St. Kevin's Community College
Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 · D22 K314 · Roll number 70042L
St. Kevin's Community College is one of 18 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballyowen. Every school in and around Ballyowen →
What stands out about St. Kevin's Community College
- 525 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 525 pupils, 41% more than the 373 of 2019/20.
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Kevin's Community College had 525 pupils in 2025/26, against 359 in 2015/16 (+46%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St. Kevin's Community College
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for St. Kevin's Community College is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on St. Kevin's Community College
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at St. Kevin's Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Kevin's Community 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Kevin's Community College has grown by 41% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballyowen together changed by −1%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than St. Kevin's Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +41%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.4 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 2 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.2 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 9.9 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 14 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 15 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km |
Living in Ballyowen
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the K78 Eircode area
Housing in Ballyowen →The median sale price rose from €429,000 in 2023 to €485,000 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K78 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Dublin
Cost of living in Ballyowen →New tenancies in Co. Dublin averaged €2,159 a month in 2025, against €2,069 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ballyowen, D22 K314
Post-primary schools near St. Kevin's Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Kevin's Community College
Is St. Kevin's Community College a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does St. Kevin's Community College have?
525 pupils in 2025/26. That is +41% since 2019/20.
Does St. Kevin's Community College teach through Irish?
No: St. Kevin's Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Kevin's Community College?
St. Kevin's Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at St. Kevin's Community College?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near St. Kevin's Community College?
The nearest are Collinstown Park Community College (1.4 km), The Kings Hospital (1.4 km) and Coláiste Phádraig CBS (1.9 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 Ballyowen; 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).