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Cluain Saileach, Baile Atha Cliath 15 · D15 FW97 · Roll number 91315O
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin is one of 24 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Blanchardstown. Every school in and around Blanchardstown →
What stands out about Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,014 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians); its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin had 1,014 pupils in 2025/26, down from 1,087 in 2015/16 (−7%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
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 Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin 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 Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
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 Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). 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, 3 have more pupils than Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.6 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.9 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.4 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.1 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.2 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 16 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 16 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 22 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Blanchardstown
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Homes in the D15 Eircode area
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Renting in Blanchardstown
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Location
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Blanchardstown, D15 FW97
Post-primary schools near Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin
Is Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin 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 Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin have?
1,014 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin?
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians).
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin?
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 Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin?
The nearest are Blakestown Community School (1 km), Le Cheile Secondary School (1.5 km) and Hartstown Community School (1.6 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).