Photo: NTF30 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer of the schools around Glencullen are in DEIS than around Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
That puts Glencullen below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). 683 pupils go to the 3 primary schools in or within 3 km of Glencullen. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Glencullen’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 47 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: Rosemont School (4.3 km), Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School (4.6 km) and Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School (4.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 3 schools in and around Glencullen 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 Glencullen’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 Glencullen
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
None of the 3 schools in and around Glencullen teaches every subject through Irish.
Who Glencullen’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
| Share of pupils | Around Glencullen | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 0% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
DEIS schools teach 0% of the pupils around Glencullen, a smaller share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). The biggest difference from Ireland is in pupils at all-Irish schools: 0% here, 6% there.
Each of the 3 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary | 185 | 46% | ||
| Our Lady of the Wayside NSPrimary | 292 | 50% | ||
| Kilternan Church of Ireland N.S.Primary | 206 | 47% |
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 Glencullen’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
2 of Glencullen’s 3 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (2) and Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI (1). None of the 3 is 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 2 patrons of Glencullen’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 3 schools around Glencullen, 2 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 70% of the pupils; 2 patrons in all.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinOur Lady of the Wayside NS, S.N. Padraig Naofa | Catholic | 2 | 477 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIKilternan Church of Ireland | Church of Ireland | 1 | 206 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Glencullen
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.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Of these 3 schools, 0 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 1 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
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.
The 3 schools in and around Glencullen
Every school in Glencullen or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Ireland publishes no results school by school, so these cards carry no letters or results.
Inspection reports for Glencullen’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 3 schools below links its own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| S.N. Padraig NaofaPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Our Lady of the Wayside NSPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Kilternan Church of Ireland N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Glencullen
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
47 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Glencullen: 39 voluntary secondary schools, 6 community schools, one ETB school and one comprehensive school. 22 teach girls and boys apart: 12 girls’ and 10 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 17 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 4.3 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 4.6 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 4.9 km |
| John Scottus Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 211 | 5.3 km |
| St. Gerard's SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 623 | 5.8 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 6.1 km |
| St Laurence CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 6.2 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 6.3 km |
| Woodbrook CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 623 | 6.4 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 6.4 km |
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 6.5 km |
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 6.7 km |
All 47 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 6.8 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 6.9 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 7 km |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 324 | 7.1 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 7.2 km |
| St. Kilian's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 427 | 7.2 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste RaithínETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 326 | 7.4 km |
| Holy Child KillineyVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 382 | 7.6 km |
| Loreto Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 747 | 7.9 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 7.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 8 km |
| Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 275 | 8.1 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 8.1 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 8.1 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 8.2 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 270 | 8.3 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 667 | 8.3 km |
| Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 364 | 8.4 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 8.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 8.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 8.9 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 8.9 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 9 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 9 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 9 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 9 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 9.1 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 9.1 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 9.1 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 9.2 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 9.3 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 9.3 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 9.4 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 9.5 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Glencullen
No special school is in or near Glencullen. 2 of the 3 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.
Glencullen beside the 169 other Irish towns of 300 to 500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stradbally | 500 | 2 | 134 | 0 | 0% | 8.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Fedamore | 381 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 50% | 7.7 km |
| Gormanston | 380 | 7 | 2,680 | 1 | 14% | 0.3 km |
| Turlough | 379 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0% | 5.6 km |
| Newtownsandes | 378 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 0% | 8.6 km |
| Glencullen | 376 | 3 | 683 | 0 | 0% | 4.4 km |
| Cloonfad | 376 | 1 | 125 | 0 | 100% | 8.1 km |
| Narraghmore | 375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8.9 km |
| Gort An Choirce | 375 | 5 | 813 | 4 | 100% | 2.2 km |
| Moneygall | 374 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| … | ||||||
| Gneevgullia | 300 | 1 | 131 | 0 | 0% | 4.8 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 17 of the other 169 towns than around Glencullen. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 16 of the 170.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Glencullen
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Glencullen had 741 pupils in 2015/16 and 683 in 2025/26, fewer than before.
Pupils at schools in and around Glencullen
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 Glencullen
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencullen | 3 | 683 | 0 | 0% | 4.4 km |
| Enniskerry 4.2 km | 10 | 2,487 | 0 | 20% | 2.9 km |
| Stepaside 4.3 km | 73 | 25,639 | 5 | 14% | 0.9 km |
| Cabinteely 5.9 km | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Foxrock 6 km | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Sandyford 6.2 km | 67 | 27,808 | 8 | 8% | 0.9 km |
| Shankill 6.4 km | 43 | 13,386 | 5 | 28% | 1.9 km |
Sandyford has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 8. Of Glencullen’s neighbours, Shankill saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+9%) and Enniskerry the least (+4%); Glencullen itself: −4%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Glencullen 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 Glencullen
How many schools are there in Glencullen?
In Glencullen or within 3 km of it: 3 primary schools, with 683 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Glencullen that teach through Irish?
None in Glencullen or within 3 km of it teaches every subject through Irish; some teach it as a subject only.
Is there a secondary school in Glencullen?
Not in Glencullen or within 3 km of it; the nearest is Rosemont School, 4.4 km away.
What is the best school in Glencullen?
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 Glencullen?
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).