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Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 · D14 P7F2 · Roll number 60630W
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule is one of 40 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Clonskeagh. Every school in and around Clonskeagh →
What stands out about St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
- 475 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 475 pupils, 18% more than the 403 of 2019/20.
- Charges fees.
- 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 Der Deutsche Schulverein; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Kilian's Deutsche Schule had 475 pupils in 2025/26, against 360 in 2015/16 (+32%). Girls are 43% of them. Its largest roll was 478, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule 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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Kilian's Deutsche Schule 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Kilian's Deutsche Schule has grown by 18% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clonskeagh together changed by +7%.
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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +18%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.7 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.9 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 3.1 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.1 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.6 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.8 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.9 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.2 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.3 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 8 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Clonskeagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D14 Eircode area
Housing in Clonskeagh →The median sale price rose from €637,300 in 2023 to €729,100 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clonskeagh
Cost of living in Clonskeagh →New tenancies in Clonskeagh averaged €2,624 a month in 2025, against €2,554 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Clonskeagh, D14 P7F2
Post-primary schools near St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Kilian's Deutsche Schule
Is St Kilian's Deutsche Schule 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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule have?
475 pupils in 2025/26. That is +18% since 2019/20.
Does St Kilian's Deutsche Schule teach through Irish?
No: St Kilian's Deutsche Schule teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Kilian's Deutsche Schule?
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Der Deutsche Schulverein.
How do pupils get a place at St Kilian's Deutsche Schule?
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 St Kilian's Deutsche Schule?
The nearest are Our Lady's Grove Secondary School (0.5 km), Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School (1 km) and The Teresian School (1.2 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 Clonskeagh; 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).