Photo: Jonjobaker · CC BY-SA 4.06 of the secondary schools in and around Edmondstown charge fees
The DEIS programme includes 12% of the schools around Edmondstown, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). In or within 3 km of Edmondstown: 36 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 3 special schools, 23,063 pupils in all. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Edmondstown’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Wesley College (942), The High School (811), Terenure College (800) and Loreto High School (625), and 2 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 96 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Coláiste Éanna (1.1 km), Sancta Maria College (1.1 km) and St. Colmcille's Community School (1.4 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Few schools in DEIS
Only 7 of the 57 schools here are in DEIS, the programme of extra teachers and money for schools serving disadvantaged areas; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: Holy Rosary Primary School (525), Ballinteer Community School (415), St. Tiernan's Community School (368) and Scoil Santain (262), and 3 more. Who goes there ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 57 schools in and around Edmondstown
Every school in Edmondstown or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Show all 36 primary schools
Where the 57 schools in and around Edmondstown 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 Edmondstown’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 Edmondstown
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
6 of Edmondstown’s 57 schools teach every subject through Irish: Scoil Naithi, Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh and Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna.
Who Edmondstown’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against 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 Edmondstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 9% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 47% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 39% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 35% | 18% | 6% |
Fewer of the pupils around Edmondstown are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 9% against 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 35% here against 6%. The biggest school in DEIS is Holy Rosary Primary School (525 pupils).
Each of the 57 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 Edmondstown’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
36 of Edmondstown’s 57 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (25), Educate Together (5) and Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI (4). 7 of the 57 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 19 patrons of Edmondstown’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Archbishop of Dublin is patron of 25 of the 57 schools around Edmondstown, which teach 40% of their pupils; 19 patrons run them in all. Education and Training Boards run 5 of them. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Colmcille Senior, Scoil Colmcille Naofa, St Pius X G, Holy Rosary Primary School, St Pius X N.S. Boys, St Patrick GNS, Marley Grange, Bishop Galvin, Clochar Loreto, Bishop Shanahan, Scoil Treasa Firhouse, Ballyroan B, St Attractas Senior, Scoil Mhuire Boys, St Attractas Junior, Scoil Carmel, Scoil Santain, Holy Cross, Scoil Naithi, Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, Na Maighdine Muire Girl, Scoil Mhuire, Scoil an Maighdine Mhuire Boys, Our Ladys, S.N. Bhaile Eamonn | Catholic | 25 | 9,233 |
| Educate TogetherFirhouse Educate Together, Ballinteer Educate Together, Firhouse Educate Together, Rathfarnham Educate Together, Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School | Multi-denominational | 5 | 1,523 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil na Fuinseoige, Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh, Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 4 | 1,248 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COITaney, Rathfarnham Parish, Whitechurch Nat School, Zion Parish Primary School | Church of Ireland | 4 | 884 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)St. Colmcille's, Ballinteer, St. Tiernan's | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1,510 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBSt Mac Dara's, Firhouse | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,740 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustOur Ladys School, De La Salle College | Catholic | 2 | 1,262 |
| Conference of the Methodist Church in IrelandWesley College | Methodist | 1 | 942 |
| Board of Governors of the High SchoolThe High School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 811 |
| Carmelite Order (Irish Province)Terenure College | Catholic | 1 | 800 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustTempleogue College | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto High School | Catholic | 1 | 625 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Éanna | Catholic | 1 | 618 |
| CEISTSancta Maria College | Catholic | 1 | 577 |
| Body of Fellows of St Columba's CollegeSt Columba's College | Church of Ireland | 1 | 357 |
| Famed Company Limited by GuaranteeRockbrook Park School | Catholic | 1 | 186 |
| Spiritan Education TrustLibermann Spiritan School | Catholic | 1 | 51 |
| Sapling School Company Limited by GuaranteeSaplings Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 30 |
| Cheeverstown School Company limited by guaranteeCheeverstown Sp Sch | Catholic | 1 | 29 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Edmondstown
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 6 fee-paying schools here set their 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 53 schools, 13 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 26 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
All 53 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 Edmondstown’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 57 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Edmondstown
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
96 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Edmondstown: 70 voluntary secondary schools, 15 ETB schools, 10 community schools and one comprehensive school. 41 of them are single-sex, 21 for girls and 20 for boys. Fees are charged at 25 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 6 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 1.1 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 1.1 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 1.4 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 1.7 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 1.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 1.9 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 2 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 2.2 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 2.6 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 2.8 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 2.9 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 3 km |
All 96 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 3.2 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 3.2 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 3.4 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 3.4 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 3.6 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 3.7 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 3.7 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 3.8 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 3.8 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 4.2 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 4.3 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 4.5 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 4.6 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 4.7 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 4.7 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 4.7 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 4.7 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 4.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 5 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 5.1 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 5.2 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 5.2 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 5.3 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 5.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 5.6 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 5.6 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 5.7 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 5.8 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 5.9 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 5.9 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 5.9 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 6 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 6 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 6.2 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 6.2 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 6.3 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 6.5 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 6.5 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 6.5 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 6.6 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 6.6 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 6.7 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 6.9 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 6.9 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 6.9 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 6.9 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 6.9 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 6.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 7 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 7 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 7.1 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 7.3 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 7.4 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 7.5 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 7.6 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 7.8 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 7.8 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 7.9 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 8 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 8.1 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8.2 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 8.2 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 8.4 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 8.4 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 8.5 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 8.5 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 8.5 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 8.7 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 8.7 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 8.7 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 8.9 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 8.9 km |
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 9.1 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 9.4 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 9.6 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 9.7 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 9.8 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 9.9 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 9.9 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 9.9 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 9.9 km |
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 9.9 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Edmondstown
3 special schools serve the area: Saplings Special School, Cheeverstown Sp Sch and Libermann Spiritan School, 110 pupils between them. 17 of the 36 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.
Edmondstown beside the 99 other Irish towns of 3,800 to 7,400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 46 | 16,583 | 5 | 39% | 1 km |
| … | ||||||
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 6 | 2,782 | 0 | 0% | 0.2 km |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 43 | 16,164 | 4 | 35% | 1.4 km |
| Roscrea | 5,542 | 8 | 1,763 | 0 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 5 | 2,252 | 0 | 60% | 0.8 km |
| Edmondstown | 5,451 | 57 | 23,063 | 6 | 12% | 1.1 km |
| Salthill | 5,445 | 30 | 10,795 | 4 | 23% | 0.6 km |
| Ballinlough | 5,435 | 79 | 23,116 | 7 | 47% | 0.6 km |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 41 | 14,084 | 6 | 44% | 1 km |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 48 | 16,815 | 5 | 46% | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||||
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 52 | 16,547 | 5 | 54% | 0.6 km |
Of these 99 other towns, 16 count more pupils at their schools than Edmondstown. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 82 of the 100.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Edmondstown
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Edmondstown had 21,714 pupils in 2015/16 and 23,063 in 2025/26. Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +407% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Edmondstown
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 Edmondstown
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmondstown | 57 | 23,063 | 6 | 12% | 1.1 km |
| Ballyboden 1.1 km | 73 | 26,593 | 7 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| Rathfarnham 1.6 km | 111 | 39,391 | 10 | 22% | 0.3 km |
| Knocklyon 1.7 km | 75 | 27,868 | 6 | 23% | 0.3 km |
| Ballinteer 2.4 km | 72 | 28,624 | 5 | 8% | 0.5 km |
| Churchtown 2.8 km | 106 | 41,500 | 9 | 13% | 0.2 km |
| Firhouse 3 km | 70 | 25,224 | 5 | 34% | 0.7 km |
Rathfarnham has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 10. The roll around Edmondstown moved +1% since 2019/20; nearby, Churchtown grew most (+6%) and Knocklyon least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Edmondstown 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 Edmondstown
How many schools are there in Edmondstown?
In Edmondstown or within 3 km of it: 36 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 3 special schools, with 23,063 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Edmondstown that teach through Irish?
Yes, 6: Scoil Naithi, Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh and Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Edmondstown?
6 of the 18: St Columba's College, Rockbrook Park School, Loreto High School and Wesley College. The others are free.
What is the best school in Edmondstown?
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 Edmondstown?
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).