St Francis Special Sch
BEAUFORT, CO. KERRY · V93 TX36 · Roll number 19547E
St Francis Special Sch is one of 0 special schools in or within 3 km of Beaufort. Every school in and around Beaufort →
What stands out about St Francis Special Sch
- 73 pupils, near the middle for special schools in Ireland (the median is 58).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 73 pupils, 55% more than the 47 of 2019/20.
- 23 girls and 50 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is St John of God Hospitaller Order (Kerry Services); its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Beaufort’s outline, 3.8 km away; listed with Beaufort, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Francis Special Sch had 73 pupils in 2025/26, against 51 in 2015/16 (+43%). Girls are 32% of them. Its roll rose in 7 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 Francis Special 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 St Francis Special 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 St Francis Special 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 St Francis Special Sch
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at St Francis Special 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: St Francis Special Sch has grown by 55% since 2019/20. All the schools around Beaufort together changed by −11%.
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 1 nearest special schools has more pupils than St Francis Special Sch. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +55%; 0 of the 1 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Special Sch | 73 | +55% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Itas & St Josephs N.S. | 127 | +19% | Catholic | English | 22 km |
The one other of the special schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Nagle N School | 96 | +22% | Catholic | English | 43 km |
Living in Beaufort
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V93 Eircode area
Housing in Beaufort →The median sale price rose from €284,000 in 2023 to €330,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kerry
Cost of living in Beaufort →New tenancies in Co. Kerry averaged €1,182 a month in 2025, against €1,085 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Beaufort, V93 TX36
Special schools near St Francis Special Sch
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Francis Special Sch
Is St Francis Special 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 St Francis Special Sch have?
73 pupils in 2025/26. That is +55% since 2019/20.
Does St Francis Special Sch teach through Irish?
No: St Francis Special Sch teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Francis Special Sch?
St Francis Special Sch has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is St John of God Hospitaller Order (Kerry Services).
How do pupils get a place at St Francis Special 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 St Francis Special Sch?
The nearest are St Itas & St Josephs N.S. (22 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 Beaufort; 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).