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Frequently asked questions

How do I find schools near my home?

Type your Eircode in the address box on the homepage. Scoil Scout shows every primary, post-primary and special school within 5 km of your Eircode area, sorted by distance. You can widen the radius up to 100 km in the filter panel.

What is a DEIS school?

DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) is a Department of Education programme that gives extra funding, smaller classes and home-school liaison support to schools serving areas with concentrated socioeconomic disadvantage. Scoil Scout flags every DEIS school and lets you filter by DEIS Urban Band 1, Urban Band 2 or Rural.

Where can I read a school's inspection report?

Each school's detail page links directly to its published inspection reports on gov.ie. Reports include Whole-School Evaluations and subject-specific inspections going back several years.

Are there fees to use Scoil Scout?

No. Scoil Scout is free, has no ads, and no accounts. We count visits with our own cookieless analytics, built into the site itself — no third-party trackers, and nothing is shared with anyone else; see the About page for full details. We re-use the Department of Education, NCSE and gov.ie open data under the Open Government Licence.

Can I shortlist and compare schools?

Yes. Tap the star on any school to add it to your shortlist (up to 20). Switch to compare view to see schools side-by-side on enrolment, pupil-teacher ratio, DEIS status, special-class provision and inspection history. Shortlists stay on your device — no account needed.

How do I find a Gaelscoil or Educate Together school?

Use the filter panel to narrow by Gaelscoil (all-Irish-medium) or by patronage body, including Educate Together, Catholic, Church of Ireland, An Foras Pátrúnachta and Education and Training Boards (ETBs).

How do I find a school with a special class or an autism (ASD) unit?

Use the special-education finder (linked in the site header) to enter your Eircode and see every school with an NCSE special class and every special school near you, ranked by distance — along with a plain-language guide to the SENO and application pathway.