St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Dublin 1 · Roll number 19819L
- Special school
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 14
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −39%
- Down 9 from 23 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 1 / 13
- 7% 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 L O Tooles 2 Spec, 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 L O Tooles 2 SpecThis school | – | 14 |
−39.1%
|
|
| 1 | An Taonad Reamhscoile0.5 km · Baile Atha Cliath 1, Co. Dublin | 0.5 km | 96 |
+5.5%
|
| 2 | St Joseph's Adolescent School1.1 km · Dublin 3 | 1.1 km | 11 |
−47.6%
|
| 3 | Hospital School CHI at Temple Street1.2 km · Dublin 1 | 1.2 km | 66 |
+8.2%
|
| 4 | Henrietta Street School1.7 km · Dublin 1 | 1.7 km | 20 |
+11.1%
|
| 5 | St Josephs For Blind NS1.7 km · Dublin 9 · Blind or vision-impaired pupils | 1.7 km | 48 |
−9.4%
|
Special classes within 10 km284 classes in 159 mainstream schools in 2025/26, from the NCSE
| Number on map | School | Distance | Classes | 2026/27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys0.2 km · 2 autism classes | 0.2 km | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | S N San Vinseann Cailin0.3 km · An autism classA new class in 2026/27 | 0.3 km | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | St Laurence O'Toole's National School0.5 km · An autism class | 0.5 km | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors0.6 km · 2 autism classes | 0.6 km | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Rutland National School0.7 km · An autism classFirst special class opens in 2026/27 | 0.7 km | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | City Quay NS1.0 km · An autism class | 1.0 km | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | St Marys N S1.1 km · An autism class | 1.1 km | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School1.3 km · 3 autism classes | 1.3 km | 3 | 3 |
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
- Clare MacRory
- Phone
- 018552991
- [email protected]
- Address
- Aldborough Parade, North Strand, Dublin 1, D01 P978
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- 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
- Planning area
- Drumcondra–Marino–Dublin1
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.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 20 | 2 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 20 | 3 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021/22 | 22 | 4 | 18 |
| 2020/21 | 21 | 3 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
| 2018/19 | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| 2017/18 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
| 2016/17 | 23 | 3 | 20 |
| 2015/16 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 2014/15 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 2013/14 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
| 2012/13 | 24 | 6 | 18 |
| 2011/12 | 21 | 3 | 18 |
| 2010/11 | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| 2009/10 | 24 | 4 | 20 |
| 2008/09 | 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 2007/08 | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| 2006/07 | 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 2005/06 | 24 | 2 | 22 |
| 2004/05 | 28 | 3 | 25 |
| 2003/04 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
| 2002/03 | 24 | 6 | 18 |
| 2001/02 | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| 2000/01 | 21 | 2 | 19 |
| 1999/00 | 22 | – | 22 |
| 1998/99 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 1997/98 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 1996/97 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 1995/96 | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 1994/95 | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| 1993/94 | 23 | 3 | 20 |