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School Lane, Baldoyle, Dublin 13 · D13 F9K2 · Roll number 91342R
Pobalscoil Neasáin is one of 13 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Baldoyle. Every school in and around Baldoyle →
What stands out about Pobalscoil Neasáin
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 831 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Pobalscoil Neasáin had 831 pupils in 2025/26, against 687 in 2015/16 (+21%). Girls are 43% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Pobalscoil Neasáin
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 Pobalscoil Neasáin 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.
Inspection reports on Pobalscoil Neasáin
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 a place at Pobalscoil Neasáin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Pobalscoil Neasáin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Pobalscoil Neasáin has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Baldoyle together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
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
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Pobalscoil Neasáin has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 1.9 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 3 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 11 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 13 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 15 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 18 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 21 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 24 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km |
Living in Baldoyle
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D13 Eircode area
Housing in Baldoyle →The median sale price rose from €476,000 in 2023 to €550,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D13 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Baldoyle
Cost of living in Baldoyle →New tenancies in Baldoyle averaged €2,114 a month in 2025, against €2,067 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Baldoyle, D13 F9K2
Post-primary schools near Pobalscoil Neasáin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Pobalscoil Neasáin
Is Pobalscoil Neasáin 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 Pobalscoil Neasáin have?
831 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does Pobalscoil Neasáin teach through Irish?
No: Pobalscoil Neasáin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Pobalscoil Neasáin?
Pobalscoil Neasáin has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers.
How do pupils get a place at Pobalscoil Neasáin?
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 Pobalscoil Neasáin?
The nearest are St Marys Secondary School (0.6 km), St. Fintan's High School (0.9 km) and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann (1.9 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 Baldoyle; 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).