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28 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 · D04 FT98 · Roll number 60590N
St Conleths College is one of 39 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballsbridge. Every school in and around Ballsbridge →
What stands out about St Conleths College
- A small post-primary school: 339 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 339 pupils, 19% more than the 284 of 2019/20.
- Charges fees.
- 128 girls and 211 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 St Conleth's Ltd; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Conleths College had 339 pupils in 2025/26, against 241 in 2015/16 (+41%). Girls are 38% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Conleths 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 Conleths 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.
Inspection reports on St Conleths 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 a place at St Conleths College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Conleths 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Conleths College has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballsbridge together changed by +10%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than St Conleths College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | ||
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.9 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.4 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.3 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 3.6 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.7 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.7 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.7 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.8 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km |
Living in Ballsbridge
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D04 Eircode area
Housing in Ballsbridge →The median sale price rose from €650,000 in 2023 to €685,000 in 2025 (+5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D04 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballsbridge
Cost of living in Ballsbridge →New tenancies in Ballsbridge averaged €2,570 a month in 2025, against €2,564 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Ballsbridge, D04 FT98
Post-primary schools near St Conleths College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Conleths College
Is St Conleths 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 Conleths College have?
339 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.
Does St Conleths College teach through Irish?
No: St Conleths College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Conleths College?
St Conleths College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is St Conleth's Ltd.
How do pupils get a place at St Conleths 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 Conleths College?
The nearest are Muckross Park College (0.7 km), Sandford Park School Ltd (1 km) and Marian College (1.1 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 Ballsbridge; 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).