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Schools in and around Ballsbridge · Department of Education

15 of the secondary schools in and around Ballsbridge charge fees

67 primary schools, 39 secondary schools and 10 special schools are in or within 3 km of Ballsbridge, with 31,567 pupils between them. Of the post-primaries around Ballsbridge, 46% are single-sex, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

116schools in or within 3 km9teach through Irish49DEIS
Schools
116
in or within 3 km of Ballsbridge
5 inside the town itself
Pupils
31,567
+10% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
9 of 116
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
49 of 116
get extra support for disadvantaged areas
Ireland: 30%
School Grade
Not graded
no school results are published (Education Act 1998, s.53)

Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about Ballsbridge’s schools

15 of 39secondary schools charge fees124post-primary schools within 10 km

Fee-paying secondary schools

Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Belvedere College S.J (1,011), St Andrews College (1,011), St Michaels College (731) and Mount Anville Secondary School (726), and 11 more. Every school ↓

A wide choice at twelve

Within 10 km of the town there are 124 post-primary schools to choose from, of different kinds; each sets its own admission policy, and many families apply to several. The nearest: St Conleths College (0.7 km), Marian College (0.8 km) and Catholic University School (1.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓

Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 116 schools in and around Ballsbridge

Here are the schools in Ballsbridge 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.

Secondary schools1 in Ballsbridge, 38 within 3 km
St Conleths College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Fee-paying
339 pupils+19% since 2019/20
Marian College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
319 pupils−8% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Muckross Park College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
709 pupils+0% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
Ringsend College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
191 pupils+1% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
Catholic University School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
544 pupils+7% since 2019/200.4 km outside the town
The Teresian School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
230 pupils+16% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Loreto College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
588 pupils+5% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Sandford Park School Ltd
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
437 pupils+8% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
C.B.S. Westland Row
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
205 pupils+52% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
437 pupils+460% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
St Michaels College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
731 pupils+10% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Gonzaga College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
576 pupils+4% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISBoys
256 pupils−3% since 2019/201 km outside the town
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
500 pupils+17% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
302 pupils+39% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Alexandra College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
GirlsFee-payingBoarding
664 pupils+13% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
St Louis High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
690 pupils+2% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Presentation College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
262 pupils+55% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Inter-denominational
Fee-paying
475 pupils+18% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Larkin Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
403 pupils+3% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
437 pupils1.9 km outside the town
O'Connell School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
222 pupils+8% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
295 pupils−3% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Belvedere College S.J
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
1,011 pupils+1% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Show all 39 secondary schools
Mount Carmel Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
386 pupils−4% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
St Josephs C.B.S.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
310 pupils+20% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Marino College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
297 pupils+21% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
St Andrews College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Presbyterian
Fee-paying
1,011 pupils+2% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
St Pauls C.B.S.
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
244 pupils+15% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Coláiste Eoin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteBoys
517 pupils+4% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
C.B.S. James Street
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
251 pupils+65% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Coláiste Íosagáin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteGirls
488 pupils+1% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
366 pupils2.7 km outside the town
Stratford College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Jewish
Fee-paying
189 pupils+28% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Clogher Road Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
297 pupils+46% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Willow Park School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-payingBoarding
206 pupils−0% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Holy Faith Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
647 pupils+0% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Mount Anville Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
726 pupils+4% since 2019/203 km outside the town
St Josephs Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
283 pupils+48% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Primary schools3 in Ballsbridge, 64 within 3 km
St Christopher's NS
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
598 pupils−4% since 2019/20
John Scottus N.S.
Primary · Multi-denominational
136 pupils−28% since 2019/20
Gaelscoil Eoin
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
64 pupils
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
134 pupils−17% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
St Marys Central N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
588 pupils+9% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
St Patricks Girls N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirls
143 pupils−12% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
295 pupils+852% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
Naomh Padraig Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
137 pupils+0% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa
Primary · Church of Ireland
212 pupils−5% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
Star of the Sea
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
223 pupils−31% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.
Primary · Multi-denominational
221 pupils−5% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town
Sandford Parish National School
Primary · Church of Ireland
196 pupils−15% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Shellybanks Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
333 pupils+20% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Lios na nOg
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
188 pupils−18% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
S.N. Brighde
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
358 pupils−18% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Sancta Maria C B S
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
103 pupils+3% since 2019/201 km outside the town
St Laurence O'Toole's National School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
159 pupils−2% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
GirlsSpecial classes
286 pupils+3% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
City Quay N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
151 pupils−3% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
St. Louis National School
Primary · Catholic
590 pupils1.3 km outside the town
South City CNS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEIS
148 pupils+19% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
69 pupils+6% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
St Josephs Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
211 pupils−5% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
St Patricks
Primary · Church of Ireland
24 pupils−29% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Show all 67 primary schools
Kildare Place N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
189 pupils−8% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
224 pupils+17% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
St Clares Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
163 pupils−42% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
St Brigids Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
229 pupils−13% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Central Infs School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
149 pupils−7% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Central Senior Mxd N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
227 pupils−18% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Islamic National School
Primary · Muslim
Special classes
414 pupils+36% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Scoil na mBrathar
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
155 pupils+0% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
Scoil Chaoimhin
Primary · Catholic
GaelscoilDEIS
68 pupils+13% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Rutland National School
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
152 pupils−6% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Griffith Barracks Multi D School
Primary · Multi-denominational
403 pupils+30% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Scoil Treasa Naofa
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
175 pupils−9% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
St Vincents Inf Boys
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoys
88 pupils−18% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
S.N. San Vinseann Cailin
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirlsSpecial classes
208 pupils−15% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
174 pupils1.9 km outside the town
St Columbas N.S. Mxd
Primary · Church of Ireland
90 pupils−27% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town
St Audoens N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
171 pupils−8% since 2019/202 km outside the town
St Catherines West N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
193 pupils−6% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Our lady's Grove Primary School
Primary · Catholic
409 pupils−7% since 2019/202.1 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
161 pupils−17% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
155 pupils−15% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Presentation Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
165 pupils+29% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
Our Ladys N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
176 pupils−31% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
83 pupils+22% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Gardiner Street Convent
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
298 pupils−27% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Rathgar N.S.
Primary · Methodist
94 pupils+3% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
St Marys N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
212 pupils−5% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Booterstown Boys
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
189 pupils−38% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Paradise Place ETNS
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEISSpecial classes
239 pupils−2% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Howth Rd Mxd N.S.
Primary · Presbyterian
89 pupils−9% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
116 pupils−7% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Canal Way Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
391 pupils+23% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
120 pupils−20% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Our Lady of Mercy Convent School
Primary · Catholic
Girls
247 pupils−9% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
St. James's Primary School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
278 pupils+11% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Mologa
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
229 pupils+0% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Harolds Cross N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
398 pupils+4% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Laighean
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
130 pupils2.8 km outside the town
Scoil Naisiunta Stratford
Primary · Jewish
Special classes
88 pupils−5% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Marist National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
210 pupils−26% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
212 pupils−10% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Muire Og 2 Loreto Con
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
191 pupils−12% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Zion Parish Primary School
Primary · Church of Ireland
91 pupils−2% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Special schools1 in Ballsbridge, 9 within 3 km
St Declans Special Sch
Special · Catholic
35 pupils−3% since 2019/20
Catherine Mc Auley N Sc
Special · Catholic
99 pupils+0% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
Enable Ireland Sandymount School
Special · Catholic
49 pupils+14% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
St L O Tooles 2 Spec
Special · Catholic
14 pupils−42% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
An Taonad Reamhscoile
Special · Catholic
96 pupils−3% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Hospital School CHI at Temple Street
Special · Catholic
66 pupils−3% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
St Peters Special Sch
Special · Catholic
70 pupils+17% since 2019/202.4 km outside the town
Henrietta Street School
Special · Catholic
20 pupils+0% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
St Joseph's Adolescent School
Special · Catholic
11 pupils2.6 km outside the town
An Cosan CSS
Special · Multi-denominational
56 pupils2.8 km outside the town
Map

Where the 116 schools in and around Ballsbridge 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 Ballsbridge’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

St Joseph's Adolescent School · Catholic · 11 pupilsSt L O Tooles 2 Spec · Catholic · 14 pupilsHenrietta Street School · Catholic · 20 pupilsSt Declans Special Sch · Catholic · 35 pupilsEnable Ireland Sandymount School · Catholic · 49 pupilsAn Cosan CSS · Multi-denominational · 56 pupilsHospital School CHI at Temple Street · Catholic · 66 pupilsSt Peters Special Sch · Catholic · 70 pupilsAn Taonad Reamhscoile · Catholic · 96 pupilsCatherine Mc Auley N Sc · Catholic · 99 pupilsSt Patricks · Church of Ireland · 24 pupilsGaelscoil Eoin · Multi-denominational · 64 pupilsScoil Chaoimhin · Catholic · 68 pupilsNaomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys · Catholic · 69 pupilsScoil Iosagain Boys Senior · Catholic · 83 pupilsSt Vincents Inf Boys · Catholic · 88 pupilsScoil Naisiunta Stratford · Jewish · 88 pupilsHowth Rd Mxd N.S. · Presbyterian · 89 pupilsSt Columbas N.S. Mxd · Church of Ireland · 90 pupilsZion Parish Primary School · Church of Ireland · 91 pupilsRathgar N.S. · Methodist · 94 pupilsSancta Maria C B S · Catholic · 103 pupilsSt Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School · Catholic · 116 pupilsScoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School · Catholic · 120 pupilsGaelscoil Laighean · Multi-denominational · 130 pupilsScoil Caitriona na mBraithre · Catholic · 134 pupilsJohn Scottus N.S. · Multi-denominational · 136 pupilsNaomh Padraig Boys · Catholic · 137 pupilsSt Patricks Girls N.S. · Catholic · 143 pupilsSouth City CNS · Multi-denominational · 148 pupilsCentral Infs School · Catholic · 149 pupilsCity Quay N.S. · Catholic · 151 pupilsRutland National School · Catholic · 152 pupilsScoil na mBrathar · Catholic · 155 pupilsScoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors · Catholic · 155 pupilsSt Laurence O'Toole's National School · Catholic · 159 pupilsGaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire · Catholic · 161 pupilsSt Clares Convent N.S. · Catholic · 163 pupilsPresentation Primary School · Catholic · 165 pupilsSt Audoens N.S. · Catholic · 171 pupilsDublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School · Multi-denominational · 174 pupilsScoil Treasa Naofa · Catholic · 175 pupilsOur Ladys N.S. · Catholic · 176 pupilsGaelscoil Lios na nOg · Catholic · 188 pupilsKildare Place N.S. · Church of Ireland · 189 pupilsBooterstown Boys · Catholic · 189 pupilsStratford College · Jewish · 189 pupilsRingsend College · Multi-denominational · 191 pupilsMuire Og 2 Loreto Con · Catholic · 191 pupilsSt Catherines West N.S. · Church of Ireland · 193 pupilsSandford Parish National School · Church of Ireland · 196 pupilsC.B.S. Westland Row · Catholic · 205 pupilsWillow Park School · Catholic · 206 pupilsS.N. San Vinseann Cailin · Catholic · 208 pupilsMarist National School · Catholic · 210 pupilsSt Josephs Mxd N.S. · Catholic · 211 pupilsS.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa · Church of Ireland · 212 pupilsSt Marys N.S. · Catholic · 212 pupilsScoil Mhuire Ogh 1 · Catholic · 212 pupilsRanelagh Multi Denom N.S. · Multi-denominational · 221 pupilsO'Connell School · Catholic · 222 pupilsStar of the Sea · Catholic · 223 pupilsPresentation Primary School · Catholic · 224 pupilsCentral Senior Mxd N.S. · Catholic · 227 pupilsSt Brigids Primary School · Catholic · 229 pupilsGaelscoil Mologa · Catholic · 229 pupilsThe Teresian School · Catholic · 230 pupilsParadise Place ETNS · Multi-denominational · 239 pupilsSt Pauls C.B.S. · Catholic · 244 pupilsOur Lady of Mercy Convent School · Catholic · 247 pupilsC.B.S. James Street · Catholic · 251 pupilsChristian Brothers, Synge St. · Catholic · 256 pupilsPresentation College · Catholic · 262 pupilsSt. James's Primary School · Catholic · 278 pupilsSt Josephs Secondary School · Catholic · 283 pupilsScoil Mhuire · Catholic · 286 pupilsHarcourt Terrace Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 295 pupilsOur Lady's Grove Secondary School · Catholic · 295 pupilsMarino College · Multi-denominational · 297 pupilsClogher Road Community College · Multi-denominational · 297 pupilsGardiner Street Convent · Catholic · 298 pupilsSt Patricks Cathedral Grammar School · Church of Ireland · 302 pupilsSt Josephs C.B.S. · Catholic · 310 pupilsMarian College · Catholic · 319 pupilsShellybanks Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 333 pupilsSt Conleths College · Catholic · 339 pupilsS.N. Brighde · Catholic · 358 pupilsGoatstown Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 366 pupilsMount Carmel Secondary School · Catholic · 386 pupilsCanal Way Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 391 pupilsHarolds Cross N.S. · Catholic · 398 pupilsGriffith Barracks Multi D School · Multi-denominational · 403 pupilsLarkin Community College · Inter-denominational · 403 pupilsOur lady's Grove Primary School · Catholic · 409 pupilsIslamic National School · Muslim · 414 pupilsSandford Park School Ltd · Inter-denominational · 437 pupilsSandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 437 pupilsHarolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 437 pupilsSt Kilian's Deutsche Schule · Inter-denominational · 475 pupilsColáiste Íosagáin · Catholic · 488 pupilsSt. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines · Catholic · 500 pupilsColáiste Eoin · Catholic · 517 pupilsCatholic University School · Catholic · 544 pupilsGonzaga College · Catholic · 576 pupilsSt Marys Central N.S. · Catholic · 588 pupilsLoreto College · Catholic · 588 pupilsSt. Louis National School · Catholic · 590 pupilsSt Christopher's NS · Catholic · 598 pupilsHoly Faith Secondary School · Catholic · 647 pupilsAlexandra College · Church of Ireland · 664 pupilsSt Louis High School · Catholic · 690 pupilsMuckross Park College · Catholic · 709 pupilsMount Anville Secondary School · Catholic · 726 pupilsSt Michaels College · Catholic · 731 pupilsBelvedere College S.J · Catholic · 1,011 pupilsSt Andrews College · Presbyterian · 1,011 pupils© OpenStreetMap contributors
PrimaryPost-primarySpecialSize: pupilsCatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths

Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Language

Teaching through Irish in and around Ballsbridge

The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.

All-Irish 98%
Partly in Irish 22%
English-medium 10591%

9 of Ballsbridge’s 116 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Eoin, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg and S.N. Brighde.

Who goes there

Who Ballsbridge’s schools serve

How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools33%
Pupils at all-Irish schools7%
Girls51%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools57%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools48%

Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils47%
Post-primary pupils23%
Share of pupilsAround BallsbridgeCo. DublinIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools33%28%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools7%6%6%
Girls51%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools57%38%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools48%18%6%

33% of the pupils around Ballsbridge are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools stand out most: 48% against 6%. The largest DEIS school here is St Christopher's NS, with 598 pupils.

Each of the 116 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
St Christopher's NSPrimary59852%✓
St Conleths CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary33938%
John Scottus N.S.Primary13638%
Gaelscoil EoinPrimary6447%✓
St Declans Special SchSpecial3520%
Marian CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary319–✓
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithrePrimary13446%✓
St Marys Central N.S.Primary58856%
Catherine Mc Auley N ScSpecial9946%
St Patricks Girls N.S.Primary143100%✓
Muckross Park CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary709100%
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National SchoolPrimary29544%
Naomh Padraig BoysPrimary1371%✓
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu NfaPrimary21249%
Ringsend CollegePost-primary · ETB19160%✓
Catholic University SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5440%
Star of the SeaPrimary2230%
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.Primary22150%
The Teresian SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary230100%
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary588100%
Sandford Parish National SchoolPrimary19646%
Enable Ireland Sandymount SchoolSpecial4949%
Sandford Park School LtdPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43743%
Shellybanks Educate Together National SchoolPrimary33349%
C.B.S. Westland RowPost-primary · Voluntary secondary20551%✓
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43750%
Gaelscoil Lios na nOgPrimary18847%✓
St Michaels CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary7310%
S.N. BrighdePrimary35852%✓
Sancta Maria C B SPrimary10339%✓
Gonzaga CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary5760%
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Post-primary · Voluntary secondary2560%✓
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5000%
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolPrimary15970%✓
Scoil MhuirePrimary286100%
City Quay N.S.Primary15142%✓
St. Louis National SchoolPrimary59052%
South City CNSPrimary14854%✓
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysPrimary690%✓
St Josephs Mxd N.S.Primary21150%✓
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary30251%
St PatricksPrimary2463%
Kildare Place N.S.Primary18951%
Alexandra CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary664100%
St L O Tooles 2 SpecSpecial147%
St Louis High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary690100%
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary22455%✓
St Clares Convent N.S.Primary16342%
St Brigids Primary SchoolPrimary22961%✓
Central Infs SchoolPrimary14948%✓
Central Senior Mxd N.S.Primary22748%✓
Islamic National SchoolPrimary41450%
Presentation CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary26260%✓
Scoil na mBratharPrimary15528%✓
St Kilian's Deutsche SchulePost-primary · Voluntary secondary47543%
Scoil ChaoimhinPrimary6847%✓✓
Rutland National SchoolPrimary15249%✓
Griffith Barracks Multi D SchoolPrimary40345%
Scoil Treasa NaofaPrimary17546%✓
An Taonad ReamhscoileSpecial9642%
St Vincents Inf BoysPrimary880%✓
Larkin Community CollegePost-primary · ETB40350%✓
S.N. San Vinseann CailinPrimary208100%✓
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary43746%
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolPrimary17446%
St Columbas N.S. MxdPrimary9037%
St Audoens N.S.Primary17151%✓
St Catherines West N.S.Primary19345%
O'Connell SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary222–✓
Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolPrimary40952%
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary295100%
Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuirePrimary16153%✓
Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys SeniorsPrimary1550%✓
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimary16558%✓
Belvedere College S.JPost-primary · Voluntary secondary1,0110%
Our Ladys N.S.Primary17647%✓
Scoil Iosagain Boys SeniorPrimary831%✓
Gardiner Street ConventPrimary29850%✓
Hospital School CHI at Temple StreetSpecial6648%
Rathgar N.S.Primary9449%
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary386100%✓
St Josephs C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondary31023%✓
St Peters Special SchSpecial7026%
St Marys N.S.Primary21270%✓
Marino CollegePost-primary · ETB29748%✓
Booterstown BoysPrimary1890%
Paradise Place ETNSPrimary23948%✓
Howth Rd Mxd N.S.Primary8951%
St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice SchoolPrimary1160%✓
St Andrews CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary1,01152%
St Pauls C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondary2442%✓
Henrietta Street SchoolSpecial2030%
Coláiste EoinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary5170%✓
Canal Way Educate Together National SchoolPrimary39149%
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolPrimary12019%✓
C.B.S. James StreetPost-primary · Voluntary secondary25139%✓
St Joseph's Adolescent SchoolSpecial1155%
Our Lady of Mercy Convent SchoolPrimary247100%
Coláiste ÍosagáinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary488100%✓
St. James's Primary SchoolPrimary27845%✓
Gaelscoil MologaPrimary22948%✓
Harolds Cross N.S.Primary39847%✓
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary36645%
Stratford CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary18944%
Gaelscoil LaigheanPrimary13055%✓
Scoil Naisiunta StratfordPrimary8844%
Marist National SchoolPrimary21079%✓
An Cosan CSSSpecial5611%
Clogher Road Community CollegePost-primary · ETB29740%✓
Willow Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary2060%
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1Primary21255%✓
Muire Og 2 Loreto ConPrimary19152%✓
Zion Parish Primary SchoolPrimary9154%
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary647100%
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary726100%
St Josephs Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary28394%✓

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 them

Who runs Ballsbridge’s schools

Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.

80 of Ballsbridge’s 116 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (49), Educate Together (8) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (8). 49 of the 116 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).

CatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths
Primary schools 67 schools67%
Secondary schools 39 schools67%
Special schools 10 schools90%
All of Ballsbridge’s schools 116 schools69%
Ireland 3,938 schools80%

Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.

Patrons

The 34 patrons of Ballsbridge’s schools

Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.

Archbishop of Dublin is patron of 49 of the 116 schools around Ballsbridge, which teach 30% of their pupils; 34 patrons run them in all. The local Education and Training Board runs 5. Educate Together runs 8.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Archbishop of DublinSt Christopher's NS, St. Louis, St Marys Central, Our lady's Grove Primary School, Harolds Cross, S.N. Brighde, Gardiner Street Convent, Scoil Mhuire, St. James's Primary School, Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, St Brigids Primary School, Gaelscoil Mologa, Presentation Primary School, Star of the Sea, St Marys, Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1, St Josephs Mxd, Marist, S.N. San Vinseann Cailin, Muire Og 2 Loreto Con, Booterstown Boys, Our Ladys, Scoil Treasa Naofa, St Audoens, Presentation Primary School, St Clares Convent, Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire, St Laurence O'Toole's, Scoil na mBrathar, Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors, Rutland, City Quay, St Patricks Girls, Naomh Padraig Boys, Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre, Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School, St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School, Sancta Maria C B S, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, An Taonad Reamhscoile, St Vincents Inf Boys, Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior, St Peters Special Sch, Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys, Hospital School CHI at Temple Street, St Declans Special Sch, Henrietta Street School, St L O Tooles 2 Spec, St Joseph's Adolescent SchoolCatholic499,575
Educate TogetherSandymount Park Educate Together, Harolds Cross Educate Together, Canal Way Educate Together, Goatstown Educate Together, Shellybanks Educate Together, Harcourt Terrace Educate Together, Paradise Place ETNS, Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolMulti-denominational82,672
Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Eoin, Coláiste Íosagáin, St Josephs C.B.S., Christian Brothers, Synge St., C.B.S. James Street, St Pauls C.B.S., O'Connell School, C.B.S. Westland RowCatholic82,493
City of Dublin ETBLarkin, Marino College, Clogher Road, Ringsend College, An Cosan CSSInter-denominational, Multi-denominational51,244
Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa, Sandford Parish, St Catherines West, Zion Parish Primary School, St Columbas N.S. MxdChurch of Ireland5782
Le Chéile Schools TrustMuckross Park College, St Louis High School, Holy Faith, Our Lady's GroveCatholic42,341
The Spiritan Education TrustSt Michaels College, St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines, Willow Park SchoolCatholic31,437
Minister for Education & SkillsCentral Senior Mxd, Central Infs School, Scoil ChaoimhinCatholic3444
An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Lios na nOg, Gaelscoil Laighean, Gaelscoil EoinCatholic, Multi-denominational3382
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Belvedere College S.J, Gonzaga CollegeCatholic21,587
Religious Sisters of CharityMount Carmel, St JosephsCatholic2669
Dublin Talmud TorahStratford College, Scoil Naisiunta StratfordJewish2277
Board of Governors of St Andrew's CollegeSt Andrews CollegePresbyterian11,011
Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education TrustMount AnvilleCatholic1726
Council of Alexandra CollegeAlexandra CollegeChurch of Ireland1664
Loreto Education TrustLoreto CollegeCatholic1588
Marist Education AuthorityCatholic University SchoolCatholic1544
Der Deutsche SchulvereinSt Kilian's Deutsche SchuleInter-denominational1475
Board of Governors of Sandford Park SchoolSandford Park School LtdInter-denominational1437
Islamic Foundation of IrelandIslamicMuslim1414
Griffith Barracks Multi-denominational School Company Limited by GuaranteeGriffith Barracks Multi D SchoolMulti-denominational1403
St Conleth's LtdSt Conleths CollegeCatholic1339
Marist Brothers (Province of West Central Europe)Marian CollegeCatholic1319
Board of Governors of St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar SchoolSt Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolChurch of Ireland1302
CEISTPresentation CollegeCatholic1262
Teresian Association IrelandThe Teresian SchoolCatholic1230
The Ranelagh Multidenominational AssociationRanelagh Multi DenomMulti-denominational1221
Board of Governors of the Church of Ireland College of EducationKildare PlaceChurch of Ireland1189
City of Dublin Education and Training BoardSouth City CNSMulti-denominational1148
The John Scottus Education Trust Company Limited by GuaranteeJohn ScottusMulti-denominational1136
Conference of Methodist Church in IrelandRathgarMethodist194
Joint patronage between the Kirk Session of Clontarf and the Scots Presbyterian ChurchHowth Rd MxdPresbyterian189
Enable Ireland Disability ServicesEnable Ireland Sandymount SchoolCatholic149
Dean of St Patrick's CatheralSt PatricksChurch of Ireland124

Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.

Getting a place

How children get a place in Ballsbridge

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 15 fee-paying schools here set their 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, 33 of these 100 schools have grown by 5% or more and 35 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.

Harcourt Terrace Educate Together+852%
Sandymount Park Educate Together+460%
C.B.S. James Street+65%
Presentation College+55%
C.B.S. Westland Row+52%
St Josephs+48%
Clogher Road+46%
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School+39%
Islamic+36%
Griffith Barracks Multi D School+30%
All 100 schools
Presentation Primary School+29%
Stratford College+28%
Canal Way Educate Together+23%
Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior+22%
Marino College+21%
Shellybanks Educate Together+20%
St Josephs C.B.S.+20%
St Conleths College+19%
South City CNS+19%
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule+18%
Presentation Primary School+17%
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines+17%
The Teresian School+16%
St Pauls C.B.S.+15%
Scoil Chaoimhin+13%
Alexandra College+13%
St. James's Primary School+11%
St Michaels College+10%
St Marys Central+9%
Sandford Park School Ltd+8%
O'Connell School+8%
Catholic University School+7%
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior Boys+6%
Loreto College+5%
Harolds Cross+4%
Coláiste Eoin+4%
Mount Anville+4%
Gonzaga College+4%
Rathgar+3%
Sancta Maria C B S+3%
Scoil Mhuire+3%
Larkin+3%
St Andrews College+2%
St Louis High School+2%
Belvedere College S.J+1%
Ringsend College+1%
Coláiste Íosagáin+1%
Gaelscoil Mologa+0%
Holy Faith+0%
Muckross Park College+0%
Naomh Padraig Boys+0%
Scoil na mBrathar+0%
Willow Park School−0%
Paradise Place ETNS−2%
Zion Parish Primary School−2%
St Laurence O'Toole's−2%
City Quay−3%
Christian Brothers, Synge St.−3%
Our Lady's Grove−3%
Mount Carmel−4%
St Christopher's NS−4%
St Marys−5%
Ranelagh Multi Denom−5%
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu Nfa−5%
St Josephs Mxd−5%
Scoil Naisiunta Stratford−5%
Rutland−6%
St Catherines West−6%
Our lady's Grove Primary School−7%
St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School−7%
Central Infs School−7%
Marian College−8%
St Audoens−8%
Kildare Place−8%
Our Lady of Mercy Convent School−9%
Scoil Treasa Naofa−9%
Howth Rd Mxd−9%
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1−10%
St Patricks Girls−12%
Muire Og 2 Loreto Con−12%
St Brigids Primary School−13%
S.N. San Vinseann Cailin−15%
Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys Seniors−15%
Sandford Parish−15%
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre−17%
Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire−17%
Gaelscoil Lios na nOg−18%
Central Senior Mxd−18%
St Vincents Inf Boys−18%
S.N. Brighde−18%
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School−20%
Marist−26%
Gardiner Street Convent−27%
St Columbas N.S. Mxd−27%
John Scottus−28%
St Patricks−29%
Our Ladys−31%
Star of the Sea−31%
Booterstown Boys−38%
St Clares Convent−42%

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.

Inspections

Inspection reports for Ballsbridge’s schools

Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated

Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted on gov.ie with the school’s response.

The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 116 schools below each link their own.

SchoolReports on gov.ie
St Christopher's NSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Conleths CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
John Scottus N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil EoinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Declans Special SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
Marian CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Caitriona na mBraithrePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Marys Central N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Catherine Mc Auley N ScSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Patricks Girls N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Muckross Park CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Naomh Padraig BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Paroiste Maitiu NfaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ringsend CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Catholic University SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Star of the SeaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Ranelagh Multi Denom N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
The Teresian SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Loreto CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Sandford Parish National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Enable Ireland Sandymount SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Sandford Park School LtdPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Shellybanks Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
C.B.S. Westland RowPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Lios na nOgPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Michaels CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. BrighdePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Sancta Maria C B SPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gonzaga CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Laurence O'Toole's National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
City Quay N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St. Louis National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
South City CNSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Naomh Lorcan O Tuathail Senior BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St PatricksPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Kildare Place N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Alexandra CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St L O Tooles 2 SpecSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Louis High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Clares Convent N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Brigids Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Central Infs SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Central Senior Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Islamic National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil na mBratharPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Kilian's Deutsche SchulePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil ChaoimhinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Rutland National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Griffith Barracks Multi D SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Treasa NaofaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
An Taonad ReamhscoileSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Vincents Inf BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Larkin Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
S.N. San Vinseann CailinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Columbas N.S. MxdPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Audoens N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Catherines West N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
O'Connell SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Cholaiste MhuirePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Ui Chonaill Boys SeniorsPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Presentation Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Belvedere College S.JPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our Ladys N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Iosagain Boys SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gardiner Street ConventPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Hospital School CHI at Temple StreetSpecialInspection reports ↗
Rathgar N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Peters Special SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Marys N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Marino CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Booterstown BoysPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Paradise Place ETNSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Howth Rd Mxd N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Andrews CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Pauls C.B.S.Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Henrietta Street SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Coláiste EoinPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Canal Way Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
C.B.S. James StreetPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Joseph's Adolescent SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Mercy Convent SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coláiste ÍosagáinPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. James's Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil MologaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Harolds Cross N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Stratford CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil LaigheanPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naisiunta StratfordPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Marist National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
An Cosan CSSSpecialInspection reports ↗
Clogher Road Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Willow Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Muire Og 2 Loreto ConPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Zion Parish Primary SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗

Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.

Post-primary choices

Post-primary schools within reach of Ballsbridge

Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve

Families in Ballsbridge have 124 post-primary schools within 10 km: 94 voluntary secondary schools, 18 ETB schools, 9 community schools and 3 comprehensive schools. 57 of them are single-sex, 31 for girls and 26 for boys. Fees are charged at 28 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 7 of them.

Within 10 km
124
post-primary schools; 39 in the area
Single-sex
57
of the 124 within reach
Nearest
0.7 km
St Conleths College
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysFee-paying3390.7 km
Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3190.8 km
Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5441.2 km
C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2051.2 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying5881.2 km
Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7091.4 km
Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1911.5 km
Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying4371.6 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4371.7 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS2562 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5002 km
Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5762 km
All 124 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying7312.1 km
The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying2302.2 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–3022.3 km
Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4032.4 km
St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6902.5 km
Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2622.6 km
Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirlsFee-paying, Boarding6642.7 km
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3862.8 km
O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2222.8 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4372.8 km
Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying1,0112.9 km
St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2443.1 km
St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3103.4 km
St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying4753.4 km
Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2973.4 km
C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2513.5 km
St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2833.6 km
Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · JewishGirls and boysFee-paying1893.6 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–2953.7 km
Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2973.8 km
The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying8113.9 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3204 km
St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · PresbyterianGirls and boysFee-paying1,0114 km
Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5634 km
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6474 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–9034 km
Presentation Community CollegeETB · CatholicGirls and boys–4434.1 km
Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysGaelcholáiste5174.1 km
Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsGaelcholáiste4884.2 km
Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1394.2 km
Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding2064.2 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–3664.3 km
De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–4634.4 km
St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS4084.5 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7994.6 km
Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying7264.6 km
Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding1,0414.6 km
Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5274.7 km
Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS5234.8 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5214.8 km
Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2504.9 km
Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–9685.1 km
Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying8005.1 km
Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6235.2 km
St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS8305.2 km
St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6505.3 km
Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7995.4 km
Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2645.4 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2895.4 km
Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste2965.4 km
St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5505.4 km
Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6255.5 km
Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS2725.6 km
Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3495.6 km
St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3205.6 km
Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1505.6 km
St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–9495.6 km
St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6515.6 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7255.7 km
St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS3685.8 km
Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6375.9 km
Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4075.9 km
Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4156 km
St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6376.1 km
St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7906.2 km
Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · MethodistGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding9426.3 km
St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5036.3 km
Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS2706.3 km
Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4026.4 km
Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5216.4 km
Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS4516.4 km
Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–8846.6 km
Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6526.6 km
Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6186.6 km
Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5646.7 km
St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4666.9 km
Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5856.9 km
Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5777 km
Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1867.1 km
St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9157.2 km
Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2057.2 km
Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–2737.2 km
St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS6467.3 km
Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4797.6 km
Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2897.6 km
Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2577.6 km
Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5497.8 km
St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding3577.8 km
St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · OtherGirls and boysDEIS7417.8 km
The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4887.9 km
Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6607.9 km
Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS8407.9 km
St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–7278 km
Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS2668.2 km
Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying3078.2 km
Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying6368.4 km
New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS4178.6 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–7418.6 km
Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–9128.8 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–5958.9 km
Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6358.9 km
Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying1869 km
Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste4539.2 km
Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS5539.2 km
Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS7649.3 km
Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2759.3 km
Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–1,0069.4 km
Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying7719.5 km
Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–8319.6 km
Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying, Boarding3649.6 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4119.7 km
Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–8259.7 km

Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.

Special needs

Special schools and classes around Ballsbridge

10 special schools serve the area: St Declans Special Sch, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, Enable Ireland Sandymount School, St L O Tooles 2 Spec, An Taonad Reamhscoile, Hospital School CHI at Temple Street, St Peters Special Sch, Henrietta Street School, St Joseph's Adolescent School and An Cosan CSS, 516 pupils between them. 29 of the 67 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.

Towns its size

Ballsbridge beside the 81 other Irish towns of 8,900 to 17,200 people

Towns of a similar size, with the schools in or within 3 km of each; ordered by population, never ranked

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Rathmines East16,92313541,3931236%0.2 km
…
Fettercairn12,9707225,995850%0.6 km
Wicklow12,957114,543136%0.6 km
Hollystown12,8846822,939350%1.9 km
Blackrock12,8166625,764611%0.8 km
Ballsbridge12,74311631,567942%0.7 km
Finglas South12,4759929,161957%0.5 km
Enniscorthy12,31093,951244%0.9 km
Firhouse12,2547025,224534%0.7 km
Foxrock12,1638028,450718%0.8 km
…
Waterford City Centre9,0313312,411239%0.5 km

Of these 81 other towns, 21 count more pupils at their schools than Ballsbridge. 81 of the 82 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.

Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Ballsbridge

Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.

The schools in and around Ballsbridge had 28,299 pupils in 2015/16 and 31,567 in 2025/26. Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School grew most: +852% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Ballsbridge

08,00016,00024,00032,00040,0002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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.

Neighbours

Schools in the towns around Ballsbridge

Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.

Grand Canal DockSt Stephen's GreenSandymountPortobelloRathmines EastEast WallGrand Canal DockSt Stephen's GreenSandymountPortobelloRathmines EastEast WallBallsbridge
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Ballsbridge11631,567942%0.7 km
Grand Canal Dock
1 km		12132,703643%0.7 km
St Stephen's Green
1.2 km		12733,381947%0 km
Sandymount
1.4 km		13340,8011026%0.8 km
Portobello
1.6 km		11029,104746%0.4 km
Rathmines East
1.8 km		13541,3931236%0.2 km
East Wall
2 km		13839,4861044%1.1 km

Rathmines East has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 12. Of Ballsbridge’s neighbours, St Stephen's Green saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+9%) and East Wall the least (+7%); Ballsbridge itself: +10%.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Ballsbridge 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 Ballsbridge

How many schools are there in Ballsbridge?

In Ballsbridge or within 3 km of it: 67 primary schools, 39 secondary schools and 10 special schools, with 31,567 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Ballsbridge that teach through Irish?

Yes, 9: Gaelscoil Eoin, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg and S.N. Brighde teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Ballsbridge?

15 of the 39: St Conleths College, Catholic University School, The Teresian School and Loreto College. The others are free.

What is the best school in Ballsbridge?

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 Ballsbridge?

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).