Cara Community Special School
ENFIELD, MEATH · Roll number 20578W
Cara Community Special School is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Enfield. Every school in and around Enfield →
What stands out about Cara Community Special School
- A small special school: 28 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2024/25: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 6 girls and 22 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only special school in Enfield or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2024/25 to 2025/26Cara Community Special School had 28 pupils in 2025/26, against 18 in 2024/25 (+56%). Girls are 21% of them. Its roll rose in 1 of the 1 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cara Community 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 Cara Community 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 Cara Community 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 Cara Community Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Cara Community 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.
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 3 nearest special schools has more pupils than Cara Community Special School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cara Community Special School | 28 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Stepping Stones Special School | 42 | +40% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St Raphaels Special Sch | 96 | +25% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Saplings Special School | 30 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km |
The other 2 special schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Special School | 83 | −1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Ultans Special Sch | 122 | +2% | Catholic | English | 29 km |
Living in Enfield
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Enfield →The median sale price rose from €360,000 in 2023 to €445,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A83 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Enfield
Cost of living in Enfield →New tenancies in Enfield averaged €1,715 a month in 2025, against €1,532 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Enfield
Special schools near Cara Community 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 Cara Community Special School
Is Cara Community 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 Cara Community Special School have?
28 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Cara Community Special School teach through Irish?
No: Cara Community Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cara Community Special School?
Cara Community Special School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Cara Community 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 Cara Community Special School?
The nearest are Stepping Stones Special School (16 km), St Raphaels Special Sch (21 km) and Saplings Special School (24 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 Enfield; 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).