Photo: Ridiculopathy · CC0Fewer single-sex secondaries around Jobstown than around Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
That puts Jobstown below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). In or within 3 km of Jobstown, they have 19,772 pupils in all. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
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 Jobstown’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 55 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: Mount Seskin Community College (0.1 km), St Aidan's Community School (0.8 km) and Killinarden Community School (0.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 53 schools in and around Jobstown 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 Jobstown’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 Jobstown
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
5 of Jobstown’s 53 schools teach every subject through Irish: Scoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil Lir and Scoil Chronain.
Who Jobstown’s schools serve
The pupils at the area’s schools by share, beside 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 Jobstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 41% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
Around Jobstown, 41% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 28% in Co. Dublin. The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 0% here, 29% there. Of the DEIS schools here, St Marks Community School is the biggest: 931 pupils.
Each of the 53 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 Jobstown’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
33 of Jobstown’s 53 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (32), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (7) and Educate Together (4). 24 of the 53 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 9 patrons of Jobstown’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
9 patrons run the 53 schools around Jobstown; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 32 of them and 51% of the pupils. 12 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 4.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinHoly Family, S.N. Naomh Mhuire, Holy Rosary Primary School, St Marks Sen, St Marks Junior Mixed, St Dominic's, Scoil Maelruain Senior, St Martin de Porres, Scoil Treasa Firhouse, Belgard Heights, Scoil Maelruain Junior, Scoil Chronain, St Marys School, St Thomas Senior, Scoil Carmel, St Annes Primary School, St Thomas Junior, St Kilians Senior, St Kilians Junior School, St Kevins Boys, Scoil Santain, St Kevins Girls, St Aidans, S N an Croi Ro Naofa, S.N. Aenghusa, St Brigids, An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois, Scoil Aenghusa Jun, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Sin, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Junior, St Roses Special School, Glen na Smol N S | Catholic | 32 | 10,030 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBKingswood, Firhouse, Coláiste pobail Fóla, Citywest & Saggart Community, Mount Seskin, Scoil Aoife CNS, Tallaght Community | Multi-denominational, Inter-denominational | 7 | 3,845 |
| Educate TogetherFirhouse Educate Together, City West Educate Together, Firhouse Educate Together, Rathcoole ETNS | Multi-denominational | 4 | 1,256 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinSt Marks, St Aidan's, Killinarden | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1,963 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaScoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Lir | Multi-denominational | 3 | 615 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Dominican FathersOld Bawn | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,024 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & The Spiritan Education TrustHoly Family | Inter-denominational | 1 | 998 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | Multi-denominational | 1 | 30 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of GlendalouoghThe Adelaide and Meath Hospital | Catholic | 1 | 11 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Jobstown
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
Between 2019/20 and now, 12 of the 47 grew by 5% or more and 28 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 47 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.
The 53 schools in and around Jobstown
Here are the schools in Jobstown or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Show all 40 primary schools
Inspection reports for Jobstown’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
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 53 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Jobstown
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
Within 10 km of Jobstown there are 55 post-primary schools: 27 voluntary secondary schools, 19 ETB schools and 9 community schools. 16 teach girls and boys apart: 9 girls’ and 7 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 8 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 0.1 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 0.8 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 0.9 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 1.9 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 2 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 2.6 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 3.9 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 4.1 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 4.4 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 4.6 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 4.7 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 4.7 km |
All 55 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 4.9 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 5 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 5 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 5.3 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 5.8 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 5.8 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 6 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 6.3 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 6.4 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 6.4 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 6.9 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 7 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 7 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 7 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 7 km |
| Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 981 | 7.2 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 7.4 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 7.5 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 7.9 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 7.9 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 7.9 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 8 km |
| Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 966 | 8 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 8.1 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 8.1 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 8.2 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 8.3 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 8.5 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 8.6 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 8.7 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 8.7 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 8.9 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 8.9 km |
| St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 934 | 8.9 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 9.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 9.3 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 9.5 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 9.5 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 9.6 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 9.6 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 9.8 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Jobstown
3 special schools serve the area: The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, St Roses Special School and ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism, 104 pupils between them. 30 of the 40 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.
Jobstown beside the 48 other Irish towns of 16,400 to 31,600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis | 27,923 | 18 | 7,595 | 1 | 33% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Blanchardstown | 24,613 | 91 | 36,302 | 5 | 44% | 0.7 km |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 18 | 7,450 | 1 | 33% | 0.4 km |
| Balbriggan | 24,322 | 17 | 8,295 | 2 | 29% | 0.3 km |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 13 | 6,518 | 1 | 15% | 0.6 km |
| Jobstown | 23,437 | 53 | 19,772 | 5 | 45% | 0.1 km |
| Lucan | 23,033 | 74 | 34,600 | 5 | 28% | 0.4 km |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 17 | 6,365 | 1 | 35% | 1.1 km |
| Stepaside | 22,796 | 73 | 25,639 | 5 | 14% | 0.9 km |
| Clondalkin | 22,788 | 120 | 39,367 | 6 | 54% | 0.2 km |
| … | ||||||
| Dundrum | 16,570 | 89 | 35,482 | 10 | 7% | 0.4 km |
Of the other 48 towns, 24 have more pupils at the schools around them than Jobstown. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Jobstown
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 Jobstown had 16,941 pupils in 2015/16 and 19,772 in 2025/26. Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +407% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Jobstown
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 Jobstown
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobstown | 53 | 19,772 | 5 | 45% | 0.1 km |
| Fettercairn 1.2 km | 72 | 25,995 | 8 | 50% | 0.6 km |
| Saggart 2.5 km | 23 | 9,161 | 3 | 61% | 0.7 km |
| Tallaght 2.6 km | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
| Old Bawn 3 km | 73 | 26,840 | 5 | 43% | 0.7 km |
| Bohernabreena 3.6 km | 54 | 19,297 | 5 | 46% | 0.9 km |
| Rathcoole 4.3 km | 11 | 5,371 | 2 | 9% | 0.5 km |
Tallaght has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 9. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Jobstown changed by +6%; among its neighbours, Rathcoole’s grew most (+23%) and Bohernabreena’s least (−2%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Jobstown 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 Jobstown
How many schools are there in Jobstown?
In Jobstown or within 3 km of it: 40 primary schools, 10 secondary schools and 3 special schools, with 19,772 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Jobstown that teach through Irish?
Yes, 5: Scoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil Lir and Scoil Chronain teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Jobstown?
No: all 10 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Jobstown?
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 Jobstown?
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).