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Le Fanu Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 · Roll number 68445V
St. Seton's Secondary School is one of 14 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyfermot. Every school in and around Ballyfermot →
What stands out about St. Seton's Secondary School
- 741 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- 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.
- On the lists since 2023/24: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 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 Trusteeship of the Le Chéile Schools Trust & CEIST; its ethos is other.
Pupils over time
2023/24 to 2025/26St. Seton's Secondary School had 741 pupils in 2025/26, down from 761 in 2023/24 (−3%). Girls are 55% of them. Its largest roll was 778, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 1 of the 2 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St. Seton's Secondary 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 St. Seton's Secondary 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.
Inspection reports on St. Seton's Secondary 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 a place at St. Seton's Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Seton's Secondary 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.
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, 1 have more pupils than St. Seton's Secondary School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.6 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.9 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 6.6 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.9 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.9 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 11 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | 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 Ballyfermot
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Homes in the D10 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyfermot →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €330,000 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D10 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballyfermot
Cost of living in Ballyfermot →New tenancies in Ballyfermot averaged €1,928 a month in 2025, against €1,778 in 2024 (+8%).
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Location
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Ballyfermot
Post-primary schools near St. Seton's Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Seton's Secondary School
Is St. Seton's Secondary 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 St. Seton's Secondary School have?
741 pupils in 2025/26.
Does St. Seton's Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: St. Seton's Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Seton's Secondary School?
St. Seton's Secondary School has a other ethos. Its patron is Trusteeship of the Le Chéile Schools Trust & CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at St. Seton's Secondary 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 St. Seton's Secondary School?
The nearest are Kylemore College (0.2 km), Phobailscoil Iosolde (1.5 km) and Mount Sackville Secondary School (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 Ballyfermot; 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).