Cheeverstown Sp Sch
Templeogue, Dublin 6w · D6W RT92 · Roll number 20053J
Cheeverstown Sp Sch is one of 12 special schools in or within 3 km of Templeogue. Every school in and around Templeogue →
What stands out about Cheeverstown Sp Sch
- A small special school: 29 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 29 pupils, 45% more than the 20 of 2019/20.
- Its patron is Cheeverstown School Company limited by guarantee; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cheeverstown Sp Sch had 29 pupils in 2025/26, against 23 in 2015/16 (+26%). Girls are 41% of them. 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 Cheeverstown Sp 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 Cheeverstown Sp 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 Cheeverstown Sp 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 Cheeverstown Sp Sch
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Cheeverstown Sp 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: Cheeverstown Sp Sch has grown by 45% 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.
Each of the 6 nearest special schools has more pupils than Cheeverstown Sp Sch. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +45%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheeverstown Sp Sch | 29 | +45% | Catholic | English | ||
| Libermann Spiritan School | 51 | – | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.3 km | |
| Setanta Special School | 68 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Josephs Special Sch | 86 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Roses Special School | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Scoil Eoin | 142 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km |
The other 48 special schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 3 km | |
| Our Lady of Hope School | 45 | – | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| St Peters Special Sch | 70 | +17% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Solas Hospital School | 98 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.5 km | |
| The Adelaide and Meath Hospital | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St John of God Sp Sch | 86 | −2% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Catherine Mc Auley N Sc | 99 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Declans Special Sch | 35 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| An Cosan CSS | 56 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Linn Dara Schools | 51 | +70% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Henrietta Street School | 20 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Michaels Spec School | 163 | −2% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Enable Ireland Sandymount School | 49 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Scoil Mochua | 69 | −7% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Hospital School CHI at Temple Street | 66 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| An Taonad Reamhscoile | 96 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Holy Family School for the Deaf | 134 | −4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St L O Tooles 2 Spec | 14 | −42% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Phoenix Park Specialist School | 17 | – | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Vincents Home NS | 68 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Casa Caterina S S | 31 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Benincasa Special School | 35 | −22% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Stewarts School | 145 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Augustines School | 157 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Joseph's Adolescent School | 11 | – | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Ballydowd High Support Special School | 7 | – | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Josephs for Blind N.S. | 48 | −16% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Youth Encounter Project | 14 | – | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Spec Sc | 64 | +31% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Ciarans Spec Sch | 140 | +0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Red Door Special School | 29 | +21% | Other | English | 11 km | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc | 63 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 6 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Central Remedial Clinic | 78 | −18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community Special School | 0 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Carmona Special National School | 37 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Pauls Hospital Special School | 54 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Beaumont Hospital Special School | 9 | – | Other | English | 12 km | |
| Danu Community Special School | 43 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Ballyowen Meadows | 53 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | 52 | −10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Community Special School | 2 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield | 61 | +144% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| ABACAS Kilbarrack | 54 | +10% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 15 km | |
| St Michaels House Special School | 56 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Crannog Nua Special School | 5 | – | Other | English | 26 km | |
| St Michaels Spec Sch | 30 | +0% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
Living in Templeogue
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Homes in the D6W Eircode area
Housing in Templeogue →The median sale price rose from €571,300 in 2023 to €648,900 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D6W Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Templeogue
Cost of living in Templeogue →New tenancies in Templeogue averaged €2,528 a month in 2025, against €2,381 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Templeogue, D6W RT92
Special schools near Cheeverstown Sp Sch
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Cheeverstown Sp Sch
Is Cheeverstown Sp 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 Cheeverstown Sp Sch have?
29 pupils in 2025/26. That is +45% since 2019/20.
Does Cheeverstown Sp Sch teach through Irish?
No: Cheeverstown Sp Sch teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cheeverstown Sp Sch?
Cheeverstown Sp Sch has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Cheeverstown School Company limited by guarantee.
How do pupils get a place at Cheeverstown Sp 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 Cheeverstown Sp Sch?
The nearest are Libermann Spiritan School (1.1 km), Saplings Special School (1.3 km) and Setanta Special School (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).