Tallaght Community School
Balrothery, Tallaght, Dublin 24 · D24 X759 · Roll number 91335U
Tallaght Community School is one of 27 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilnamanagh. Every school in and around Kilnamanagh →
What stands out about Tallaght Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 840 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
- 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 community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist Brothers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tallaght Community School had 840 pupils in 2025/26, against 820 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 51% of them. 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 Tallaght Community 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 Tallaght Community 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 Tallaght Community 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 Tallaght Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tallaght Community 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tallaght Community School has grown by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilnamanagh together changed by −1%.
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 Tallaght Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 0.8 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 1 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.2 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.4 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.9 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.6 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5.3 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.1 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 6.6 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.8 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km |
Living in Kilnamanagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D24 Eircode area
Housing in Kilnamanagh →The median sale price rose from €343,300 in 2023 to €413,600 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kilnamanagh
Cost of living in Kilnamanagh →New tenancies in Kilnamanagh averaged €2,047 a month in 2025, against €1,979 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilnamanagh, D24 X759
Post-primary schools near Tallaght Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Tallaght Community School
Is Tallaght Community 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 Tallaght Community School have?
840 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.
Does Tallaght Community School teach through Irish?
No: Tallaght Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tallaght Community School?
Tallaght Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist Brothers.
How do pupils get a place at Tallaght Community 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 Tallaght Community School?
The nearest are St Mac Dara's Community College (0.8 km), Coláiste de hÍde (1 km) and Greenhills College (1.4 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 Kilnamanagh; 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).