Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Foxrock has 10 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
63% of the post-primary schools around Foxrock take only girls or only boys, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). 15 of its 24 secondary schools take only boys or only girls. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Foxrock’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: Blackrock College (1,041), St Andrews College (1,011), Mount Anville Secondary School (726) and Loreto College Foxrock (660), and 6 more. Every school ↓
Mostly single-sex at secondary
Most secondary schools here take only boys or only girls; the mixed ones are marked on the cards below. Single-sex: Blackrock College (1,041), St Benildus College (949), Mount Anville Secondary School (726) and Loreto College Foxrock (660), and 11 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 69 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: Clonkeen College (0.8 km), Loreto College Foxrock (0.8 km) and Cabinteely Community School (1.6 km). Post-primary choices ↓
One school growing fast
Of the schools here, Loreto College Foxrock has grown fastest, from 519 in 2019/20 to 660. Getting a place ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
The 80 schools in and around Foxrock
Each school in or within 3 km of Foxrock links to a page of its own. No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
Show all 48 primary schools
Where the 80 schools in and around Foxrock 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 Foxrock’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 Foxrock
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
7 of Foxrock’s 80 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Scoil Lorcáin and Gaelscoil Phadraig.
Who Foxrock’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 Foxrock | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 11% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 50% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 65% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 42% | 18% | 6% |
Around Foxrock, 11% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 28% in Co. Dublin. Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 65% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Cabinteely Community School, with 512 pupils.
Each of the 80 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 Foxrock’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
56 of Foxrock’s 80 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (34), Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI (7) and Educate Together (6). 14 of the 80 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 24 patrons of Foxrock’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
The schools around Foxrock answer to 24 patrons, and Archbishop of Dublin leads with 34 of the 80 schools and 40% of their pupils. Education and Training Boards run 3 of them. Educate Together runs 7.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinThe Harold School, ST Olaf's, Holy Trinity, Carysfort, Scoil Padraig Naofa B, St Brigids Girls, Scoil Lorcáin, St Patricks GNS, St Annes Mxd, S.N. Cnoc Ainbhil, S.N. San Treasa, Oatlands Primary School, An Edmund Rice School, Scoil na nAingeal, St Brigids Boys, Our Lady Good Counsel GNS, S.N. Naomh Lorcan, Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys, St Raphaelas, St Josephs, Our Lady of the Wayside NS, Scoil Mhuire, Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, St. Mary's, St Kevins, Queen of Angels Primary School, Clochar San Dominic, St Johns, St Augustines School, Holy Family School, Scoil Colmcille Senior, Scoil Cholmcille Junior, St Columbanus, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, Benincasa Special School | Catholic | 34 | 11,453 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS N Gleann na gCaorach Iníon Léinín, Kill-O'-The-Grange, Kilternan Church of Ireland, Rathmichael, St Brigids, Booterstown, All Saints | Church of Ireland | 7 | 1,066 |
| Educate TogetherStepaside Educate Together, Stepaside Educate Together, Blackrock Educate Together, Cherrywood Educate Together, Dun Laoghaire ETNS, Sallynoggin Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 6 | 1,962 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustClonkeen College, Oatlands College, Christian Brothers College, Coláiste Eoin, Coláiste Íosagáin | Catholic | 5 | 2,812 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt Benildus College, Dominican College, Holy Child Killiney, St Laurence College, St Joseph Of Cluny | Catholic | 5 | 2,424 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Thaobh na Coille, Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Gaelscoil Laighean, Gaelscoil Phadraig | Catholic, Multi-denominational | 4 | 1,009 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustBlackrock College, Willow Park School | Catholic | 2 | 1,247 |
| Board of Governors of St Andrew's CollegeSt Andrews College | Presbyterian | 1 | 1,011 |
| Minister for EducationNewpark Comprehensive School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 884 |
| Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education TrustMount Anville | Catholic | 1 | 726 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto College Foxrock | Catholic | 1 | 660 |
| Handmaids of the Sacred HeartSt Raphaela's | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinCabinteely | Inter-denominational | 1 | 512 |
| The Dalkey School Project & Educate TogetherMonkstown Eucate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 415 |
| Board of Governors of Rathdown SchoolRathdown School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 364 |
| FamedRosemont School | Catholic | 1 | 307 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child JesusHoly Child | Inter-denominational | 1 | 275 |
| CEISTRockford Manor | Catholic | 1 | 273 |
| The Dalkey School ProjectDalkey School Project | Multi-denominational | 1 | 220 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michaels Hse Spec Sc | Catholic | 1 | 68 |
| Health Service ExecutiveBallyowen Meadows | Catholic | 1 | 53 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & St John of God Hospitaller OrderCarmona Special | Catholic | 1 | 37 |
| Irish Autism ActionRed Door Special School | Other | 1 | 29 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBOur Lady of Lourdes School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 6 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Foxrock
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 10 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
Since 2019/20, 21 of these 68 schools have grown by 5% or more and 28 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 68 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 Foxrock’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted on gov.ie with the school’s response.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 80 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Foxrock
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
Families in Foxrock have 69 post-primary schools within 10 km: 59 voluntary secondary schools, 6 community schools, 3 ETB schools and one comprehensive school. 35 teach girls and boys apart: 19 girls’ and 16 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 30 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 0.8 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 0.8 km |
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 1.6 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 1.9 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 2.2 km |
| Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 275 | 2.3 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 2.5 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 2.6 km |
| St Laurence CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 2.7 km |
| Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 364 | 2.7 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 2.8 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 270 | 3 km |
All 69 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 3 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 3.6 km |
| Holy Child KillineyVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 382 | 3.9 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 4 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 4.1 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 4.1 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 4.3 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 4.6 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 4.6 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 4.6 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 4.7 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 757 | 4.7 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 4.8 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 5 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 5.1 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 5.3 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 5.7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 5.8 km |
| John Scottus Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 211 | 5.9 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 6.4 km |
| Woodbrook CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 623 | 6.6 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 6.6 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 6.6 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 6.7 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 7.2 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 7.2 km |
| St. Gerard's SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 623 | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste RaithínETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 326 | 7.5 km |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 324 | 7.5 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 7.7 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 7.8 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 7.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 7.9 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 8.2 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 8.2 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 8.2 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 8.3 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 8.3 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 8.5 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 8.8 km |
| Loreto Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 747 | 8.9 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 8.9 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 9.1 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 9.2 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 9.3 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 9.3 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 9.3 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 9.3 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 667 | 9.4 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 9.5 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 9.5 km |
| St. Kilian's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 427 | 9.5 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 9.6 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 9.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 9.8 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 9.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Foxrock
8 special schools serve the area: St Augustines School, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Red Door Special School, St Michaels Hse Spec Sc, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, Ballyowen Meadows, Carmona Special National School and Benincasa Special School, 448 pupils between them. 18 of the 48 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.
Foxrock beside the 87 other Irish towns of 8,500 to 16,400 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinteer | 16,038 | 72 | 28,624 | 5 | 8% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ballsbridge | 12,743 | 116 | 31,567 | 9 | 42% | 0.7 km |
| Finglas South | 12,475 | 99 | 29,161 | 9 | 57% | 0.5 km |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 9 | 3,951 | 2 | 44% | 0.9 km |
| Firhouse | 12,254 | 70 | 25,224 | 5 | 34% | 0.7 km |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 118 | 31,929 | 8 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 14 | 4,634 | 1 | 29% | 1.2 km |
| Ballygall | 11,704 | 118 | 32,759 | 10 | 55% | 0.4 km |
| Kilnamanagh | 11,703 | 112 | 38,733 | 8 | 48% | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 73 | 27,367 | 8 | 7% | 0.2 km |
Among the 87 other towns, 25 have more pupils at their schools than Foxrock does. 86 of the 88 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Foxrock
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Foxrock had 27,343 pupils in 2015/16 and 28,450 in 2025/26. Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +246% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Foxrock
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 Foxrock
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxrock | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Cabinteely 1.6 km | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Sallynoggin 2.3 km | 51 | 15,036 | 2 | 24% | 0.6 km |
| Monkstown 2.4 km | 57 | 22,012 | 4 | 11% | 0.3 km |
| Ballybrack 2.5 km | 41 | 11,728 | 1 | 29% | 0.9 km |
| Stepaside 2.7 km | 73 | 25,639 | 5 | 14% | 0.9 km |
| Blackrock 2.9 km | 66 | 25,764 | 6 | 11% | 0.8 km |
Of Foxrock’s neighbours, Cabinteely saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+8%) and Monkstown the least (+4%); Foxrock itself: +6%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Foxrock 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 Foxrock
How many schools are there in Foxrock?
In Foxrock or within 3 km of it: 48 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 8 special schools, with 28,450 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Foxrock that teach through Irish?
Yes, 7: Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Scoil Lorcáin and Gaelscoil Phadraig teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Foxrock?
10 of the 24: Loreto College Foxrock, Christian Brothers College, St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School and Rathdown School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Foxrock?
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 Foxrock?
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).