Nenagh Community Special School
Church Road, Nenagh · E45 XD59 · Roll number 20594U
Nenagh Community Special School is the only one of the special schools in or within 3 km of Nenagh. Every school in and around Nenagh →
What stands out about Nenagh Community Special School
- A small special school: 11 pupils, against a typical 58.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2025/26: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 4 girls and 7 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its ethos is multi-denominational; the lists name no patron.
- The only special school in Nenagh or within 3 km of it.
No letter for Nenagh 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 Nenagh 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 Nenagh 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 Nenagh Community Special School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Places at Nenagh 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).
Living in Nenagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E45 Eircode area
Housing in Nenagh →The median sale price rose from €220,200 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+36%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Nenagh
Cost of living in Nenagh →New tenancies in Nenagh averaged €1,098 a month in 2025, against €989 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Nenagh, E45 XD59
Questions about Nenagh Community Special School
Is Nenagh 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 Nenagh Community Special School have?
11 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Nenagh Community Special School teach through Irish?
No: Nenagh Community Special School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Nenagh Community Special School?
Nenagh Community Special School has a multi-denominational ethos.
How do pupils get a place at Nenagh 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.
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).
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Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Nenagh; 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).