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Youth Encounter Project

Dublin 11 · Roll number 19594N

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Pupils in 2025/26
14
−2 on 2024/25
Over 10 years
−36%
Down 8 from 22 in 2015/16
Girls and boys
4 / 10
29% girls
Nearest other special school
2 km
Casa Caterina S S, Dublin 7
A special school

The Department of Education publishes only the number of pupils, girls and boys in each special school, not pupils by class, so this page has no class or class size figures. Pupils in special schools can be aged 4 to 18. All special schools

Pupils since 1993

Total enrolment each school year

Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. Until 2010/11 the Department listed special schools with mainstream schools; from 2011/12 they have their own list. Pupils on 30 September each year. Known data issues

Nearby

The special schools closest to Youth Encounter Project, and the mainstream schools within 10 km that have special classes, measured in a straight line.

Special schools and classes within 25 km on the map

Nearest special schools

School Distance Pupils Since 2015/16
Youth Encounter ProjectThis school – 14
−36.4%
1 Casa Caterina S S1.5 km · Dublin 7 · Emotional and behavioural difficulties 1.5 km 31
−11.4%
2 St Vincents Home NS1.7 km · Dublin 7 · Moderate general learning disability 1.7 km 68
−2.9%
3 Phoenix Park Specialist School1.9 km · Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin · Emotional and behavioural difficulties 1.9 km 17
−5.6%
4 Holy Family School for the Deaf2.3 km · Dublin 7 · School for deaf pupils 2.3 km 134 –
5 St Ciarans Spec SCH3.0 km · Dublin 11 · Mild general learning disability 3.0 km 140
+0.7%

Special classes within 10 km340 classes in 182 mainstream schools in 2025/26, from the NCSE

School Distance Classes 2026/27
6 Scoil Sinead NS0.0 km · 3 autism classes 0.0 km 3 3
7 S N Naomh Finnin0.6 km · 2 autism classes 0.6 km 2 2
8 St Brigids Senior Girls0.6 km · 2 autism classes 0.6 km 2 2
9 Pelletstown ETNS0.7 km · 2 autism classesA new class in 2026/27 0.7 km 2 3
10 St Brigids Infant N S0.7 km · 2 autism classes 0.7 km 2 2
11 S N Naomh Feargal Boys Senior0.8 km · An early intervention class and an autism class 0.8 km 2 2
12 Finglas Parochial National School1.1 km · 2 autism classes 1.1 km 2 2
13 St Malachys NS1.2 km · 2 autism classes 1.2 km 2 2

All 196 schools with special classes within 10 km

Special schools and classes within 25 km

About this school

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Contact

Principal
David Carter
Address
Deanstown Avenue, Finglas West, Dublin 11, D11 HN88

School

Ethos
Catholic
Patron
Crosscare
School type
Special school
DEIS
Not DEIS

Language and area

Irish classification
No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht
Non-Gaeltacht
Island
Not on an island
Local authority
Dublin City Council

Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. The designation is the need the NCSE lists the school as set up for; many special schools now take pupils with a wider range of needs. Known data issues

Data by year

33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26.

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Year Total Girls Boys
2025/26 14 4 10
2024/25 16 2 14
2023/24 18 – 18
2022/23 15 1 14
2021/22 16 1 15
2020/21 20 1 19
2019/20 16 0 16
2018/19 18 3 15
2017/18 18 3 15
2016/17 16 1 15
2015/16 22 1 21
2014/15 16 1 15
2013/14 18 1 17
2012/13 19 1 18
2011/12 16 3 13
2010/11 23 4 19
2009/10 20 3 17
2008/09 20 0 20
2007/08 23 2 21
2006/07 26 2 24
2005/06 18 1 17
2004/05 24 3 21
2003/04 23 3 20
2002/03 23 2 21
2001/02 20 0 20
2000/01 19 3 16
1999/00 21 3 18
1998/99 20 3 17
1997/98 22 4 18
1996/97 23 6 17
1995/96 29 3 26
1994/95 29 1 28
1993/94 25 – 25