St Mary's Secondary School
St. Mary's Secondary School, Holy Faith Convent, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 · D11 X478 · Roll number 60770P
St Mary's Secondary School is one of 36 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Glasnevin. Every school in and around Glasnevin →
What stands out about St Mary's Secondary School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 830 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+2%).
- 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 Mary's Secondary School had 830 pupils in 2025/26, against 752 in 2015/16 (+10%). Its largest roll was 836, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 7 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 Mary's 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 Mary's 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 Mary's 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 Mary's Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Mary's 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 Mary's Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+2%). All the schools around Glasnevin together changed by +3%.
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.
St Mary's Secondary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +2%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.4 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 7.4 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.4 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.8 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.8 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.1 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.3 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.3 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 11 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 26 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 27 km |
Living in Glasnevin
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Homes in the D09 Eircode area
Housing in Glasnevin →The median sale price rose from €416,200 in 2023 to €474,500 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D09 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Glasnevin
Cost of living in Glasnevin →New tenancies in Glasnevin averaged €1,999 a month in 2025, against €1,909 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Glasnevin, D11 X478
Post-primary schools near St Mary's 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 Mary's Secondary School
Is St Mary's 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 Mary's Secondary School have?
830 pupils in 2025/26. That is +2% since 2019/20.
Does St Mary's Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: St Mary's Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Mary's Secondary School?
St Mary's Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St Mary's 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 Mary's Secondary School?
The nearest are Scoil Chaitriona (0.7 km), St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin (0.9 km) and St Kevins College (1.1 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 Glasnevin; 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).