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Willow Park School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicBoysFee-payingBoarding

Rock Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin · A94 TW98 · Roll number 60040B

Willow Park School 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
206
September, 2025/26
Boys
Since 2019/20
−0%
from 207 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 Willow Park School

  • A small post-primary school: 206 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−0%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • A boys’ school.
  • Charges fees.
  • Takes day pupils and boarders.
  • The smallest 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

Willow Park School had 206 pupils in 2025/26, down from 207 in 2015/16 (−0%). Its largest roll was 216, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

0601201802402015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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

No letter

No letter for Willow Park School

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 Willow Park School 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 Willow Park School

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 Willow Park School

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

Families apply to Willow Park School 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
206
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−0%
from 207 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Willow Park School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−0%). All the schools around Booterstown together changed by +6%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Willow Park School−0%
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.

Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Willow Park School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −0%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Willow Park School206
St Andrews College1,011
Blackrock College1,041
Dominican College521
Coláiste Íosagáin488
Coláiste Eoin517
Oatlands College623
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish0.4 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish0.4 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish0.6 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish0.7 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish0.7 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish1.6 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish2.1 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish2.3 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish2.3 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish2.4 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish2.8 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish3 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.2 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish3.6 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish3.6 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish3.7 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓3.7 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish3.8 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.1 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish4.5 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4.6 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish5 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.1 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.1 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish5.2 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish5.3 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish5.5 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓5.7 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish5.8 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish5.8 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.9 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish6 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish6.1 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish6.2 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓6.4 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish6.6 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.6 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.9 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish7 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓7 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish7.2 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓7.2 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish7.4 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓7.7 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish8 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓8.1 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓8.5 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.5 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.8 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.8 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.9 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓9.1 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.2 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.2 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.3 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish9.5 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓9.7 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.8 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓10 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish10 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish11 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%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
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish11 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓11 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish13 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish14 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-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-denominationalEnglish16 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish16 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-denominationalEnglish17 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish17 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 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-denominationalEnglish33 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 TW98

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Willow Park School

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

St Andrews College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Presbyterian
Fee-paying
1,011 pupils+2% since 2019/200.4 km
Blackrock College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-payingBoarding
1,041 pupils+2% since 2019/200.4 km
Dominican College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
521 pupils+19% since 2019/200.6 km
Coláiste Íosagáin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteGirls
488 pupils+1% since 2019/200.7 km
Coláiste Eoin
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GaelcholáisteBoys
517 pupils+4% since 2019/200.7 km
Oatlands College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
623 pupils+14% since 2019/201.6 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60040B

Questions about Willow Park School

Is Willow Park School 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 Willow Park School have?

206 pupils in 2025/26. That is −0% since 2019/20.

Does Willow Park School teach through Irish?

No: Willow Park School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Willow Park School?

Willow Park School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is The Spiritan Education Trust.

How do pupils get a place at Willow Park School?

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 Willow Park School?

The nearest are St Andrews College (0.4 km), Blackrock College (0.4 km) and Dominican College (0.6 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 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).