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Schools in and around Kylemore · Department of Education

2 of the secondary schools in and around Kylemore charge fees

DEIS, the extra support for schools serving disadvantaged areas, reaches 60% of the schools around Kylemore, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, reaches 34 of its 57 schools; across Ireland, 30%. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

57schools in or within 3 km 2teach through Irish 34DEIS

Schools

in or within 3 km of Kylemore

0 inside the town itself

Pupils

16,207

−3% since 2019/20

Ireland: +5%

Teach through Irish

2 of 57

teach every subject through Irish

Ireland: 8%

DEIS

34 of 57

get extra support for disadvantaged areas

Ireland: 30%

School Grade

Not graded

no school results are published (Education Act 1998, s.53)

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 · In brief

What stands out about Kylemore’s schools

2 of 13secondary schools charge fees 34 of 57schools in DEIS 121post-primary schools within 10 km

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 Kings Hospital (732) and Mount Sackville Secondary School (636). Every school ↓

Extra support for many schools

Many schools here are in DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and help; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: Phobailscoil Iosolde (764), St. Seton's Secondary School (741), Collinstown Park Community College (630) and Meanscoil Iognáid Rís (521), and 30 more. Who runs them ↓

A wide choice at twelve

121 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Kylemore College (0.5 km), St. Seton's Secondary School (0.5 km) and Phobailscoil Iosolde (1.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓

Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 57 schools in and around Kylemore

Each school in or within 3 km of Kylemore links to a page of its own. Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.

Secondary schools0 in Kylemore, 13 within 3 km

St. Seton's Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Other

DEIS

741 pupils0.3 km outside the town

Kylemore College

Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational

DEIS

479 pupils+22% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town

Meanscoil Iognáid Rís

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

DEISBoys

521 pupils−10% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town

Assumption Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

DEISGirls

270 pupils+8% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town

Phobailscoil Iosolde

Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational

DEIS

764 pupils−0% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town

Mercy Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

DEIS

349 pupils+124% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town

Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

DEIS

289 pupils−6% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town

Mount Sackville Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

GirlsFee-paying

636 pupils−3% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town

Collinstown Park Community College

Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational

DEIS

630 pupils+11% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town

The Kings Hospital

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland

Fee-payingBoarding

732 pupils+3% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town

Coláiste Bríde

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

Girls

993 pupils+4% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town

St Pauls Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic

DEISGirls

466 pupils+4% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Greenhills College

Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational

DEIS

186 pupils+36% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Primary schools0 in Kylemore, 38 within 3 km

St Raphaels N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEIS

380 pupils+5% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town

St Gabriels N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

211 pupils−22% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town

St Michaels N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

314 pupils−17% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town

S N Banrion na nAingeal 1

Primary · Catholic

DEISBoysSpecial classes

171 pupils+2% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town

Bainrion na nAingal 2

Primary · Catholic

DEISBoysSpecial classes

133 pupils+2% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town

Our Lady of Wayside N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

114 pupils−3% since 2019/200.6 km outside the town

St Louise de Marillac Primary School

Primary · Catholic

DEISGirlsSpecial classes

256 pupils−18% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town

S.N. Naomh Cillin

Primary · Catholic

DEIS

30 pupils−21% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town

St Patricks N.S.

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

203 pupils−4% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town

Chapelizod N.S.

Primary · Church of Ireland

30 pupils+11% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town

St Ultans N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

359 pupils−11% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town

Drimnagh Castle CBS N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISBoys

342 pupils−8% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town

S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School

Primary · Catholic

GirlsSpecial classes

230 pupils−5% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town

Assumption Junior School

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

434 pupils+8% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town

Scoil Bride C

Primary · Catholic

GirlsSpecial classes

329 pupils−15% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town

Scoil Lorcain B

Primary · Catholic

BoysSpecial classes

321 pupils−15% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town

S.N. Muire Gan Smal B

Primary · Catholic

DEIS

331 pupils−3% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town

Goldenbridge Convent

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

188 pupils−20% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town

Inchicore N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEIS

201 pupils−3% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town

Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

136 pupils+8% since 2019/201.9 km outside the town

Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISBoysSpecial classes

120 pupils−18% since 2019/202 km outside the town

Our Lady of Good Counsel School

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

125 pupils−29% since 2019/202 km outside the town

Scoil Mhuire

Primary · Catholic

166 pupils−25% since 2019/202 km outside the town

Gaelscoil Inse Chor

Primary · Catholic

Gaelscoil

209 pupils−13% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town

Show all 38 primary schools

St Marys Junior N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

183 pupils−17% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town

St Damiens N.S.

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

231 pupils+1% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town

Gaelscoil na Camoige

Primary · Catholic

Gaelscoil

215 pupils−12% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town

St Marys Sen N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

204 pupils−7% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town

S.N. Naomh Eoin

Primary · Church of Ireland

91 pupils−2% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town

Holy Spirit Junior Primary School

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

270 pupils+8% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Holy Spirit Senior Primary School

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

269 pupils−16% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

St Bernadettes Senior N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

194 pupils−8% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Scoil Naomh Ide

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

252 pupils−7% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

St Bernadettes Junior N.S.

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

173 pupils−17% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Scoil Naomh Aine

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

222 pupils−15% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

St Kilians Junior School

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

281 pupils+3% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town

Scoil Úna Naofa

Primary · Catholic

DEISSpecial classes

356 pupils−14% since 2019/203 km outside the town

Scoil Mhuire

Primary · Catholic

Special classes

292 pupils−19% since 2019/203 km outside the town

Special schools0 in Kylemore, 6 within 3 km

St Michaels Spec School

Special · Catholic

163 pupils−2% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town

Linn Dara Schools

Special · Multi-denominational

51 pupils+70% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town

Solas Hospital School

Special · Multi-denominational

98 pupils+26% since 2019/202 km outside the town

St John of God Sp Sch

Special · Catholic

86 pupils−2% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town

Scoil Eoin

Special · Catholic

142 pupils+5% since 2019/203 km outside the town

Our Lady of Hope School

Special · Catholic

45 pupils3 km outside the town

Who runs them

Who runs Kylemore’s schools

Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.

47 of Kylemore’s 57 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (40), CEIST (3) and City of Dublin ETB (2). 34 of the 57 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).

CatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths

Primary schools 38 schools95%

Secondary schools 13 schools54%

Special schools 6 schools67%

All of Kylemore’s schools 57 schools82%

Ireland 3,938 schools80%

Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.

Language

Teaching through Irish in and around Kylemore

How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.

All-Irish 24%

Partly in Irish 00%

English-medium 5596%

2 of Kylemore’s 57 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Inse Chor and Gaelscoil na Camoige.

Who goes there

Who Kylemore’s schools serve

How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools63%

Pupils at all-Irish schools3%

Girls57%

Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools41%

Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools19%

Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils64%

Post-primary pupils67%

Share of pupils	Around Kylemore	Co. Dublin	Ireland
Pupils at DEIS schools	63%	28%	27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools	3%	6%	6%
Girls	57%	49%	49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools	41%	38%	29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools	19%	18%	6%

DEIS schools teach 63% of the pupils around Kylemore, a larger share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Dublin: 28%). Where this area differs most from Ireland is post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools, at 19% against 6%. Phobailscoil Iosolde, with 764 pupils, is the largest school here in DEIS.

Each of the 57 schools

School	Pupils	Girls	DEIS	All-Irish
St Raphaels N.S.Primary	380	52%	✓
St Gabriels N.S.Primary	211	53%	✓
St Michaels N.S.Primary	314	44%	✓
St. Seton's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	741	55%	✓
Kylemore CollegePost-primary · ETB	479	46%	✓
S N Banrion na nAingeal 1Primary	171	0%	✓
Bainrion na nAingal 2Primary	133	0%	✓
Our Lady of Wayside N.S.Primary	114	47%	✓
St Louise de Marillac Primary SchoolPrimary	256	100%	✓
S.N. Naomh CillinPrimary	30	47%	✓
St Patricks N.S.Primary	203	46%
Chapelizod N.S.Primary	30	43%
Meanscoil Iognáid RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	521	0%	✓
St Ultans N.S.Primary	359	53%	✓
Drimnagh Castle CBS N.S.Primary	342	0%	✓
S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior SchoolPrimary	230	100%
Assumption Junior SchoolPrimary	434	54%	✓
Scoil Bride CPrimary	329	100%
Scoil Lorcain BPrimary	321	0%
S.N. Muire Gan Smal BPrimary	331	49%	✓
Assumption Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	270	100%	✓
St Michaels Spec SchoolSpecial	163	45%
Linn Dara SchoolsSpecial	51	73%
Phobailscoil IosoldePost-primary · Community school	764	46%	✓
Mercy Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	349	55%	✓
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	289	43%	✓
Goldenbridge ConventPrimary	188	47%	✓
Inchicore N.S.Primary	201	53%	✓
Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior SchoolPrimary	136	90%	✓
Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	636	100%
Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior N.S.Primary	120	0%	✓
Our Lady of Good Counsel SchoolPrimary	125	54%	✓
Solas Hospital SchoolSpecial	98	54%
Scoil MhuirePrimary	166	99%
Gaelscoil Inse ChorPrimary	209	52%		✓
St John of God Sp SchSpecial	86	31%
St Marys Junior N.S.Primary	183	51%	✓
St Damiens N.S.Primary	231	50%
Gaelscoil na CamoigePrimary	215	49%		✓
Collinstown Park Community CollegePost-primary · ETB	630	47%	✓
St Marys Sen N.S.Primary	204	47%	✓
The Kings HospitalPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	732	53%
Coláiste BrídePost-primary · Voluntary secondary	993	100%
S.N. Naomh EoinPrimary	91	41%
Holy Spirit Junior Primary SchoolPrimary	270	47%	✓
Holy Spirit Senior Primary SchoolPrimary	269	53%	✓
St Pauls Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	466	100%	✓
St Bernadettes Senior N.S.Primary	194	49%	✓
Greenhills CollegePost-primary · ETB	186	–	✓
Scoil Naomh IdePrimary	252	73%
St Bernadettes Junior N.S.Primary	173	49%	✓
Scoil Naomh AinePrimary	222	78%
St Kilians Junior SchoolPrimary	281	49%
Scoil Úna NaofaPrimary	356	47%	✓
Scoil EoinSpecial	142	46%
Our Lady of Hope SchoolSpecial	45	20%
Scoil MhuirePrimary	292	73%

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.

Patrons

The 12 patrons of Kylemore’s schools

Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.

Archbishop of Dublin is patron of 40 of the 57 schools around Kylemore, which teach 55% of their pupils; 12 patrons run them in all. The local Education and Training Board runs 5.

Patron	Ethos	Schools	Pupils
Archbishop of DublinAssumption Junior School, St Raphaels, St Ultans, Scoil Úna Naofa, Drimnagh Castle CBS, S.N. Muire Gan Smal B, Scoil Bride C, Scoil Lorcain B, St Michaels, Scoil Mhuire, St Kilians Junior School, Holy Spirit Junior Primary School, Holy Spirit Senior Primary School, St Louise de Marillac Primary School, Scoil Naomh Ide, St Damiens, S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School, Scoil Naomh Aine, Gaelscoil na Camoige, St Gabriels, Gaelscoil Inse Chor, St Marys Sen, St Patricks, Inchicore, St Bernadettes Senior, Goldenbridge Convent, St Marys Junior, St Bernadettes Junior, S N Banrion na nAingeal 1, Scoil Mhuire, St Michaels Spec School, Scoil Eoin, Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School, Bainrion na nAingal 2, Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior, Our Lady of Wayside, St John of God Sp Sch, Our Lady of Hope School, S.N. Naomh Cillin	Catholic	40	8,881
CEISTColáiste Bríde, Mercy, Our Lady Of Mercy	Catholic	3	1,631
Le Chéile Schools TrustMount Sackville, St Pauls	Catholic	2	1,102
Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBCollinstown Park, Greenhills College	Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational	2	816
City of Dublin ETBKylemore College, Solas Hospital School	Multi-denominational	2	577
Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS.N. Naomh Eoin, Chapelizod	Church of Ireland	2	121
Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinPhobailscoil Iosolde	Inter-denominational	1	764
Trusteeship of the Le Chéile Schools Trust & CEISTSt. Seton's	Other	1	741
Board of Governors of King's HospitalThe Kings Hospital	Church of Ireland	1	732
Edmund Rice Schools TrustMeanscoil Iognáid Rís	Catholic	1	521
Religious Sisters of CharityAssumption	Catholic	1	270
Health Service ExecutiveLinn Dara Schools	Multi-denominational	1	51

Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.

Getting a place

How children get a place in Kylemore

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 2 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

9 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 26 have shrunk by as much, out of 50; across Ireland: +5%.

Mercy+124%

Greenhills College+36%

Kylemore College+22%

Chapelizod+11%

Collinstown Park+11%

Assumption Junior School+8%

Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior School+8%

Assumption+8%

Holy Spirit Junior Primary School+8%

St Raphaels+5%

All 50 schools

St Pauls+4%

Coláiste Bríde+4%

The Kings Hospital+3%

St Kilians Junior School+3%

S N Banrion na nAingeal 1+2%

Bainrion na nAingal 2+2%

St Damiens+1%

Phobailscoil Iosolde−0%

S.N. Naomh Eoin−2%

Our Lady of Wayside−3%

S.N. Muire Gan Smal B−3%

Mount Sackville−3%

Inchicore−3%

St Patricks−4%

S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School−5%

Our Lady Of Mercy−6%

St Marys Sen−7%

Scoil Naomh Ide−7%

Drimnagh Castle CBS−8%

St Bernadettes Senior−8%

Meanscoil Iognáid Rís−10%

St Ultans−11%

Gaelscoil na Camoige−12%

Gaelscoil Inse Chor−13%

Scoil Úna Naofa−14%

Scoil Naomh Aine−15%

Scoil Bride C−15%

Scoil Lorcain B−15%

Holy Spirit Senior Primary School−16%

St Marys Junior−17%

St Michaels−17%

St Bernadettes Junior−17%

Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior−18%

St Louise de Marillac Primary School−18%

Scoil Mhuire−19%

Goldenbridge Convent−20%

S.N. Naomh Cillin−21%

St Gabriels−22%

Scoil Mhuire−25%

Our Lady of Good Counsel School−29%

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.

Inspections

Inspection reports for Kylemore’s schools

The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, 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 57 schools below each link their own.

School	Reports on gov.ie
St Raphaels N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
St Gabriels N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
St Michaels N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
St. Seton's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
Kylemore CollegePost-primary · ETB	Inspection reports ↗
S N Banrion na nAingeal 1Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Bainrion na nAingal 2Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Wayside N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
St Louise de Marillac Primary SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
S.N. Naomh CillinPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
St Patricks N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Chapelizod N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Meanscoil Iognáid RísPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
St Ultans N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Drimnagh Castle CBS N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Assumption Junior SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil Bride CPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil Lorcain BPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
S.N. Muire Gan Smal BPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Assumption Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
St Michaels Spec SchoolSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
Linn Dara SchoolsSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
Phobailscoil IosoldePost-primary · Community school	Inspection reports ↗
Mercy Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
Goldenbridge ConventPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Inchicore N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Good Counsel Girls Senior SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
Lady of Good Counsel Boys Senior N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Good Counsel SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Solas Hospital SchoolSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Inse ChorPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
St John of God Sp SchSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
St Marys Junior N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
St Damiens N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil na CamoigePrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Collinstown Park Community CollegePost-primary · ETB	Inspection reports ↗
St Marys Sen N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
The Kings HospitalPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
Coláiste BrídePost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
S.N. Naomh EoinPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Holy Spirit Junior Primary SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Holy Spirit Senior Primary SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
St Pauls Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary	Inspection reports ↗
St Bernadettes Senior N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Greenhills CollegePost-primary · ETB	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh IdePrimary	Inspection reports ↗
St Bernadettes Junior N.S.Primary	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh AinePrimary	Inspection reports ↗
St Kilians Junior SchoolPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil Úna NaofaPrimary	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil EoinSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Hope SchoolSpecial	Inspection reports ↗
Scoil MhuirePrimary	Inspection reports ↗

Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.

Post-primary choices

Post-primary schools within reach of Kylemore

Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve

Within 10 km of Kylemore there are 121 post-primary schools: 75 voluntary secondary schools, 31 ETB schools, 13 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. 42 of them are single-sex, 22 for girls and 20 for boys. Fees are charged at 20 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 6 of them.

Within 10 km

121

post-primary schools; 13 in the area

Single-sex

of the 121 within reach

Nearest

0.5 km

Kylemore College

School	Takes	Also	Pupils	Away
Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	479	0.5 km
St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other	Girls and boys	DEIS	741	0.5 km
Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	764	1.9 km
Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	349	2 km
Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	DEIS	521	2.2 km
Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	Fee-paying	636	2.2 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	289	2.4 km
Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	270	2.4 km
Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	630	3 km
The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland	Girls and boys	Fee-paying, Boarding	732	3.1 km
Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	771	3.3 km
Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	993	3.6 km

All 121 post-primary schools within reach

School	Takes	Also	Pupils	Away
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	320	3.8 km
Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	763	3.8 km
Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	250	3.8 km
St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	525	3.8 km
St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	466	3.8 km
Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	186	3.8 km
Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste	400	3.9 km
Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	–	912	4 km
Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,006	4 km
Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	297	4.1 km
C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	251	4.1 km
Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste, DEIS	272	4.3 km
Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste, DEIS	266	4.4 km
St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	651	4.4 km
Castleknock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,318	4.4 km
St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	790	4.5 km
Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	637	4.8 km
St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	283	4.8 km
Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	425	4.9 km
Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	262	4.9 km
Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	264	4.9 km
Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	937	4.9 km
Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	576	4.9 km
St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	915	5.1 km
Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	840	5.2 km
St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	244	5.2 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	437	5.2 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland	Girls and boys	–	302	5.3 km
Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	800	5.4 km
Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic	Girls and boys	–	443	5.4 km
Luttrellstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,027	5.4 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	DEIS	256	5.6 km
Le Cheile Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	–	944	5.6 km
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	386	5.7 km
Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste	592	5.7 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	745	5.7 km
Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	799	5.8 km
St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	690	5.8 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	500	5.8 km
St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	DEIS	408	6 km
St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	931	6 km
Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	257	6 km
New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	417	6.1 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil MhinCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,014	6.1 km
Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish	Girls and boys	Fee-paying	189	6.2 km
St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	646	6.2 km
Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	1,011	6.2 km
St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	934	6.2 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	Fee-paying	588	6.3 km
Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	403	6.4 km
Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	544	6.4 km
Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,024	6.5 km
The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland	Girls and boys	Fee-paying	811	6.5 km
St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	830	6.6 km
Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	966	6.6 km
C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	205	6.8 km
Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	DEIS	585	6.9 km
Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	577	7 km
Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	618	7 km
O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	222	7 km
Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	Fee-paying	625	7 km
Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	Fee-paying	437	7 km
St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	DEIS	503	7 km
Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste, DEIS	523	7 km
Blakestown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	563	7.1 km
Rath Dara Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	323	7.1 km
Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	825	7.1 km
Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	Gaelcholáiste	296	7.2 km
St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	561	7.2 km
Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	576	7.3 km
St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	727	7.3 km
Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	981	7.4 km
St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	Fee-paying	339	7.5 km
Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland	Girls	Fee-paying, Boarding	664	7.5 km
Hartstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,120	7.5 km
Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	709	7.5 km
De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	–	463	7.5 km
Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	139	7.7 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	799	7.8 km
Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	471	7.8 km
Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	350	7.9 km
Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	968	8.1 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	411	8.2 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	725	8.2 km
St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	310	8.3 km
Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	564	8.3 km
Eriu Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	193	8.3 km
Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	319	8.3 km
Hansfield ETSSVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	867	8.4 km
Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	297	8.4 km
Coláiste Pobail SetantaETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	1,079	8.4 km
Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	191	8.5 km
Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	758	8.5 km
Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	527	8.7 km
The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	Fee-paying	230	8.7 km
Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	–	563	8.8 km
Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	150	8.8 km
Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	415	8.9 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	–	295	8.9 km
St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	Fee-paying	475	9.1 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland	Girls and boys	–	903	9.1 km
St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	731	9.2 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	437	9.3 km
Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Boys	Fee-paying	186	9.3 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational	Girls and boys	–	366	9.4 km
Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls	DEIS	407	9.5 km
St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland	Girls and boys	Fee-paying, Boarding	357	9.9 km
St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational	Girls and boys	DEIS	368	9.9 km
St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic	Girls and boys	DEIS	550	10 km

Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.

Special needs

Special schools and classes around Kylemore

6 special schools serve the area: St Michaels Spec School, Linn Dara Schools, Solas Hospital School, St John of God Sp Sch, Scoil Eoin and Our Lady of Hope School, 585 pupils between them. 28 of the 38 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.

Towns its size

Kylemore beside the 88 other Irish towns of 1,800 to 3,500 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
Rahoon	3,486	29	10,562	5	21%	1.6 km
…
Baltinglass	2,611	3	912	0	0%	0.2 km
Bundoran	2,599	3	898	0	33%	0.2 km
Athboy	2,596	4	1,372	2	0%	0.8 km
Kenmare	2,566	3	1,066	0	0%	0.4 km
Kylemore	2,557	57	16,207	2	60%	0.5 km
Castleisland	2,536	7	1,283	1	29%	0.3 km
Grange Upper	2,510	29	11,835	2	41%	0.8 km
Castleconnell	2,488	2	536	0	0%	5.9 km
Prosperous	2,413	2	1,169	0	50%	0.5 km
…
Derrinturn	1,837	3	426	0	100%	8.3 km

Of these 88 other towns, 6 count more pupils at their schools than Kylemore. Teaching through Irish is on offer within 3 km in 36 of the 89.

Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Kylemore

Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.

The schools in and around Kylemore had 19,706 pupils in 2015/16 and 16,207 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Mercy Secondary School grew most: +124% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Kylemore

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.

Neighbours

Schools in the towns around Kylemore

Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.

DeciesBallyfermotCarnaChapelizodCherry OrchardInchicoreKylemore

Town	Schools	Pupils	All-Irish	DEIS schools	Nearest post-primary
Kylemore	57	16,207	2	60%	0.5 km
Decies 0.5 km	44	11,294	1	64%	0.8 km
Ballyfermot 0.8 km	58	19,071	2	57%	0.4 km
Carna 0.9 km	60	18,688	4	58%	0.9 km
Chapelizod 1 km	154	44,846	5	58%	0.7 km
Cherry Orchard 1.3 km	78	26,412	4	54%	1.2 km
Inchicore 1.6 km	76	21,071	3	59%	0.7 km

Chapelizod has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 5. Of Kylemore’s neighbours, Chapelizod saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+6%) and Decies the least (−5%); Kylemore itself: −3%.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Which schools count. Every school in Kylemore 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 Kylemore

How many schools are there in Kylemore?

In Kylemore or within 3 km of it: 38 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 6 special schools, with 16,207 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Kylemore that teach through Irish?

Yes, 2: Gaelscoil Inse Chor and Gaelscoil na Camoige teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Kylemore?

2 of the 13: Mount Sackville Secondary School and The Kings Hospital. The others are free.

What is the best school in Kylemore?

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 Kylemore?

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).

2 of the secondary schools in and around Kylemore charge fees

What stands out about Kylemore’s schools

Fee-paying secondary schools

Extra support for many schools

A wide choice at twelve

The 57 schools in and around Kylemore

Who runs Kylemore’s schools

Where the 57 schools in and around Kylemore are

Teaching through Irish in and around Kylemore

Who Kylemore’s schools serve

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

The 12 patrons of Kylemore’s schools

How children get a place in Kylemore

Starting primary school

Moving to secondary school

Which schools are growing

Inspection reports for Kylemore’s schools

Post-primary schools within reach of Kylemore

Special schools and classes around Kylemore

Kylemore beside the 88 other Irish towns of 1,800 to 3,500 people

Pupil numbers around Kylemore

Pupils at schools in and around Kylemore

Schools in the towns around Kylemore

What this data can and can’t tell you

Questions about schools in Kylemore