Beneavin De La Salle College
Beneavin Road, Finglas, Dublin · D11 NH7E · Roll number 60511O
Beneavin De La Salle College is one of 28 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballygall. Every school in and around Ballygall →
What stands out about Beneavin De La Salle College
- 585 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+15%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- A boys’ school.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Beneavin De La Salle College had 585 pupils in 2025/26, against 472 in 2015/16 (+24%). Its largest roll was 603, in 2024/25. 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 Beneavin De La Salle 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 Beneavin De La Salle 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 Beneavin De La Salle 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 Beneavin De La Salle College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Beneavin De La Salle 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 takes boys only. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Beneavin De La Salle College has grown by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballygall together changed by +2%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Beneavin De La Salle College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +15%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.8 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.7 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 8.7 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 8.9 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.1 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 11 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 13 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
Living in Ballygall
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D11 Eircode area
Housing in Ballygall →The median sale price rose from €310,200 in 2023 to €353,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D11 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Ballygall
Cost of living in Ballygall →New tenancies in Ballygall averaged €1,934 a month in 2025, against €1,821 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballygall, D11 NH7E
Post-primary schools near Beneavin De La Salle College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Beneavin De La Salle College
Is Beneavin De La Salle 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 Beneavin De La Salle College have?
585 pupils in 2025/26. That is +15% since 2019/20.
Does Beneavin De La Salle College teach through Irish?
No: Beneavin De La Salle College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Beneavin De La Salle College?
Beneavin De La Salle College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Beneavin De La Salle 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 Beneavin De La Salle College?
The nearest are St Kevins College (0.7 km), St Michaels Secondary School (1 km) and Coláiste Eoin (1.5 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 Ballygall; 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).