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The Kings Hospital

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryChurch of IrelandFee-payingBoarding

Palmerstown, Dublin 20 · D20 V256 · Roll number 60272W

The Kings Hospital is one of 20 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Palmerston. Every school in and around Palmerston →

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Pupils
732
September, 2025/26
391 girls, 341 boys
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 710 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Church of Ireland
Patron: Board of Governors of King's Hospital
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about The Kings Hospital

  • 732 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Charges fees.
  • Takes day pupils and boarders.
  • 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 Board of Governors of King's Hospital; its ethos is Church of Ireland.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

The Kings Hospital had 732 pupils in 2025/26, against 722 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.

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

No letter

No letter for The Kings Hospital

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 The Kings Hospital 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 The Kings Hospital

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 The Kings Hospital

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

Families apply to The Kings Hospital 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.

Pupils
732
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+3%
from 710 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: The Kings Hospital is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Palmerston together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

The Kings Hospital+3%
The post-primary schools around Palmerston+21%
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.

Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 3 have more pupils than The Kings Hospital. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.

The Kings Hospital732
Phobailscoil Iosolde764
St. Kevin's525
Castleknock1,318
Castleknock College771
Mount Sackville636
Collinstown Park630
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.3 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.4 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish1.5 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish1.6 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2.1 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish2.4 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓2.6 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓2.7 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish3.4 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish3.5 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish3.5 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish3.6 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish4 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.3 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish4.4 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.4 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.5 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish4.6 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓4.8 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓4.9 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓5.2 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish5.2 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.3 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish5.4 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.4 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓5.4 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish5.6 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓5.6 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓5.6 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.6 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish5.9 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.2 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓6.4 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓6.7 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓6.7 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓6.8 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓6.9 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓7 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓7 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓7.4 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.5 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓7.6 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓7.8 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish7.8 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓7.8 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.9 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish7.9 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish8.2 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.2 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish8.2 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓8.3 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.4 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish8.4 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish8.5 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.5 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓9 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish9 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish9 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish9.2 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.2 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓9.3 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.3 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.4 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.5 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish9.5 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.9 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish9.9 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish10 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish10 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish10 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish10 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish10 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish10 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish10 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish11 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish12 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish12 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish12 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish12 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish13 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish14 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish14 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish14 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish14 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish14 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish14 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish15 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish15 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish15 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish15 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish16 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish17 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish17 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish18 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish18 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish18 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish18 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish19 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish20 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓20 km
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish21 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish22 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓24 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish30 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish30 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish30 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish31 km
Living nearby

Living in Palmerston

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

Median sale price
€400,500
routing key D20, 2023–25 (CSO): less sure
Average rent
€1,976
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the D20 Eircode area

Housing in Palmerston →

The median sale price rose from €365,500 in 2023 to €431,200 in 2025 (+18%).

2023€365,500
2024€406,600
2025€431,200

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€431,800
Second-hand homes€385,300

Property Price Register sales in the D20 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Palmerston

Cost of living in Palmerston →

New tenancies in Palmerston averaged €1,976 a month in 2025, against €1,859 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€1,859
2025€1,976

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

Location

Directions ↗

Palmerston, D20 V256

Nearby

Post-primary schools near The Kings Hospital

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

Phobailscoil Iosolde
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
764 pupils−0% since 2019/201.3 km
St. Kevin's Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
525 pupils+41% since 2019/201.4 km
Castleknock Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
1,318 pupils+13% since 2019/201.5 km
Castleknock College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
771 pupils+10% since 2019/201.6 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
636 pupils−3% since 2019/201.9 km
Collinstown Park Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
630 pupils+11% since 2019/202.1 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60272W

Questions about The Kings Hospital

Is The Kings Hospital 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 The Kings Hospital have?

732 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.

Does The Kings Hospital teach through Irish?

No: The Kings Hospital teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs The Kings Hospital?

The Kings Hospital has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Board of Governors of King's Hospital.

How do pupils get a place at The Kings Hospital?

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 The Kings Hospital?

The nearest are Phobailscoil Iosolde (1.3 km), St. Kevin's Community College (1.4 km) and Castleknock Community College (1.5 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 Palmerston; 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).