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Balbriggan Community College

Post-primary · ETBInter-denominationalDEIS

Pine Ridge, Chapel St., Balbriggan, Co Dublin · K32 HE19 · Roll number 70010V

Balbriggan Community College is one of 6 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Balbriggan. Every school in and around Balbriggan →

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Pupils
686
September, 2025/26
259 girls, 427 boys
Since 2019/20
+33%
from 516 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Inter-denominational
Patron: Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Balbriggan Community College

  • 686 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 686 pupils, 33% more than the 516 of 2019/20.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • 259 girls and 427 boys: more of one than the other.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Balbriggan Community College had 686 pupils in 2025/26, against 500 in 2015/16 (+37%). Girls are 38% of them. Its largest roll was 696, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.

02004006008002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Balbriggan Community College

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 Balbriggan Community College 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Balbriggan Community College

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 in

Getting a place at Balbriggan Community College

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Balbriggan Community College directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

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.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
686
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+33%
from 516 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Balbriggan Community College has grown by 33% since 2019/20. All the schools around Balbriggan together changed by −1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Balbriggan+33%
The post-primary schools around Balbriggan+18%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).

Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 4 have more pupils than Balbriggan Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +33%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Balbriggan686
Loreto1,220
Bremore Educate Together824
Ardgillan1,014
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520
Franciscan College321
Skerries1,025
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish0.2 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish1.2 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish1.3 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish1.4 km
Franciscan College321−26%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish6 km
The other 178 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.2 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish18 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish24 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish25 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish25 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓26 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish26 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish26 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish26 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓26 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish26 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish26 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓26 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish27 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓27 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓27 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish27 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish27 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish28 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓28 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish28 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓28 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓28 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish28 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish28 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish28 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish28 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓28 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish29 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓29 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓30 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish30 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓30 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish31 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish31 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish31 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish31 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓32 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓32 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish32 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓32 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish32 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓32 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓32 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish32 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish32 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish33 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish33 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish33 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish33 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓33 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish33 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish33 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓33 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish34 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish34 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish34 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish34 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish34 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish34 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish34 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish34 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish34 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish34 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish34 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish35 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish35 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish35 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓35 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish35 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓35 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish35 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish35 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish35 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish35 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓35 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish35 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish36 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish36 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish36 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish36 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓36 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish36 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish36 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish37 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish37 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish37 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish37 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish37 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish37 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish38 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish38 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓38 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish38 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish38 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish38 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish39 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish39 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish39 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish39 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish39 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish39 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓40 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓40 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish40 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓40 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish41 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish42 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish44 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓44 km
Living nearby

Living in Balbriggan

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€300,000
814 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,703
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the K32 Eircode area

Housing in Balbriggan →

The median sale price rose from €273,000 in 2023 to €360,000 in 2025 (+32%).

2023€273,000
2024€337,000
2025€360,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€426,100
Second-hand homes€299,100

Property Price Register sales in the K32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Balbriggan

Cost of living in Balbriggan →

New tenancies in Balbriggan averaged €1,703 a month in 2025, against €1,614 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€1,614
2025€1,703

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Balbriggan, K32 HE19

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Balbriggan Community College

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Loreto Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
1,220 pupils−5% since 2019/200.2 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
824 pupils+124% since 2019/201.2 km
Ardgillan Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
1,014 pupils+6% since 2019/201.3 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
Gaelcholáiste
520 pupils+63% since 2019/201.4 km
Franciscan College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
321 pupils−26% since 2019/204.1 km
Skerries Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
1,025 pupils+5% since 2019/206 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 70010V

Questions about Balbriggan Community College

Is Balbriggan Community College 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 Balbriggan Community College have?

686 pupils in 2025/26. That is +33% since 2019/20.

Does Balbriggan Community College teach through Irish?

No: Balbriggan Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Balbriggan Community College?

Balbriggan Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Balbriggan Community College?

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.

Which schools of the same kind are near Balbriggan Community College?

The nearest are Loreto Secondary School (0.2 km), Bremore Educate Together Secondary School (1.2 km) and Ardgillan Community College (1.3 km).

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).

Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Balbriggan; 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).