St Josephs C.B.S.
Merville Ave, Fairview, Dublin 3 · D03 H524 · Roll number 60390F
St Josephs C.B.S. is one of 37 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Clontarf West. Every school in and around Clontarf West →
What stands out about St Josephs C.B.S.
- A small post-primary school: 310 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 310 pupils, 20% more than the 258 of 2019/20.
- In 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.
- 72 girls and 238 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Josephs C.B.S. had 310 pupils in 2025/26, down from 316 in 2015/16 (−2%). Girls are 23% of them. Its largest roll was 328, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 5 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 Josephs C.B.S.
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 Josephs C.B.S. 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 Josephs C.B.S.
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 Josephs C.B.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Josephs C.B.S. 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Josephs C.B.S. has grown by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Clontarf West together changed by +0%.
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 Josephs C.B.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +20%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.9 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 6.5 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 6.8 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.1 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.1 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.5 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 9.6 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | 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 | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km |
Living in Clontarf West
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D03 Eircode area
Housing in Clontarf West →The median sale price rose from €443,000 in 2023 to €535,900 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D03 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clontarf West
Cost of living in Clontarf West →New tenancies in Clontarf West averaged €2,155 a month in 2025, against €2,068 in 2024 (+4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Clontarf West, D03 H524
Post-primary schools near St Josephs C.B.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Josephs C.B.S.
Is St Josephs C.B.S. 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 Josephs C.B.S. have?
310 pupils in 2025/26. That is +20% since 2019/20.
Does St Josephs C.B.S. teach through Irish?
No: St Josephs C.B.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Josephs C.B.S.?
St Josephs C.B.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St Josephs C.B.S.?
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 Josephs C.B.S.?
The nearest are Marino College (0.1 km), Árdscoil Rís (0.7 km) and Mount Temple Comprehensive School (0.9 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 Clontarf West; 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).