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Blackrock College

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicBoysFee-payingBoarding

Blackrock College, Rock Road, Co. Dublin · A94 FK84 · Roll number 60030V

Blackrock College is one of 27 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Booterstown. Every school in and around Booterstown →

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Pupils
1,041
September, 2025/26
Boys
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 1,024 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: The Spiritan Education Trust
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Blackrock College

  • One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,041 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • A boys’ school.
  • Charges fees.
  • Takes day pupils and boarders.
  • The largest of the 27 post-primary schools around Booterstown.
  • 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 The Spiritan Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Blackrock College had 1,041 pupils in 2025/26, against 1,000 in 2015/16 (+4%). Its largest roll was 1,053, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.

03006009001,2002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Blackrock 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 Blackrock 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Blackrock 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 in

Getting a place at Blackrock College

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Blackrock 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boys only. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.

Pupils
1,041
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+2%
from 1,024 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Blackrock College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Booterstown together changed by +6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Blackrock College+2%
The post-primary schools around Booterstown+10%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Blackrock College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

Blackrock College1,041
Dominican College521
Willow Park School206
St Andrews College1,011
Coláiste Íosagáin488
Coláiste Eoin517
Oatlands College623
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish0.2 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish0.4 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish0.8 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish0.9 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish1 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish1.5 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish2 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish2.5 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish2.5 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish2.6 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish3 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish3 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish3 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish4 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish4 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.1 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓4.1 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish4.2 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.5 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish4.5 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.7 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.7 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish5 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish5 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.3 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.5 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish5.5 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish5.6 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓5.8 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish6.1 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish6.2 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish6.3 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish6.7 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish6.7 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish6.9 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish7 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.3 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.4 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.5 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish7.5 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish7.7 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓8 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.4 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.7 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓8.8 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.1 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.2 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.3 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓9.5 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓9.6 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.9 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish10 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓11 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish11 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish11 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish11 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓12 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish13 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish13 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish14 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish15 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish17 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish17 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish17 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish17 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish18 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓25 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish31 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish34 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish34 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓34 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish34 km
Living nearby

Living in Booterstown

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€732,500
104 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,648
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A94 Eircode area

Housing in Booterstown →

The median sale price rose from €716,400 in 2023 to €826,400 in 2025 (+15%).

2023€716,400
2024€728,200
2025€826,400

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€863,000
Second-hand homes€748,600

Property Price Register sales in the A94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Booterstown

Cost of living in Booterstown →

New tenancies in Booterstown averaged €2,648 a month in 2025, against €2,474 in 2024 (+7%).

2024€2,474
2025€2,648

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Booterstown, A94 FK84

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Blackrock College

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Dominican College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
521 pupils+19% since 2019/200.2 km
Willow Park School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-payingBoarding
206 pupils−0% since 2019/200.4 km
St Andrews College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Presbyterian
Fee-paying
1,011 pupils+2% since 2019/200.8 km
Coláiste Íosagáin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteGirls
488 pupils+1% since 2019/200.9 km
Coláiste Eoin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteBoys
517 pupils+4% since 2019/201 km
Oatlands College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
623 pupils+14% since 2019/201.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60030V

Questions about Blackrock College

Is Blackrock 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 Blackrock College have?

1,041 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.

Does Blackrock College teach through Irish?

No: Blackrock College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Blackrock College?

Blackrock College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is The Spiritan Education Trust.

How do pupils get a place at Blackrock 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 Blackrock College?

The nearest are Dominican College (0.2 km), Willow Park School (0.4 km) and St Andrews College (0.8 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 Booterstown; 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).