Fewer single-sex secondaries around Kinsaley than around Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
For Kinsaley, that is below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). They have 14,215 pupils between them, in or within 3 km of Kinsaley. 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 Kinsaley’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 51 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: Malahide Community School (2.2 km), Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School (2.5 km) and Portmarnock Community School (2.7 km). Post-primary choices ↓
One school growing fast
Of the schools here, Malahide / Portmarnock Educate Together National School has grown fastest, from 260 in 2019/20 to 377. Getting a place ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
Where the 37 schools in and around Kinsaley 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 Kinsaley’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 Kinsaley
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
3 of Kinsaley’s 37 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelcholáiste Reachrann, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelscoil an Duinninigh.
Who Kinsaley’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 Kinsaley | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 20% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
Around Kinsaley, 20% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 28% in Co. Dublin. Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 0% here against 29%. The biggest school in DEIS is Grange Community College (553 pupils).
Each of the 37 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 Kinsaley’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
23 of Kinsaley’s 37 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (22), Educate Together (6) and Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin (2). 11 of the 37 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 Kinsaley’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 37 schools around Kinsaley, 22 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 49% of the pupils; 9 patrons in all. Education and Training Boards run 5 of them. Educate Together runs 6.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Oliver Plunkett, John Paul II, Scoil Naomh Mearnog, St. Francis of Assisi, Holy Trinity Sen, St Helens Senior, Gaelscoil an Duinninigh, S.N. N Sailbheastar Nfa, Scoil Bhride, St Helens Junior, St Josephs, St Pauls Sen, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, St Pauls Junior, St Francis Senior, Our Lady Immac Sen, San Nioclas Myra, St Francis Junior, Darndale N.S. Junior, St Kevins Junior, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St Monicas | Catholic | 22 | 6,900 |
| Educate TogetherMalahide & Portmarnock, Holywell Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Malahide / Portmarnock Educate Together, Stapolin Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 6 | 3,034 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinMalahide, Portmarnock | Inter-denominational | 2 | 2,205 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,006 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe Donahies | Inter-denominational | 1 | 488 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustÁrdscoil La Salle | Catholic | 1 | 289 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COISt Andrews | Church of Ireland | 1 | 207 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol | Multi-denominational | 1 | 84 |
| patron not listedBelmayne Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Kinsaley
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, 6 of the 34 grew by 5% or more and 17 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 34 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 37 schools in and around Kinsaley
Each school in or within 3 km of Kinsaley links to a page of its own. There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.
Show all 28 primary schools
Inspection reports for Kinsaley’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted 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 37 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 Kinsaley
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Within 10 km of Kinsaley there are 51 post-primary schools: 30 voluntary secondary schools, 14 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. Of these, 20 are single-sex: 11 for girls and 9 for boys. Fees are charged at 2 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,250 | 2.2 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 595 | 2.5 km |
| Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 955 | 2.7 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 696 | 2.9 km |
| Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 553 | 3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 453 | 3 km |
| The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 488 | 3.5 km |
| Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 4 km |
| Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 4 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 421 | 4.5 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 230 | 4.5 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 4.5 km |
All 51 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 4.6 km |
| Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 831 | 4.7 km |
| Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 864 | 4.8 km |
| Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 652 | 5.2 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 5.4 km |
| St Finians Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 671 | 5.5 km |
| St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 714 | 5.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 5.6 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 5.6 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 655 | 5.6 km |
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 5.9 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 6.2 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 754 | 6.6 km |
| Swords Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 952 | 6.7 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 6.7 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 6.7 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 6.8 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 6.9 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 7 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 7.1 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 7.3 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 7.4 km |
| Donabate Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 799 | 7.6 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 7.6 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 7.7 km |
| Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 503 | 7.7 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 7.8 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 8 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 8 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 585 | 8.3 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 8.4 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 8.9 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 9.1 km |
| St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 646 | 9.3 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 9.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 9.6 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 9.7 km |
| Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 264 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Kinsaley
Belmayne Community Special School is the special school here, with 2 pupils. 18 of the 28 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.
Kinsaley beside the 178 other Irish towns of 600 to 1,200 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 2 | 882 | 0 | 100% | 3.1 km |
| … | ||||||
| Paulstown | 919 | 1 | 217 | 0 | 0% | 4.4 km |
| Mucklagh | 918 | 3 | 1,178 | 0 | 0% | 3.7 km |
| Kilmessan | 907 | 2 | 337 | 0 | 0% | 8.2 km |
| Roundwood | 907 | 1 | 254 | 0 | 0% | 11 km |
| Kinsaley | 906 | 37 | 14,215 | 3 | 30% | 2.2 km |
| Clarinbridge | 905 | 2 | 451 | 0 | 0% | 5.5 km |
| Cratloe | 899 | 1 | 278 | 0 | 0% | 6.6 km |
| Killeagh | 895 | 1 | 203 | 0 | 0% | 8.5 km |
| Kilmacthomas | 891 | 4 | 1,073 | 0 | 25% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Na Dúnaibh | 601 | 2 | 202 | 1 | 100% | 14 km |
No other town of its size has as many pupils at the schools around it as Kinsaley. Within 3 km, 16 of these 179 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Kinsaley
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 Kinsaley had 11,619 pupils in 2015/16 and 14,215 in 2025/26. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Kinsaley
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 Kinsaley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsaley | 37 | 14,215 | 3 | 30% | 2.2 km |
| Malahide 2.4 km | 24 | 12,134 | 1 | 8% | 1.1 km |
| Belmayne 2.5 km | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Portmarnock 2.7 km | 53 | 18,370 | 3 | 26% | 0.5 km |
| Kinsealy-Drinan 2.8 km | 22 | 11,271 | 1 | 5% | 0.7 km |
| Clongriffin 2.9 km | 53 | 15,799 | 4 | 36% | 0.3 km |
| Darndale 3 km | 85 | 23,703 | 7 | 49% | 1 km |
Darndale has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Pupils around Kinsaley: +12% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Malahide led (+7%) and Kinsealy-Drinan trailed (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Kinsaley 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 Kinsaley
How many schools are there in Kinsaley?
In Kinsaley or within 3 km of it: 28 primary schools, 8 secondary schools and 1 special school, with 14,215 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Kinsaley that teach through Irish?
Yes, 3: Gaelcholáiste Reachrann, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelscoil an Duinninigh teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Kinsaley?
No: all 8 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Kinsaley?
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 Kinsaley?
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).