St Michaels Secondary School
Wellmount Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 · D11 H521 · Roll number 60741I
St Michaels Secondary School is one of 22 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Finglas South. Every school in and around Finglas South →
What stands out about St Michaels Secondary School
- 646 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- 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 girls’ school.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Michaels Secondary School had 646 pupils in 2025/26, against 609 in 2015/16 (+6%). Its largest roll was 651, 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 St Michaels Secondary 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 Michaels Secondary 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 St Michaels Secondary 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 St Michaels Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Michaels Secondary 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 takes girls only. 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: St Michaels Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Finglas South together changed by +6%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than St Michaels Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.6 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.7 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.2 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.7 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.7 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 11 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 13 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
Living in Finglas South
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D11 Eircode area
Housing in Finglas South →The median sale price rose from €307,500 in 2023 to €350,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D11 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Finglas South
Cost of living in Finglas South →New tenancies in Finglas South averaged €1,934 a month in 2025, against €1,821 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Finglas South, D11 H521
Post-primary schools near St Michaels Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Michaels Secondary School
Is St Michaels Secondary 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 Michaels Secondary School have?
646 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does St Michaels Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: St Michaels Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Michaels Secondary School?
St Michaels Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St Michaels Secondary 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 Michaels Secondary School?
The nearest are Coláiste Eoin (0.5 km), Beneavin De La Salle College (1 km) and New Cross College (1.5 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 Finglas South; 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).