Photo: Rossyxan · CC BY-SA 4.0Sutton Park School is the fee-paying secondary school near Baldoyle
28% of the schools around Baldoyle are DEIS schools, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). 16,574 pupils go to the 35 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 5 special schools in or within 3 km of Baldoyle. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Baldoyle’s schools
One fee-paying secondary school
One secondary school within reach charges fees; the others are free. The fee-paying one: Sutton Park School (503). Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 49 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: St Marys Secondary School (0.7 km), Pobalscoil Neasáin (0.8 km) and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann (1.3 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 53 schools in and around Baldoyle
Here are the schools in Baldoyle or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Show all 35 primary schools
Where the 53 schools in and around Baldoyle are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Baldoyle’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Baldoyle
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
4 of Baldoyle’s 53 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann and Gaelscoil Mide.
Who Baldoyle’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Baldoyle | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 21% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 52% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 34% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 7% | 18% | 6% |
Fewer of the pupils around Baldoyle are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 21% against 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at single-sex schools, at 34% against 29%. Grange Community College, with 553 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 53 schools
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
Who runs Baldoyle’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
35 of Baldoyle’s 53 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (28), Educate Together (5) and St Michael's House (3). 15 of the 53 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 16 patrons of Baldoyle’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 53 schools around Baldoyle, 28 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 43% of the pupils; 16 patrons in all. 5 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinScoil Naomh Mearnog, St. Francis of Assisi, St Fintans, St Laurence's, Holy Trinity Sen, S.N. Muire agus Iosef, Scoil Bhride, Mhuire Iosef Junior, Scoil Aine Convent Senior, Naiscoil Ide, Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors, Scoil Neasain, St Pauls Sen, Gaelscoil Mide, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, St Pauls Junior, S.N. Caitriona Girls, Our Lady Immac Sen, San Nioclas Myra, S.N. Caitriona Naionain, St Benedicts and St Marys, Darndale N.S. Junior, St Kevins Junior, Scoil Eoin, Scoil Bhreandain, St Malachys B, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St Monicas | Catholic | 28 | 7,127 |
| Educate TogetherBelmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Malahide / Portmarnock Educate Together, Stapolin Educate Together, North Bay Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 5 | 1,921 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSanta Sabina Dominican College, Manor House School, Árdscoil La Salle | Catholic | 3 | 1,695 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Michaels House Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 3 | 169 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,006 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COISpringdale, Burrow | Church of Ireland | 2 | 393 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinPortmarnock | Inter-denominational | 1 | 955 |
| City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian BrothersPobalscoil Neasáin | Inter-denominational | 1 | 831 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustSt. Fintan's High School | Catholic | 1 | 714 |
| Board of Governors of Sutton Park SchoolSutton Park School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 503 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe Donahies | Inter-denominational | 1 | 488 |
| CEISTMercy College Coolock | Catholic | 1 | 402 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Marys | Catholic | 1 | 230 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol | Multi-denominational | 1 | 84 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Kilbarrack | Multi-denominational | 1 | 54 |
| patron not listedBelmayne Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Baldoyle
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools. The fee-paying school here sets its own fees and admissions.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Since 2019/20, 8 of these 46 schools have grown by 5% or more and 23 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 46 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
Inspection reports for Baldoyle’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 53 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Baldoyle
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
Within 10 km of Baldoyle there are 49 post-primary schools: 32 voluntary secondary schools, 10 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. 19 teach girls and boys apart: 10 girls’ and 9 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 2 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 230 | 0.7 km |
| Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 831 | 0.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 453 | 1.3 km |
| Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 553 | 1.3 km |
| St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 714 | 1.6 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 595 | 2.2 km |
| Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 2.3 km |
| The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 488 | 2.4 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 754 | 2.7 km |
| Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 652 | 3.2 km |
| Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 503 | 3.8 km |
| Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 955 | 3.8 km |
All 49 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 4.2 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 4.5 km |
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 4.6 km |
| Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,250 | 4.6 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 4.7 km |
| Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 5 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 5.6 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 5.7 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 6.3 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 6.5 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 6.8 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 696 | 6.9 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 6.9 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 7 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 7.2 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 7.4 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 7.6 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 7.7 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 7.8 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 7.9 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 8.3 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 8.3 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 421 | 8.4 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 8.7 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 8.7 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8.7 km |
| Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 864 | 8.8 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 9.3 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 9.3 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 9.4 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 9.4 km |
| St Finians Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 671 | 9.5 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 9.5 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 655 | 9.5 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 9.6 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 9.7 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 585 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Baldoyle
5 special schools serve the area: St Michaels House Special School, ABACAS Kilbarrack, St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, Belmayne Community Special School and St Michaels Hse Sp Sch, 225 pupils between them. 15 of the 35 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Baldoyle beside the 94 other Irish towns of 5,500 to 10,600 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballina | 10,556 | 14 | 2,979 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Dubber | 7,941 | 54 | 15,781 | 5 | 67% | 1.8 km |
| Monaghan | 7,894 | 11 | 3,968 | 2 | 36% | 0.2 km |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 7 | 2,986 | 1 | 57% | 0.3 km |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 49 | 16,369 | 6 | 47% | 0.4 km |
| Baldoyle | 7,864 | 53 | 16,574 | 4 | 28% | 0.7 km |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 58 | 20,798 | 6 | 24% | 2 km |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 94 | 30,259 | 5 | 37% | 0.8 km |
| Kinsealy-Drinan | 7,526 | 22 | 11,271 | 1 | 5% | 0.7 km |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 91 | 27,293 | 3 | 51% | 0.2 km |
| … | ||||||
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 8 | 1,763 | 0 | 50% | 0.5 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 38 of the other 94 towns than around Baldoyle. 88 of the 95 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Baldoyle
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Baldoyle had 14,907 pupils in 2015/16 and 16,574 in 2025/26. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Baldoyle
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Baldoyle
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldoyle | 53 | 16,574 | 4 | 28% | 0.7 km |
| Sutton 0.9 km | 50 | 14,773 | 4 | 30% | 0.4 km |
| Clongriffin 1.2 km | 53 | 15,799 | 4 | 36% | 0.3 km |
| Donaghmede 2 km | 73 | 21,067 | 4 | 38% | 0.3 km |
| Raheny 2.2 km | 70 | 21,242 | 4 | 34% | 0.9 km |
| Belmayne 2.4 km | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ayrfield 3 km | 73 | 20,467 | 5 | 40% | 0.6 km |
Belmayne has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 5. The roll around Baldoyle moved +6% since 2019/20; nearby, Sutton grew most (+5%) and Donaghmede least (+2%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Baldoyle or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Baldoyle
How many schools are there in Baldoyle?
In Baldoyle or within 3 km of it: 35 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 5 special schools, with 16,574 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Baldoyle that teach through Irish?
Yes, 4: Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann and Gaelscoil Mide teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Baldoyle?
1 of the 13: Sutton Park School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Baldoyle?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Baldoyle?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).