Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainCabinteely has 8 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
21% of the schools around Cabinteely are DEIS schools, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). Families in Cabinteely have 41 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 8 special schools within 3 km, teaching 21,279 pupils. These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Cabinteely’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Loreto Abbey Secondary School (757), Loreto College Foxrock (660), Christian Brothers College (549) and Holy Child Killiney (382), and 4 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
54 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Cabinteely Community School (0.6 km), St Laurence College (1.1 km) and Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School (1.4 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
The 67 schools in and around Cabinteely
Every school in Cabinteely or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Show all 41 primary schools
Where the 67 schools in and around Cabinteely 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 Cabinteely’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 Cabinteely
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
4 of Cabinteely’s 67 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Gaelscoil Phadraig and Scoil Lorcáin.
Who Cabinteely’s schools serve
The pupils at the area’s schools by share, beside 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 Cabinteely | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 17% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 55% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 49% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 41% | 18% | 6% |
Around Cabinteely, 17% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 28% in Co. Dublin. Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools, at 41% against 6%. Woodbrook College, with 623 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.
Each of the 67 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 Cabinteely’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
44 of Cabinteely’s 67 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (28), Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI (7) and Educate Together (6). 14 of the 67 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 22 patrons of Cabinteely’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
22 patrons run the 67 schools around Cabinteely; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 28 of them and 42% of the pupils. Education and Training Boards run 3 of them. Educate Together runs 7.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinThe Harold School, Holy Trinity, Carysfort, St Brigids Girls, Scoil Padraig Naofa B, Scoil Lorcáin, St Patricks GNS, St Annes Mxd, Scoil na nAingeal, St Brigids Boys, Our Lady Good Counsel GNS, Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys, St Raphaelas, St Josephs, Loreto, Our Lady of the Wayside NS, Scoil Mhuire, St Kevins, Clochar San Dominic, St Johns, St Augustines School, Holy Family School, Scoil Colmcille Senior, Scoil Cholmcille Junior, St Columbanus, Harold Boys, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, Benincasa Special School | Catholic | 28 | 8,887 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS N Gleann na gCaorach Iníon Léinín, Kill-O'-The-Grange, Kilternan Church of Ireland, Rathmichael, Dalkey N.S., St Brigids, All Saints | Church of Ireland | 7 | 1,082 |
| Educate TogetherStepaside Educate Together, Stepaside Educate Together, Blackrock Educate Together, Cherrywood Educate Together, Dun Laoghaire ETNS, Sallynoggin Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 6 | 1,962 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustClonkeen College, Woodbrook College, Christian Brothers College | Catholic | 3 | 1,807 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustHoly Child Killiney, St Laurence College, St Joseph Of Cluny | Catholic | 3 | 954 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Thaobh na Coille, Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Gaelscoil Phadraig | Catholic, Multi-denominational | 3 | 879 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto Abbey, Loreto College Foxrock | Catholic | 2 | 1,417 |
| Minister for EducationNewpark Comprehensive School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 884 |
| Handmaids of the Sacred HeartSt Raphaela's | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinCabinteely | Inter-denominational | 1 | 512 |
| The Dalkey School Project & Educate TogetherMonkstown Eucate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 415 |
| Board of Governors of Rathdown SchoolRathdown School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 364 |
| FamedRosemont School | Catholic | 1 | 307 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child JesusHoly Child | Inter-denominational | 1 | 275 |
| CEISTRockford Manor | Catholic | 1 | 273 |
| The Dalkey School ProjectDalkey School Project | Multi-denominational | 1 | 220 |
| The John Scottus Education TrustJohn Scottus | Inter-denominational | 1 | 211 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michaels Hse Spec Sc | Catholic | 1 | 68 |
| Health Service ExecutiveBallyowen Meadows | Catholic | 1 | 53 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & St John of God Hospitaller OrderCarmona Special | Catholic | 1 | 37 |
| Irish Autism ActionRed Door Special School | Other | 1 | 29 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBOur Lady of Lourdes School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 6 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Cabinteely
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. The 8 fee-paying schools here set their own fees and admissions.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Since 2019/20, 20 of these 56 schools have grown by 5% or more and 24 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 56 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.
Inspection reports for Cabinteely’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 67 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 Cabinteely
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Families in Cabinteely have 54 post-primary schools within 10 km: 47 voluntary secondary schools, 5 community schools, one comprehensive school and one ETB school. 26 teach girls and boys apart: 15 girls’ and 11 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 25 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 0.6 km |
| St Laurence CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 1.1 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 1.4 km |
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 1.4 km |
| Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 275 | 2.3 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 270 | 2.3 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 2.4 km |
| Holy Child KillineyVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 382 | 2.5 km |
| Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 364 | 2.5 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 2.9 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 3.4 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 3.6 km |
All 54 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 3.9 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 757 | 4.2 km |
| John Scottus Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 211 | 4.5 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 4.6 km |
| Woodbrook CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 623 | 5.1 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 5.2 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 5.2 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 5.5 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 5.6 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 5.8 km |
| Coláiste RaithínETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 326 | 6 km |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 324 | 6 km |
| St. Gerard's SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 623 | 6.1 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 6.1 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 6.2 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 6.2 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 6.2 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 6.3 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 6.4 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 6.5 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 6.9 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 7.3 km |
| Loreto Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 747 | 7.4 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 7.4 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 7.8 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 7.9 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 667 | 7.9 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 8.2 km |
| St. Kilian's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 427 | 8.2 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 8.2 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 8.7 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 8.8 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 9.3 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 9.3 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 9.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 9.4 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 9.6 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 9.7 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 9.8 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 9.8 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 9.8 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Cabinteely
8 special schools serve the area: Our Lady of Lourdes School, Ballyowen Meadows, Red Door Special School, Carmona Special National School, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, St Augustines School, St Michaels Hse Spec Sc and Benincasa Special School, 448 pupils between them. 18 of the 41 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.
Cabinteely beside the 73 other Irish towns of 11,100 to 21,400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 102 | 40,675 | 5 | 40% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Leixlip | 16,733 | 29 | 13,767 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 km |
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 89 | 35,482 | 10 | 7% | 0.4 km |
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 72 | 28,624 | 5 | 8% | 0.5 km |
| East Wall | 15,907 | 138 | 39,486 | 10 | 44% | 1.1 km |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Ashbourne | 15,680 | 13 | 6,695 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 km |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 11 | 5,783 | 1 | 0% | 1.4 km |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 14 | 4,273 | 1 | 43% | 0.4 km |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 76 | 32,256 | 6 | 40% | 0.2 km |
Of the other 73 towns, 42 have more pupils at the schools around them than Cabinteely. 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 Cabinteely
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Cabinteely had 20,317 pupils in 2015/16 and 21,279 in 2025/26. Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +246% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Cabinteely
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 Cabinteely
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinteely | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Ballybrack 1.2 km | 41 | 11,728 | 1 | 29% | 0.9 km |
| Foxrock 1.6 km | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Killiney 1.9 km | 45 | 13,019 | 1 | 31% | 0.7 km |
| Sallynoggin 2.6 km | 51 | 15,036 | 2 | 24% | 0.6 km |
| Shankill 3.4 km | 43 | 13,386 | 5 | 28% | 1.9 km |
| Dalkey 3.4 km | 43 | 12,331 | 1 | 28% | 0.9 km |
Foxrock has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Cabinteely changed by +8%; among its neighbours, Shankill’s grew most (+9%) and Sallynoggin’s least (+4%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Cabinteely 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 Cabinteely
How many schools are there in Cabinteely?
In Cabinteely or within 3 km of it: 41 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 8 special schools, with 21,279 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Cabinteely that teach through Irish?
Yes, 4: Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Gaelscoil Phadraig and Scoil Lorcáin teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Cabinteely?
8 of the 18: St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School, Rathdown School, Loreto College Foxrock and Holy Child Killiney. The others are free.
What is the best school in Cabinteely?
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 Cabinteely?
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).