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St Aidan's Community School

Post-primary · Community schoolInter-denominationalDEIS

Brookfield, Tallaght, Dublin 24 · D24 XA46 · Roll number 91338D

St Aidan's 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
561
September, 2025/26
267 girls, 294 boys
Since 2019/20
+28%
from 438 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 Aidan's Community School

  • 561 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 561 pupils, 28% more than the 438 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.
  • 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 Aidan's Community School had 561 pupils in 2025/26, against 482 in 2015/16 (+16%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 561, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

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

No letter

No letter for St Aidan's 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 Aidan's 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 Aidan's 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 Aidan's Community School

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

Families apply to St Aidan's 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
561
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+28%
from 438 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Aidan's Community School has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Fettercairn together changed by +2%.

Pupils since 2019/20

St Aidan's+28%
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, 4 have more pupils than St Aidan's Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.

St Aidan's561
Mount Seskin350
Killinarden471
St Marks931
Coláiste pobail Fóla758
Old Bawn1,024
Kingswood1,006
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓0.9 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.5 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.7 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish1.7 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish2.8 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.5 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish3.7 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish4.2 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.2 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.4 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓4.5 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.6 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓5.6 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.7 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish5.8 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓5.9 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.2 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.5 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish6.6 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish7 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish7.2 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish7.2 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.3 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.4 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓7.5 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish7.6 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.7 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓7.9 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish7.9 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓8.2 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish8.2 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish8.8 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish9.5 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.6 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish9.8 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.9 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish9.9 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish10 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish11 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish11 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish11 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓11 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish12 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish12 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish13 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish14 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish14 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish15 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish15 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish15 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish15 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish15 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish16 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish16 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish17 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish18 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish19 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish19 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish20 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish21 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓21 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish23 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish23 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish23 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓23 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish24 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish24 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish24 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish32 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓34 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish38 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish38 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish39 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 XA46

Nearby

Post-primary schools near St Aidan's Community School

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

Mount Seskin Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
350 pupils+8% since 2019/200.9 km
Killinarden Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
471 pupils−3% since 2019/201.5 km
St Marks Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
931 pupils+12% since 2019/201.7 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
758 pupils1.7 km
Old Bawn Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
1,024 pupils+12% since 2019/202.8 km
Kingswood Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
1,006 pupils+93% since 2019/203.5 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 91338D

Questions about St Aidan's Community School

Is St Aidan's 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 Aidan's Community School have?

561 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.

Does St Aidan's Community School teach through Irish?

No: St Aidan's Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs St Aidan's Community School?

St Aidan's 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 Aidan's 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 Aidan's Community School?

The nearest are Mount Seskin Community College (0.9 km), Killinarden Community School (1.5 km) and St Marks Community School (1.7 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).