Rosmini Community School
Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 · D09 RYT1 · Roll number 91344V
Rosmini Community School is one of 37 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Drumcondra. Every school in and around Drumcondra →
What stands out about Rosmini Community School
- A small post-primary school: 139 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 139 pupils, 16% more than the 120 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.
- The smallest of the 37 post-primary schools around Drumcondra.
- 49 girls and 90 boys: more of one than the other.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is City of Dublin ETB & Rosminian Fathers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rosmini Community School had 139 pupils in 2025/26, down from 212 in 2015/16 (−34%). Girls are 35% of them. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rosmini Community 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 Rosmini Community 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.
Inspection reports on Rosmini Community 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 a place at Rosmini Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rosmini Community 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rosmini Community School has grown by 16% since 2019/20. All the schools around Drumcondra together changed by +1%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Rosmini Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +16%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 0.4 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.9 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 1 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.7 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.8 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 6.9 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 7.1 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 7.9 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.1 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.2 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 10 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 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 |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-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 | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | 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 | 26 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km |
Living in Drumcondra
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D09 Eircode area
Housing in Drumcondra →The median sale price rose from €439,500 in 2023 to €518,400 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D09 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Drumcondra
Cost of living in Drumcondra →New tenancies in Drumcondra averaged €2,014 a month in 2025, against €1,927 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Drumcondra, D09 RYT1
Post-primary schools near Rosmini Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Rosmini Community School
Is Rosmini Community 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 Rosmini Community School have?
139 pupils in 2025/26. That is +16% since 2019/20.
Does Rosmini Community School teach through Irish?
No: Rosmini Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rosmini Community School?
Rosmini Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB & Rosminian Fathers.
How do pupils get a place at Rosmini Community 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 Rosmini Community School?
The nearest are Dominican College (0.4 km), Clonturk College (0.9 km) and Maryfield College (1 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 Drumcondra; 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).