Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0Kimmage has 11 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
Families in Kimmage have 78 primary schools, 41 secondary schools and 13 special schools within 3 km, teaching 38,981 pupils. Around Kimmage, 45% of schools are in DEIS, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Kimmage’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: The High School (811), Terenure College (800), Alexandra College (664) and Loreto High School (625), and 7 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Within 10 km of the town there are 133 post-primary schools to choose from, of different kinds; each sets its own admission policy, and many families apply to several. The nearest: Rosary College (0.5 km), Clogher Road Community College (0.9 km) and Loreto College (1.1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
The 132 schools in and around Kimmage
Every school in Kimmage or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Show all 41 secondary schools
Show all 78 primary schools
Where the 132 schools in and around Kimmage 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 Kimmage’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 Kimmage
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
9 of Kimmage’s 132 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Mologa, S.N. Brighde and Gaelscoil Lios na nOg.
Who Kimmage’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 Kimmage | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 38% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 50% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 53% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 32% | 18% | 6% |
38% of the pupils around Kimmage are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 32% here, 6% there. Of the DEIS schools here, Tallaght Community School is the biggest: 840 pupils.
Each of the 132 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 Kimmage’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
96 of Kimmage’s 132 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (62), Educate Together (8) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (6). 59 of the 132 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 33 patrons of Kimmage’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
33 patrons run the 132 schools around Kimmage; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 62 of them and 39% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 9. Educate Together runs 8.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Christopher's NS, St. Louis, St Marys Central, St Pius X G, St Pius X N.S. Boys, St Patrick GNS, Bishop Galvin, Clochar Loreto, Bishop Shanahan, Assumption Junior School, Harolds Cross, Stanhope Street Primary School, Ballyroan B, Presentation Primary School, Scoil Mhuire Boys, St Josephs Boys, S.N. Brighde, Scoil Úna Naofa, Drimnagh Castle CBS, S.N. Muire Gan Smal B, St. James's Primary School, Holy Spirit Junior Primary School, Holy Spirit Senior Primary School, St Damiens, S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School, Gaelscoil Mologa, St Brigids Primary School, Presentation Primary School, Scoil Mhuire Ogh 1, Marist, Gaelscoil Inse Chor, Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, Inchicore, Muire Og 2 Loreto Con, Goldenbridge Convent, Scoil Treasa Naofa, St Audoens, St Gabriels, Presentation Primary School, St Clares Convent, Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire, Scoil na mBrathar, Rutland, City Quay, Scoil Eoin, Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School, Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre, Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior, Scoil na Mbrathar Boys Senior School, Our Lady of Wayside, Scoil Iosa, Sancta Maria C B S, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, St John of God Sp Sch, St Josephs Special Sch, Scoil Iosagain Boys Senior, St Peters Special Sch, Our Lady of Hope School, St Declans Special Sch, S.N. Naomh Cillin, Henrietta Street School | Catholic | 62 | 15,215 |
| Educate TogetherDublin 7 Educate Together NS, Harolds Cross Educate Together, Canal Way Educate Together, Harcourt Terrace Educate Together, Riverview Educate Together, Paradise Place ETNS, Rathfarnham Educate Together, Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School | Multi-denominational | 8 | 2,481 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustColáiste Éanna, Meanscoil Iognáid Rís, Christian Brothers, Synge St., C.B.S. James Street, St Pauls C.B.S., C.B.S. Westland Row | Catholic | 6 | 2,095 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustOur Ladys School, Muckross Park College, St Louis High School, St Pauls, De La Salle College | Catholic | 5 | 3,127 |
| City of Dublin ETBPresentation, Larkin, Clogher Road, Solas Hospital School, An Cosan CSS | Catholic, Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 5 | 1,297 |
| Religious Sisters of CharityMount Carmel, St Josephs, Assumption, Rosary College | Catholic | 4 | 1,189 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIRathfarnham Parish, Sandford Parish, St Catherines West, Zion Parish Primary School | Church of Ireland | 4 | 695 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto High School, Loreto College, Loreto College | Catholic | 3 | 1,533 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBSt Mac Dara's, Coláiste de hÍde, Greenhills College | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 3 | 1,367 |
| CEISTMercy, Our Lady Of Mercy, Presentation College | Catholic | 3 | 900 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh, Gaelscoil Lios na nOg, Gaelscoil Eoin | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 3 | 548 |
| Minister for Education & SkillsCentral Senior Mxd, Central Infs School, Scoil Chaoimhin | Catholic | 3 | 444 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustTempleogue College, St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | Catholic | 2 | 1,137 |
| Dublin Talmud TorahStratford College, Scoil Naisiunta Stratford | Jewish | 2 | 277 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist BrothersTallaght | Inter-denominational | 1 | 840 |
| Board of Governors of the High SchoolThe High School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 811 |
| Carmelite Order (Irish Province)Terenure College | Catholic | 1 | 800 |
| Council of Alexandra CollegeAlexandra College | Church of Ireland | 1 | 664 |
| Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Gonzaga College | Catholic | 1 | 576 |
| Marist Education AuthorityCatholic University School | Catholic | 1 | 544 |
| Board of Governors of Sandford Park SchoolSandford Park School Ltd | Inter-denominational | 1 | 437 |
| Griffith Barracks Multi-denominational School Company Limited by GuaranteeGriffith Barracks Multi D School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 403 |
| St Conleth's LtdSt Conleths College | Catholic | 1 | 339 |
| Board of Governors of St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar SchoolSt Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 302 |
| The Ranelagh Multidenominational AssociationRanelagh Multi Denom | Multi-denominational | 1 | 221 |
| Board of Governors of the Church of Ireland College of EducationKildare Place | Church of Ireland | 1 | 189 |
| City of Dublin Education and Training BoardSouth City CNS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 148 |
| The John Scottus Education Trust Company Limited by GuaranteeJohn Scottus | Multi-denominational | 1 | 136 |
| Conference of Methodist Church in IrelandRathgar | Methodist | 1 | 94 |
| Health Service ExecutiveSetanta Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 68 |
| Spiritan Education TrustLibermann Spiritan School | Catholic | 1 | 51 |
| Cheeverstown School Company limited by guaranteeCheeverstown Sp Sch | Catholic | 1 | 29 |
| Dean of St Patrick's CatheralSt Patricks | Church of Ireland | 1 | 24 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Kimmage
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 11 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
Of these 115 schools, 41 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 48 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
All 115 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 Kimmage’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 132 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 Kimmage
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Families in Kimmage have 133 post-primary schools within 10 km: 93 voluntary secondary schools, 26 ETB schools, 11 community schools and 3 comprehensive schools. Of these, 57 are single-sex: 31 for girls and 26 for boys. Fees are charged at 27 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 8 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 0.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 0.9 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 1.1 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 1.4 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 1.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 1.7 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 1.8 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 1.9 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 2 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 2.1 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 2.1 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 2.2 km |
All 133 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 2.3 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 2.3 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 2.3 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 2.4 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 2.4 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 2.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 2.5 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 2.6 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 2.7 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 2.8 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 3.1 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 3.3 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 3.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 3.4 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 3.4 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 3.4 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 3.5 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 3.5 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 3.5 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 3.8 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 3.8 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 3.8 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 3.8 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 3.8 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 3.9 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 3.9 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 4.1 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 4.1 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 4.2 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 4.4 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 4.5 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 4.5 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 4.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 4.7 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 4.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 4.8 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 5 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 5 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 5.1 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 5.1 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 5.1 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 5.2 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 5.3 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 5.4 km |
| Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 264 | 5.4 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 5.5 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 5.6 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 5.7 km |
| St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 790 | 5.7 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 5.8 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 5.9 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 5.9 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 5.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 6 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 6 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 6 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 6.1 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 6.2 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 6.2 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 6.3 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 6.4 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 6.4 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 6.5 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 6.6 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 6.6 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 6.6 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 6.6 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 6.7 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 6.7 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 6.7 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 6.7 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 6.8 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 6.8 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 6.8 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 6.9 km |
| Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 771 | 7 km |
| Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 7 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 7.1 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 7.1 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 7.2 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 7.3 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 7.4 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 7.4 km |
| St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 646 | 7.5 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 7.5 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 7.5 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 7.5 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 7.6 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 7.6 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 7.6 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 585 | 7.7 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 7.8 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 7.9 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 8 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 8.1 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 8.1 km |
| New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 417 | 8.1 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 8.1 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 8.2 km |
| Castleknock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,318 | 8.3 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 8.3 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 8.4 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 8.5 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 8.5 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 8.6 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 8.7 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 8.7 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 944 | 9.1 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 9.1 km |
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 9.2 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 9.2 km |
| Luttrellstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,027 | 9.5 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 9.6 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 9.7 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 9.7 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 9.8 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 9.9 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil MhinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,014 | 9.9 km |
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 10 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Kimmage
13 special schools serve the area: Scoil Eoin, Our Lady of Hope School, Solas Hospital School, Libermann Spiritan School, Setanta Special School, St Peters Special Sch, Catherine Mc Auley N Sc, St John of God Sp Sch, Cheeverstown Sp Sch, An Cosan CSS, St Declans Special Sch, Henrietta Street School and St Josephs Special Sch, 885 pupils between them. 40 of the 78 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.
Kimmage beside the 77 other Irish towns of 10,600 to 20,500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 124 | 35,375 | 8 | 52% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 11 | 5,783 | 1 | 0% | 1.4 km |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 14 | 4,273 | 1 | 43% | 0.4 km |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | 151 | 40,521 | 9 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 132 | 38,981 | 9 | 45% | 0.5 km |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 29 | 10,543 | 3 | 52% | 1.3 km |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 18 | 6,135 | 2 | 44% | 0.3 km |
| Belmayne | 15,047 | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ashtown | 14,937 | 97 | 28,864 | 8 | 52% | 0.7 km |
| … | ||||||
| Skerries | 10,743 | 14 | 4,988 | 1 | 21% | 0.2 km |
Of the other 77 towns, 9 have more pupils at the schools around them than Kimmage. 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 Kimmage
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 Kimmage had 38,789 pupils in 2015/16 and 38,981 in 2025/26. Harcourt Terrace Educate Together National School grew most: +852% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Kimmage
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 Kimmage
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmage | 132 | 38,981 | 9 | 45% | 0.5 km |
| Terenure 1.1 km | 119 | 38,960 | 8 | 37% | 0.3 km |
| Crumlin 1.3 km | 124 | 35,375 | 8 | 52% | 0.5 km |
| Perrystown 1.7 km | 94 | 30,259 | 5 | 37% | 0.8 km |
| Walkinstown 1.9 km | 91 | 27,293 | 3 | 51% | 0.2 km |
| Rathmines West 2 km | 136 | 39,314 | 9 | 38% | 0 km |
| Templeogue 2.2 km | 118 | 40,646 | 8 | 34% | 0.5 km |
Of Kimmage’s neighbours, Rathmines West saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+7%) and Perrystown the least (+4%); Kimmage itself: +6%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Kimmage 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 Kimmage
How many schools are there in Kimmage?
In Kimmage or within 3 km of it: 78 primary schools, 41 secondary schools and 13 special schools, with 38,981 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Kimmage that teach through Irish?
Yes, 9: Gaelscoil Mologa, S.N. Brighde and Gaelscoil Lios na nOg teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Kimmage?
11 of the 41: St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines, Terenure College, Stratford College and Catholic University School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Kimmage?
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 Kimmage?
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).