New Cross College
Cappagh Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 · D11 NC56 · Roll number 68181N
New Cross College is one of 24 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Blanchardstown. Every school in and around Blanchardstown →
What stands out about New Cross College
- 417 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 417 pupils, 110% more than the 199 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.
- 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 & Religious Sisters of Charity; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26New Cross College had 417 pupils in 2025/26, against 271 in 2015/16 (+54%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for New Cross 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 New Cross 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 New Cross 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 New Cross College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to New Cross 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: New Cross College has grown by 110% since 2019/20. All the schools around Blanchardstown 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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than New Cross College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +110%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.8 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.1 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.3 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 9.7 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 13 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | 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 Blanchardstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D15 Eircode area
Housing in Blanchardstown →The median sale price rose from €368,900 in 2023 to €439,900 in 2025 (+19%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D15 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Blanchardstown
Cost of living in Blanchardstown →New tenancies in Blanchardstown averaged €1,960 a month in 2025, against €1,830 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Blanchardstown, D11 NC56
Post-primary schools near New Cross College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about New Cross College
Is New Cross 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 New Cross College have?
417 pupils in 2025/26. That is +110% since 2019/20.
Does New Cross College teach through Irish?
No: New Cross College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs New Cross College?
New Cross College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust & Religious Sisters of Charity.
How do pupils get a place at New Cross 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 New Cross College?
The nearest are Coláiste Eoin (1 km), St Michaels Secondary School (1.5 km) and Beneavin De La Salle College (2.4 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 Blanchardstown; 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).