C.B.S. James Street
James's Street, Dublin 8 · D08 K338 · Roll number 60410I
C.B.S. James Street is one of 32 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dolphins Barn. Every school in and around Dolphins Barn →
What stands out about C.B.S. James Street
- A small post-primary school: 251 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 251 pupils, 65% more than the 152 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.
- 98 girls and 153 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 2025/26C.B.S. James Street had 251 pupils in 2025/26, against 144 in 2015/16 (+74%). Girls are 39% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for C.B.S. James Street
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 C.B.S. James Street 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 C.B.S. James Street
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 C.B.S. James Street
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to C.B.S. James Street 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: C.B.S. James Street has grown by 65% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dolphins Barn together changed by +5%.
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, 5 have more pupils than C.B.S. James Street. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +65%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.6 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.2 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.4 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 7 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.1 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.6 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 km |
Living in Dolphins Barn
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D08 Eircode area
Housing in Dolphins Barn →The median sale price rose from €370,000 in 2023 to €415,000 in 2025 (+12%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D08 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dolphins Barn
Cost of living in Dolphins Barn →New tenancies in Dolphins Barn averaged €1,893 a month in 2025, against €1,946 in 2024 (+0%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dolphins Barn, D08 K338
Post-primary schools near C.B.S. James Street
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about C.B.S. James Street
Is C.B.S. James Street 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 C.B.S. James Street have?
251 pupils in 2025/26. That is +65% since 2019/20.
Does C.B.S. James Street teach through Irish?
No: C.B.S. James Street teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs C.B.S. James Street?
C.B.S. James Street has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at C.B.S. James Street?
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 C.B.S. James Street?
The nearest are Presentation College (0.9 km), St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School (1.2 km) and Loreto College (1.3 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 Dolphins Barn; 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).