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Scholarstown Rd, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 · D16 H298 · Roll number 91510M
St. Colmcille's Community School is one of 22 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Knocklyon. Every school in and around Knocklyon →
What stands out about St. Colmcille's Community School
- 727 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−0%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 & Carmelite Order (Irish Province); its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Colmcille's Community School had 727 pupils in 2025/26, against 713 in 2015/16 (+2%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 730, in 2019/20. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Colmcille's 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Colmcille's Community School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−0%). All the schools around Knocklyon 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, 2 have more pupils than St. Colmcille's Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −0%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.2 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 2.8 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.3 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.8 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.4 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 4.8 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 8.1 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.5 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 17 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | 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 | 18 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 37 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 38 km |
Living in Knocklyon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D16 Eircode area
Housing in Knocklyon →The median sale price rose from €555,000 in 2023 to €643,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D16 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Knocklyon
Cost of living in Knocklyon →New tenancies in Knocklyon averaged €2,162 a month in 2025, against €2,126 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Knocklyon, D16 H298
Post-primary schools near St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's Community School
Is St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's Community School have?
727 pupils in 2025/26. That is −0% since 2019/20.
Does St. Colmcille's Community School teach through Irish?
No: St. Colmcille's Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Colmcille's Community School?
St. Colmcille's Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province).
How do pupils get a place at St. Colmcille's 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 St. Colmcille's Community School?
The nearest are Sancta Maria College (1 km), Coláiste Éanna (1.4 km) and Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School (1.7 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 Knocklyon; 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).