Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Synge Street CBS Secondary School, Synge Street, Dublin 8, Dublin · D08 R283 · Roll number 60470D
Christian Brothers, Synge St. is one of 32 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Portobello. Every school in and around Portobello →
What stands out about Christian Brothers, Synge St.
- A small post-primary school: 256 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- In 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.
- A boys’ 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Christian Brothers, Synge St. had 256 pupils in 2025/26, against 242 in 2015/16 (+6%). Its largest roll was 311, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Christian Brothers, Synge St.
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 Christian Brothers, Synge St. 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 Christian Brothers, Synge St.
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 Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Christian Brothers, Synge St. 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 boys only. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Christian Brothers, Synge St. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−3%). All the schools around Portobello together changed by +8%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Christian Brothers, Synge St.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −3%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.7 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.7 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 2.7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.8 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.1 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.6 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.3 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 km |
Living in Portobello
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Homes in the D02 Eircode area
Housing in Portobello →The median sale price rose from €426,600 in 2023 to €457,700 in 2025 (+7%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D02 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Portobello
Cost of living in Portobello →New tenancies in Portobello averaged €1,876 a month in 2025, against €1,672 in 2024 (+12%).
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Location
Directions ↗Portobello, D08 R283
Post-primary schools near Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Christian Brothers, Synge St.
Is Christian Brothers, Synge St. 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 Christian Brothers, Synge St. have?
256 pupils in 2025/26. That is −3% since 2019/20.
Does Christian Brothers, Synge St. teach through Irish?
No: Christian Brothers, Synge St. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Christian Brothers, Synge St.?
Christian Brothers, Synge St. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Christian Brothers, Synge St.?
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 Christian Brothers, Synge St.?
The nearest are St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School (0.7 km), St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines (0.7 km) and Presentation College (0.7 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 Portobello; 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).