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St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicFee-paying

Ballinclea Road, Killiney, Co. Dublin · A96 DK13 · Roll number 60260P

St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dalkey. Every school in and around Dalkey →

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Pupils
270
September, 2025/26
250 girls, 20 boys
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 252 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Le Chéile Schools Trust
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School

  • A small post-primary school: 270 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Charges fees.
  • 250 girls and 20 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School had 270 pupils in 2025/26, down from 354 in 2015/16 (−24%). Girls are 93% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

0901802703604502015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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

No letter

No letter for St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School

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

Families apply to St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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.

Pupils
270
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+7%
from 252 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School has grown by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dalkey together changed by +5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Joseph Of Cluny+7%
The post-primary schools around Dalkey+14%
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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

St Joseph Of Cluny270
Rathdown School364
Holy Child275
Cabinteely512
Loreto Abbey757
Holy Child Killiney382
Clonkeen College635
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish0.8 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.8 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish2.1 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish2.2 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓2.4 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish3.5 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish3.9 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.8 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish5.8 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish6 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓6.1 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish6.4 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish6.5 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish6.5 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish7 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish7.7 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.8 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish8 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.1 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.2 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish9.7 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish10 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish11 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish11 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish11 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish11 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish11 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish11 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish12 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish12 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish13 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish14 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish15 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓15 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓16 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓17 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish18 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish18 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish19 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish19 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish19 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish20 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish21 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish23 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓23 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish23 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓23 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish24 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish24 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓28 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish34 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish38 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓38 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish38 km
Living nearby

Living in Dalkey

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

Median sale price
€850,500
416 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,886
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A96 Eircode area

Housing in Dalkey →

The median sale price rose from €601,000 in 2023 to €685,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€601,000
2024€725,000
2025€685,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€602,600
Second-hand homes€688,500

Property Price Register sales in the A96 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Dalkey

Cost of living in Dalkey →

New tenancies in Dalkey averaged €2,886 a month in 2025, against €2,712 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€2,712
2025€2,886

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

Location

Directions ↗

Dalkey, A96 DK13

Nearby

Post-primary schools near St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School

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

Rathdown School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-payingBoarding
364 pupils+38% since 2019/200.8 km
Holy Child Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
275 pupils+12% since 2019/201 km
Cabinteely Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
512 pupils+12% since 2019/201.8 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
757 pupils+16% since 2019/201.9 km
Holy Child Killiney
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
382 pupils+9% since 2019/202.1 km
Clonkeen College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
635 pupils+10% since 2019/202.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60260P

Questions about St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School

Is St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School have?

270 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.

Does St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School teach through Irish?

No: St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School?

St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.

How do pupils get a place at St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary 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 St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School?

The nearest are Rathdown School (0.8 km), Holy Child Community School (1 km) and Cabinteely Community School (1.8 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 Dalkey; 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).