St Kierans Spec School
Bray · Roll number 19599A
- Special school
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 59
- Over 10 years
- +2%
- Up 1 from 58 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 28 / 31
- 47% girls
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 St Kierans Spec School, and the mainstream schools within 10 km that have special classes, measured in a straight line.
Nearest special schools
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Kierans Spec SchoolThis school | – | 59 |
+1.7%
|
|
| 1 | Marino School N.S.1.9 km · Bray, Co. Wicklow · Physical disability | 1.9 km | 47 |
+34.3%
|
| 2 | New Court School3.1 km · Bray, Co. Wicklow · Mild general learning disability | 3.1 km | 100 |
+4.2%
|
| 3 | Ballyowen Meadows4.3 km · Stillorgan, Co. Dublin · Autism | 4.3 km | 53 |
+35.9%
|
| 4 | Our Lady of Lourdes School7.5 km · Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin | 7.5 km | 6 |
+20.0%
|
| 5 | Carmona Special National School7.8 km · Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin · Severe or profound general learning disability | 7.8 km | 37 |
+5.7%
|
Special classes within 10 km54 classes in 34 mainstream schools in 2025/26, from the NCSE
| Number on map | School | Distance | Classes | 2026/27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | St. Peter's Primary School1.0 km · An autism class | 1.0 km | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Ravenswell Primary School1.5 km · 2 autism classesA new class in 2026/27 | 1.5 km | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Scoil Padraig Naofa1.9 km · An autism classA new class in 2026/27 | 1.9 km | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Cronan Naofa N S2.0 km · 2 autism classes | 2.0 km | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Bray School Project N S2.4 km · 2 autism classes | 2.4 km | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | St Fergal's National School2.6 km · 2 autism classes | 2.6 km | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | St Annes MXD N S2.7 km · An autism class | 2.7 km | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Scoil Mhuire3.0 km · An autism class | 3.0 km | 1 | 1 |
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Caroline Kennedy
- Phone
- 12824200
- [email protected]
- Address
- Old Connaught Road, Bray, A98 YH90
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- 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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Bray
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
24 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 59 | 28 | 31 |
| 2015/16 | 58 | 27 | 31 |
| 2014/15 | 58 | 26 | 32 |
| 2013/14 | 66 | 30 | 36 |
| 2012/13 | 67 | 28 | 39 |
| 2011/12 | 67 | 30 | 37 |
| 2010/11 | 69 | 28 | 41 |
| 2009/10 | 68 | 29 | 39 |
| 2008/09 | 69 | 31 | 38 |
| 2007/08 | 64 | 29 | 35 |
| 2006/07 | 62 | 29 | 33 |
| 2005/06 | 61 | 26 | 35 |
| 2004/05 | 63 | 29 | 34 |
| 2003/04 | 72 | 34 | 38 |
| 2002/03 | 74 | 34 | 40 |
| 2001/02 | 81 | 33 | 48 |
| 2000/01 | 78 | 38 | 40 |
| 1999/00 | 85 | 50 | 35 |
| 1998/99 | 85 | 50 | 35 |
| 1997/98 | 87 | 52 | 35 |
| 1996/97 | 86 | 51 | 35 |
| 1995/96 | 88 | 48 | 40 |
| 1994/95 | 95 | 52 | 43 |
| 1993/94 | 90 | 45 | 45 |