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Rockford Manor Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicGirls

Stradbrook Rd, Blackrock, Co Dublin · A94 H294 · Roll number 60081P

Rockford Manor Secondary School is one of 19 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Monkstown. Every school in and around Monkstown →

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Pupils
273
September, 2025/26
Girls
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 277 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: CEIST
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Rockford Manor Secondary School

  • A small post-primary school: 273 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • A girls’ school.
  • A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
  • Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Rockford Manor Secondary School had 273 pupils in 2025/26, down from 322 in 2015/16 (−15%). Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.

0901802703602015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Rockford Manor Secondary 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 Rockford Manor Secondary 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Rockford Manor Secondary 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 in

Getting a place at Rockford Manor Secondary School

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Rockford Manor Secondary School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.

A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.

It takes girls only.

Pupils
273
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−1%
from 277 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rockford Manor Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Monkstown together changed by +4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Rockford Manor−1%
The post-primary schools around Monkstown+15%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Rockford Manor Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.

Rockford Manor273
Newpark Comprehensive School884
Christian Brothers College549
Loreto College Foxrock660
Clonkeen College635
Holy Child275
Dominican College521
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish0.7 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish1 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish1.8 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish2 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2.2 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish2.4 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish2.5 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish2.6 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish2.8 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓3 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish3 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish3.2 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish3.2 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish3.3 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish3.3 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.5 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish3.9 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish4 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓4.3 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish4.7 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish4.7 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.8 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish5 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish5 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.1 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish5.3 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish5.4 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.1 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish6.3 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.5 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓6.6 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish6.8 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish6.9 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish7 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish7.4 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7.5 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish7.6 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish7.8 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish7.8 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish8 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish8.4 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish8.6 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish8.6 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish9 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish9 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish9.1 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish9.2 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓9.4 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish9.6 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.6 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.7 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓9.7 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish9.8 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.8 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓9.8 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish9.9 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish10 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish10 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish10 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish10 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish11 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓12 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish12 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓12 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish13 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓13 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓14 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish15 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish15 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish16 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish16 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish16 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish17 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish18 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish19 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish19 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish19 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish19 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish19 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish20 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish20 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish20 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓26 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish27 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish33 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish35 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish36 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓36 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish36 km
Living nearby

Living in Monkstown

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€775,000
192 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,201
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A94 Eircode area

Housing in Monkstown →

The median sale price rose from €720,000 in 2023 to €834,000 in 2025 (+16%).

2023€720,000
2024€730,000
2025€834,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€859,100
Second-hand homes€754,900

Property Price Register sales in the A94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Monkstown

Cost of living in Monkstown →

New tenancies in Monkstown averaged €2,201 a month in 2025, against €2,084 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€2,084
2025€2,201

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Monkstown, A94 H294

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Rockford Manor Secondary School

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Newpark Comprehensive School
Post-primary · Comprehensive · Church of Ireland
884 pupils+3% since 2019/200.7 km
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
549 pupils+7% since 2019/201 km
Loreto College Foxrock
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
660 pupils+27% since 2019/201.8 km
Clonkeen College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
635 pupils+10% since 2019/202 km
Holy Child Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
275 pupils+12% since 2019/202.2 km
Dominican College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
521 pupils+19% since 2019/202.4 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60081P

Questions about Rockford Manor Secondary School

Is Rockford Manor Secondary 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 Rockford Manor Secondary School have?

273 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.

Does Rockford Manor Secondary School teach through Irish?

No: Rockford Manor Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Rockford Manor Secondary School?

Rockford Manor Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.

How do pupils get a place at Rockford Manor Secondary 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 Rockford Manor Secondary School?

The nearest are Newpark Comprehensive School (0.7 km), Christian Brothers College (1 km) and Loreto College Foxrock (1.8 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 Monkstown; 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).