Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.063 schools in and around Belmayne: 43 primary schools, 14 secondary schools and 6 special schools
Of the post-primaries around Belmayne, 29% are single-sex, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). In or within 3 km of Belmayne, they have 17,963 pupils in all. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Belmayne’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
66 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School (0.2 km), Grange Community College (1.1 km) and The Donahies Community School (1.1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 63 schools in and around Belmayne 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 Belmayne’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Belmayne
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
5 of Belmayne’s 63 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelcholáiste Reachrann, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelscoil Mide.
Who Belmayne’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Belmayne | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 34% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 51% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 29% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
34% of the pupils around Belmayne are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 0% here against 6%. The biggest school in DEIS is Grange Community College (553 pupils).
Each of the 63 schools
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 Belmayne’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
45 of Belmayne’s 63 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (36), Educate Together (5) and Le Chéile Schools Trust (3). 25 of the 63 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 17 patrons of Belmayne’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
The schools around Belmayne answer to 17 patrons, and Archbishop of Dublin leads with 36 of the 63 schools and 49% of their pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 7. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinScoil Naomh Mearnog, St. Francis of Assisi, St Laurence's, Holy Trinity Sen, S.N. Muire agus Iosef, St Brigids Convent, Scoil Bhride, St Davids, Mhuire Iosef Junior, Scoil Aine Convent Senior, Naiscoil Ide, St Josephs, Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors, St Brigids Boys, Scoil Neasain, St Pauls Sen, Gaelscoil Mide, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, St Pauls Junior, St Francis Senior, S.N. Caitriona Girls, Cromcastle Green B, Our Lady Immac Sen, St John of God, San Nioclas Myra, S.N. Caitriona Naionain, St Benedicts and St Marys, St Francis Junior, Darndale N.S. Junior, Scoil Nais Ide Cailini, St Kevins Junior, Scoil Eoin, Scoil Bhreandain, St Malachys B, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St Monicas | Catholic | 36 | 8,838 |
| Educate TogetherBelmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Malahide / Portmarnock Educate Together, Stapolin Educate Together, North Bay Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 5 | 1,921 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustManor House School, St Marys, Árdscoil La Salle | Catholic | 3 | 1,261 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Michaels House Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 3 | 169 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,006 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Cholmcille, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol | Catholic, Multi-denominational | 2 | 293 |
| City of Dublin ETBCoolock, Beaumont Hospital Special School | Multi-denominational, Other | 2 | 214 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinPortmarnock | Inter-denominational | 1 | 955 |
| City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian BrothersPobalscoil Neasáin | Inter-denominational | 1 | 831 |
| Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians)St Pauls College | Catholic | 1 | 650 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe Donahies | Inter-denominational | 1 | 488 |
| Marist Education AuthorityChanel College | Catholic | 1 | 451 |
| CEISTMercy College Coolock | Catholic | 1 | 402 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Marys | Catholic | 1 | 230 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COISpringdale | Church of Ireland | 1 | 198 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Kilbarrack | Multi-denominational | 1 | 54 |
| patron not listedBelmayne Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Belmayne
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.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Between 2019/20 and now, 11 of the 55 grew by 5% or more and 29 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 55 schools
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.
The 63 schools in and around Belmayne
Every school in Belmayne or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Show all 43 primary schools
Inspection reports for Belmayne’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, 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 63 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Belmayne
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Within 10 km of Belmayne there are 66 post-primary schools: 45 voluntary secondary schools, 14 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. Of these, 27 are single-sex: 14 for girls and 13 for boys. Fees are charged at 6 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 595 | 0.2 km |
| Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 553 | 1.1 km |
| The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 488 | 1.1 km |
| Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 453 | 1.1 km |
| Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 1.6 km |
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 2.5 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 2.7 km |
| Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 652 | 2.7 km |
| Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 2.8 km |
| Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 831 | 3 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 230 | 3.1 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 3.3 km |
All 66 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 3.6 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 3.8 km |
| St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 714 | 3.9 km |
| Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 955 | 4 km |
| Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,250 | 4.2 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 4.2 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 5 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 5 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 754 | 5.1 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 5.1 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 5.2 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 696 | 5.3 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 5.6 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 5.7 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 5.8 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 5.9 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 6 km |
| Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 503 | 6 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 6.1 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 6.1 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 421 | 6.5 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 6.7 km |
| Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 864 | 7.1 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 7.2 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 7.2 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 7.3 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 7.4 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 655 | 7.5 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 585 | 7.7 km |
| St Finians Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 671 | 7.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 7.8 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 7.9 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 8 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8.2 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 8.4 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 8.5 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 8.5 km |
| Swords Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 952 | 8.7 km |
| St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 646 | 8.7 km |
| Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 264 | 8.9 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 9 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 9.1 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 9.2 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 9.2 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 9.3 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 9.5 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 9.5 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 9.5 km |
| St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 790 | 9.6 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 9.7 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 9.7 km |
| Donabate Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 799 | 9.9 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Belmayne
6 special schools serve the area: Belmayne Community Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch, St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, ABACAS Kilbarrack, St Michaels House Special School and Beaumont Hospital Special School, 234 pupils between them. 24 of the 43 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.
Belmayne beside the 78 other Irish towns of 10,500 to 20,300 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 124 | 35,375 | 8 | 52% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | 151 | 40,521 | 9 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 132 | 38,981 | 9 | 45% | 0.5 km |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 29 | 10,543 | 3 | 52% | 1.3 km |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 18 | 6,135 | 2 | 44% | 0.3 km |
| Belmayne | 15,047 | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ashtown | 14,937 | 97 | 28,864 | 8 | 52% | 0.7 km |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 68 | 31,032 | 6 | 32% | 1 km |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 85 | 23,703 | 7 | 49% | 1 km |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 54 | 18,909 | 6 | 50% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ballina | 10,556 | 14 | 2,979 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 km |
Among the 78 other towns, 46 have more pupils at their schools than Belmayne does. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Belmayne
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Belmayne had 18,224 pupils in 2015/16 and 17,963 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Belmayne
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.
Schools in the towns around Belmayne
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmayne | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ayrfield 1.1 km | 73 | 20,467 | 5 | 40% | 0.6 km |
| Clongriffin 1.2 km | 53 | 15,799 | 4 | 36% | 0.3 km |
| Donaghmede 1.5 km | 73 | 21,067 | 4 | 38% | 0.3 km |
| Darndale 1.8 km | 85 | 23,703 | 7 | 49% | 1 km |
| Edenmore 1.9 km | 71 | 20,216 | 5 | 41% | 0.9 km |
| Raheny 2.3 km | 70 | 21,242 | 4 | 34% | 0.9 km |
Darndale has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Belmayne changed by +3%; among its neighbours, Darndale’s grew most (+4%) and Donaghmede’s least (+2%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Belmayne 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 Belmayne
How many schools are there in Belmayne?
In Belmayne or within 3 km of it: 43 primary schools, 14 secondary schools and 6 special schools, with 17,963 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Belmayne that teach through Irish?
Yes, 5: Gaelcholáiste Reachrann, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelscoil Mide teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Belmayne?
No: all 14 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Belmayne?
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 Belmayne?
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).