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Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 · D16 P897 · Roll number 60321J
Rockbrook Park School is one of 18 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Edmondstown. Every school in and around Edmondstown →
What stands out about Rockbrook Park School
- A small post-primary school: 186 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+14%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- Charges fees.
- The smallest of the 18 post-primary schools around Edmondstown.
- 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 Famed Company Limited by Guarantee; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Edmondstown’s outline, 0.9 km away; listed with Edmondstown, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rockbrook Park School had 186 pupils in 2025/26, against 157 in 2015/16 (+18%). Its largest roll was 186, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rockbrook Park 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 Rockbrook Park 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 Rockbrook Park 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 Rockbrook Park School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rockbrook Park 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. It takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rockbrook Park School has grown by 14% since 2019/20. All the schools around Edmondstown 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 Rockbrook Park School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +14%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | ||
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.2 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.2 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.6 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 4.2 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 5.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.3 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 8.2 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.7 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km |
Living in Edmondstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D16 Eircode area
Housing in Edmondstown →The median sale price rose from €555,000 in 2023 to €643,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D16 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Edmondstown
Cost of living in Edmondstown →New tenancies in Edmondstown averaged €2,269 a month in 2025, against €2,222 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














near Edmondstown, D16 P897
Post-primary schools near Rockbrook Park School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Rockbrook Park School
Is Rockbrook Park 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 Rockbrook Park School have?
186 pupils in 2025/26. That is +14% since 2019/20.
Does Rockbrook Park School teach through Irish?
No: Rockbrook Park School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rockbrook Park School?
Rockbrook Park School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Famed Company Limited by Guarantee.
How do pupils get a place at Rockbrook Park 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 Rockbrook Park School?
The nearest are St. Colmcille's Community School (2 km), St Columba's College (2.2 km) and Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School (2.2 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 Edmondstown; 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).