll number 20028K
Setanta Special School is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of Templeogue. Every school in and around Templeogue →
What stands out about Setanta Special School
- 68 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 68 pupils, 28% more than the 53 of 2019/20.
- 10 girls and 58 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is Health Service Executive; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Setanta Special School had 68 pupils in 2025/26, against 58 in 2015/16 (+17%). Girls are 15% 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 Setanta Special School
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 Setanta Special School 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 Setanta Special School
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 Setanta Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Setanta Special School 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: Setanta Special School has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Templeogue together changed by +6%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Setanta Special School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 2 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.4 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.9 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 25 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km |
Living in Templeogue
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Renting in Templeogue
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Location
Directions ↗Templeogue, A94 C6Y0
Special schools near Setanta Special School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Setanta Special School
Is Setanta Special School 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 Setanta Special School have?
68 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.
Does Setanta Special School teach through Irish?
No: Setanta Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Setanta Special School?
Setanta Special School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Health Service Executive.
How do pupils get a place at Setanta Special School?
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 Setanta Special School?
The nearest are Libermann Spiritan School (1 km), St Josephs Special Sch (1.4 km) and Cheeverstown Sp Sch (1.5 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 Templeogue; 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).