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Ballinteer Community School

Post-primary · Community schoolInter-denominationalDEIS

Broadford Road, Ballinteer, Dublin 16 · D16 XF79 · Roll number 91305L

Ballinteer Community School 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
415
September, 2025/26
200 girls, 215 boys
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 407 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Inter-denominational
Patron: Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Ballinteer Community School

  • 415 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • 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 Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province); its ethos is inter-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Ballinteer Community School had 415 pupils in 2025/26, against 406 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 422, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for Ballinteer Community School

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 Ballinteer Community School 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 Ballinteer Community School

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 Ballinteer Community School

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

Families apply to Ballinteer Community School 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
415
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 407 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ballinteer Community School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Ballinteer together changed by +3%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Ballinteer+2%
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 Ballinteer Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

Ballinteer415
Wesley College942
St. Tiernan's368
De La Salle College463
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296
St Columba's College357
Loreto High School625
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish1.3 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.5 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish1.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish1.8 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish1.8 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish2 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish2.4 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish2.8 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.3 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish3.3 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish3.3 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish4 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish4.1 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish4.4 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish4.4 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.5 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish4.8 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.8 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish4.8 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish5 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish5 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.4 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.6 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.7 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓5.8 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.9 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish5.9 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓5.9 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish6 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓6.3 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish6.4 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓6.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.6 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish7 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.3 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.9 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.9 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓8 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish8.1 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.3 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.6 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish8.7 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓8.8 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.1 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.3 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓9.4 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.4 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.8 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.9 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish10 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish10 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish10 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish11 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish11 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish11 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish11 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish11 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish12 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish14 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish14 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish15 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish15 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish15 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish15 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish16 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish16 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓29 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish34 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish36 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish37 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 ↗

Ballinteer, D16 XF79

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Ballinteer Community School

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

Wesley College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Methodist
Fee-payingBoarding
942 pupils+2% since 2019/201.3 km
St. Tiernan's Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
368 pupils+7% since 2019/201.5 km
De La Salle College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
463 pupils+45% since 2019/201.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
Gaelcholáiste
296 pupils+13% since 2019/201.8 km
St Columba's College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-payingBoarding
357 pupils+7% since 2019/201.8 km
Loreto High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
625 pupils−5% since 2019/202 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 91305L

Questions about Ballinteer Community School

Is Ballinteer Community School 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 Ballinteer Community School have?

415 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.

Does Ballinteer Community School teach through Irish?

No: Ballinteer Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Ballinteer Community School?

Ballinteer Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province).

How do pupils get a place at Ballinteer Community School?

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 Ballinteer Community School?

The nearest are Wesley College (1.3 km), St. Tiernan's Community School (1.5 km) and De La Salle College (1.7 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).