Photo: Tdr112 · CC BY-SA 4.0One of the secondary schools around Deansrath charges fees: The Kings Hospital
Of the post-primaries around Deansrath, 25% are single-sex, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). 43 primary schools, 16 secondary schools and 5 special schools are in or within 3 km of Deansrath, with 26,713 pupils between them. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Deansrath’s schools
One fee-paying secondary school
One secondary school within reach charges fees; the others are free. The fee-paying one: The Kings Hospital (732). Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
81 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Deansrath Community College (0.3 km), Coláiste Chilliain (1.1 km) and Kishoge Community College (1.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
The 64 schools in and around Deansrath
Here are the schools in Deansrath or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Show all 43 primary schools
Where the 64 schools in and around Deansrath 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 Deansrath’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 Deansrath
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
6 of Deansrath’s 64 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcain, Coláiste Chilliain and Gaelscoil na Camoige.
Who Deansrath’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, 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 Deansrath | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 29% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 6% | 18% | 6% |
The share of pupils at DEIS schools around Deansrath, 27%, is close to Ireland’s 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). The largest DEIS school here is Phobailscoil Iosolde, with 764 pupils.
Each of the 64 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 Deansrath’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
40 of Deansrath’s 64 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (34), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (12) and Educate Together (4). 22 of the 64 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 15 patrons of Deansrath’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
15 patrons run the 64 schools around Deansrath; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 34 of them and 42% of the pupils. Education and Training Boards run 13 of them. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinScoil Aine Naofa, St Thomas Junior, Scoil Mhuire, Lucan B, St Marys, Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Sacred Heart, Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcain, St. John the Evangelist, St Ronans, Belgard Heights, Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig, Scoil Naomh Seosamh, St Ultans, Scoil Bride C, Scoil Lorcain B, St Kilians Senior, Scoil Mhuire, Talbot Senior, St Kilians Junior School, St Peter Apostle Sen, Divine Mercy Senior, Scoil Nano Nagle, Scoil Naomh Ide, Neillstown, Scoil Naomh Aine, Gaelscoil na Camoige, Divine Mercy Junior, St Marys Sen, St Bernadettes Senior, St Marys Junior, St Bernadettes Junior, S N Banrion na nAingeal 1, Bainrion na nAingal 2 | Catholic | 34 | 11,177 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBKingswood, Adamstown, Lucan, Kishoge, Collinstown Park, Coláiste Cois Life, Griffeen, St. Kevin's, Deansrath, Coláiste Chilliain, Lucan Community, Ballydowd High Support Special School | Multi-denominational, Inter-denominational | 12 | 7,420 |
| Educate TogetherGriffeen Valley Educate Together NS, Adamstown Castle Educate Together, Lucan East ETNS, Esker Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 4 | 1,695 |
| CEISTColáiste Bríde, St Joseph's College | Catholic | 2 | 1,927 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COISt Andrews, S.N. Naomh Eoin | Church of Ireland | 2 | 465 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinPhobailscoil Iosolde | Inter-denominational | 1 | 764 |
| Marist Brothers (Province of West Central Europe)Moyle Park College | Catholic | 1 | 763 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Phádraig CBS | Catholic | 1 | 745 |
| Board of Governors of King's HospitalThe Kings Hospital | Church of Ireland | 1 | 732 |
| Lucan Educate Together SchoolLucan Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 384 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Eiscir Riada | Catholic | 1 | 376 |
| Stewarts Care LtdStewarts School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 145 |
| Central Remedial ClinicScoil Mochua | Catholic | 1 | 69 |
| Health Service ExecutiveLinn Dara Schools | Multi-denominational | 1 | 51 |
| patron not listedLucan Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 0 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Deansrath
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 fee-paying school here sets its 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
Of these 59 schools, 12 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 26 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
All 59 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 Deansrath’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted 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 64 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 Deansrath
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
Families in Deansrath have 81 post-primary schools within 10 km: 40 voluntary secondary schools, 27 ETB schools and 14 community schools. Of these, 21 are single-sex: 12 for girls and 9 for boys. Fees are charged at 7 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 5 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 0.3 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 1.1 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 1.2 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 1.2 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 1.6 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 2.2 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 2.2 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 2.8 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 3.1 km |
| Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 981 | 3.1 km |
| Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 966 | 3.1 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 3.5 km |
All 81 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 3.7 km |
| St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 934 | 3.8 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 3.8 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 4.2 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 4.4 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 4.5 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 4.7 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 4.9 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 4.9 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 5.3 km |
| Castleknock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,318 | 5.4 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 5.4 km |
| Luttrellstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,027 | 5.4 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 5.5 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 5.7 km |
| Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 771 | 5.7 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 5.8 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 5.8 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 5.8 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 6 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 6.1 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 6.4 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 6.5 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 6.6 km |
| Coláiste ChiaráinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 676 | 6.8 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 6.9 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 6.9 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil MhinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,014 | 7.1 km |
| Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 7.2 km |
| Eriu Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 193 | 7.2 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 7.3 km |
| Hansfield ETSSVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 867 | 7.3 km |
| Confey Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 934 | 7.4 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 7.4 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 7.5 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 944 | 7.6 km |
| Hartstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,120 | 7.7 km |
| Blakestown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 563 | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Pobail SetantaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,079 | 8 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 8 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 8.2 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 8.4 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 8.7 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 8.7 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 8.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 8.7 km |
| Rath Dara Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 323 | 8.8 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 8.9 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 8.9 km |
| St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 790 | 8.9 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 8.9 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 8.9 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 9.1 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 9.4 km |
| Celbridge Community SchoolCommunity school · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 712 | 9.4 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 9.4 km |
| Salesian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 880 | 9.5 km |
| Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 264 | 9.5 km |
| St Wolstan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls | – | 846 | 9.5 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 9.5 km |
| New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 417 | 9.7 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 9.7 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 9.8 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 9.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 9.9 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 9.9 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 9.9 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 10 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Deansrath
5 special schools serve the area: Scoil Mochua, Stewarts School, Ballydowd High Support Special School, Linn Dara Schools and Lucan Community Special School, 272 pupils between them. 35 of the 43 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.
Deansrath beside the 86 other Irish towns of 9,600 to 18,600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 42 | 13,180 | 5 | 36% | 1 km |
| … | ||||||
| Midleton | 13,906 | 10 | 5,560 | 1 | 10% | 0.3 km |
| Cabra East | 13,895 | 157 | 40,651 | 10 | 63% | 0.9 km |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 63 | 18,590 | 8 | 30% | 0.4 km |
| Knocklyon | 13,854 | 75 | 27,868 | 6 | 23% | 0.3 km |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 64 | 26,713 | 6 | 34% | 0.3 km |
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 132 | 37,232 | 12 | 61% | 0.2 km |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 11 | 4,357 | 1 | 18% | 0.6 km |
| Arklow | 13,399 | 9 | 3,343 | 2 | 33% | 0.3 km |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 42 | 22,425 | 3 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 73 | 21,067 | 4 | 38% | 0.3 km |
Of the other 86 towns, 33 have more pupils at the schools around them than Deansrath. 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 Deansrath
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Deansrath had 26,450 pupils in 2015/16 and 26,713 in 2025/26. Griffeen Community College grew most: +317% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Deansrath
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 Deansrath
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deansrath | 64 | 26,713 | 6 | 34% | 0.3 km |
| Esker 2 km | 56 | 23,239 | 6 | 34% | 0.9 km |
| Clondalkin 2.1 km | 120 | 39,367 | 6 | 54% | 0.2 km |
| Ronanstown 2.3 km | 76 | 32,256 | 6 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ballyowen 2.8 km | 68 | 31,032 | 6 | 32% | 1 km |
| Cherry Orchard 3.4 km | 78 | 26,412 | 4 | 54% | 1.2 km |
| Lucan 3.5 km | 74 | 34,600 | 5 | 28% | 0.4 km |
Of Deansrath’s neighbours, Cherry Orchard saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+2%) and Ballyowen the least (−1%); Deansrath itself: −1%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Deansrath 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 Deansrath
How many schools are there in Deansrath?
In Deansrath or within 3 km of it: 43 primary schools, 16 secondary schools and 5 special schools, with 26,713 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Deansrath that teach through Irish?
Yes, 6: Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcain, Coláiste Chilliain and Gaelscoil na Camoige teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Deansrath?
1 of the 16: The Kings Hospital. The others are free.
What is the best school in Deansrath?
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 Deansrath?
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).