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St Marks Community School

Post-primary · Community schoolInter-denominationalDEIS

Cookstown Rd, Tallaght, Dublin 24 · D24 VW22 · Roll number 91332O

St Marks Community School is one of 16 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Fettercairn. Every school in and around Fettercairn →

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Pupils
931
September, 2025/26
486 girls, 445 boys
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 834 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Inter-denominational
Patron: Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about St Marks Community School

  • One of the larger post-primary schools: 931 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • 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.
  • 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 Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin; its ethos is inter-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

St Marks Community School had 931 pupils in 2025/26, against 873 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

03006009001,2002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for St Marks 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 St Marks 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on St Marks 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 in

Getting a place at St Marks Community School

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to St Marks 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.

Pupils
931
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 834 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Marks Community School has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Fettercairn together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Marks+12%
The post-primary schools around Fettercairn+13%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The 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, 2 have more pupils than St Marks Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

St Marks931
Old Bawn1,024
St Aidan's561
Killinarden471
Mount Seskin350
Kingswood1,006
Coláiste de hÍde266
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish1.5 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.7 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.8 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish2 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓2.9 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.2 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish3.3 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish3.4 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓3.4 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish3.7 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓4 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.1 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.2 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓4.2 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.6 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.1 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.1 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.6 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish6 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓6.2 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish6.2 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish6.3 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓6.4 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓6.4 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.4 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.5 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish6.7 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.9 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish7 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish7 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish7.2 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish7.2 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.4 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.4 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish7.5 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish7.8 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish7.9 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish8.2 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish8.4 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.6 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish9 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.4 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish9.4 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.8 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish9.8 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓9.9 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓10 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish10 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish10 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish10 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish10 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish10 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish10 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish11 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish11 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish11 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish12 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish13 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish13 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish13 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish13 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish14 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish14 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish14 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish15 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish15 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish16 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish16 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish16 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish17 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish18 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish19 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish19 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish20 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish21 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish21 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish22 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish22 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish27 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish31 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓32 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish37 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish37 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓38 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish38 km
Living nearby

Living in Fettercairn

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€490,000
106 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,047
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D24 Eircode area

Housing in Fettercairn →

The median sale price rose from €341,900 in 2023 to €412,400 in 2025 (+21%).

2023€341,900
2024€382,100
2025€412,400

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€501,500
Second-hand homes€357,900

Property Price Register sales in the D24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Fettercairn

Cost of living in Fettercairn →

New tenancies in Fettercairn averaged €2,047 a month in 2025, against €1,979 in 2024 (+3%).

2024€1,979
2025€2,047

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Fettercairn, D24 VW22

Nearby

Post-primary schools near St Marks Community School

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Old Bawn Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
1,024 pupils+12% since 2019/201.5 km
St Aidan's Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
561 pupils+28% since 2019/201.7 km
Killinarden Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
471 pupils−3% since 2019/201.8 km
Mount Seskin Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
350 pupils+8% since 2019/202 km
Kingswood Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
1,006 pupils+93% since 2019/202 km
Coláiste de hÍde
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
GaelcholáisteDEIS
266 pupils−11% since 2019/202.9 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 91332O

Questions about St Marks Community School

Is St Marks 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 St Marks Community School have?

931 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.

Does St Marks Community School teach through Irish?

No: St Marks Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Marks Community School?

St Marks Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin.

How do pupils get a place at St Marks 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 St Marks Community School?

The nearest are Old Bawn Community School (1.5 km), St Aidan's Community School (1.7 km) and Killinarden Community School (1.8 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 Fettercairn; 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).