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St Columba's College

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryChurch of IrelandFee-payingBoarding

Whitechurch, Dublin 16 · D16 CH92 · Roll number 60320H

St Columba's College is one of 25 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballinteer. Every school in and around Ballinteer →

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Pupils
357
September, 2025/26
160 girls, 197 boys
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 333 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Body of Fellows of St Columba's College
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Columba's College

  • A small post-primary school: 357 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Charges fees.
  • Takes day pupils and boarders.
  • A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
  • Its patron is Body of Fellows of St Columba's College; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
  • Outside Ballinteer’s outline, 0.3 km away; listed with Ballinteer, the nearest town in its county.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Columba's College had 357 pupils in 2025/26, against 282 in 2015/16 (+27%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0901802703604502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Columba's 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 St Columba's 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 St Columba's 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 St Columba's College

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

Families apply to St Columba's 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.

Pupils
357
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 333 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Columba's College has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballinteer together changed by +3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Columba's College+7%
The post-primary schools around Ballinteer+10%
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, 3 have more pupils than St Columba's College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

St Columba's College357
Ballinteer415
Wesley College942
Rockbrook Park School186
St. Tiernan's368
Rosemont School307
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.8 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish2.1 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish2.2 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2.6 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish3 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish3 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish3 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.3 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish4 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.2 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish4.4 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish4.8 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.9 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish5 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish5.1 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.2 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.4 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.6 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish5.9 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish5.9 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish6 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish6.2 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish6.3 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.3 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓6.3 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish6.4 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓6.6 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish6.9 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish7 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish8.1 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.2 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.2 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.3 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.4 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.6 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.9 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.1 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish9.3 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.8 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish10 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓10 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish10 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish11 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish12 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish12 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish15 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish15 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish15 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish17 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish17 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish17 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish21 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓31 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish36 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish38 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish39 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballinteer

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

Median sale price
€595,000
200 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,266
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D16 Eircode area

Housing in Ballinteer →

The median sale price rose from €555,000 in 2023 to €643,000 in 2025 (+16%).

2023€555,000
2024€590,000
2025€643,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€818,500
Second-hand homes€594,300

Property Price Register sales in the D16 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballinteer

Cost of living in Ballinteer →

New tenancies in Ballinteer averaged €2,266 a month in 2025, against €2,244 in 2024 (+1%).

2024€2,244
2025€2,266

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

Location

Directions ↗

near Ballinteer, D16 CH92

Nearby

Post-primary schools near St Columba's College

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

Ballinteer Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
415 pupils+2% since 2019/201.8 km
Wesley College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Methodist
Fee-payingBoarding
942 pupils+2% since 2019/202.1 km
Rockbrook Park School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
186 pupils+14% since 2019/202.2 km
St. Tiernan's Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
368 pupils+7% since 2019/202.6 km
Rosemont School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
307 pupils+69% since 2019/202.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
Gaelcholáiste
296 pupils+13% since 2019/203 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60320H

Questions about St Columba's College

Is St Columba's 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 St Columba's College have?

357 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.

Does St Columba's College teach through Irish?

No: St Columba's College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Columba's College?

St Columba's College has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Body of Fellows of St Columba's College.

How do pupils get a place at St Columba's 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 St Columba's College?

The nearest are Ballinteer Community School (1.8 km), Wesley College (2.1 km) and Rockbrook Park School (2.2 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 Ballinteer; 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).