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Schools in and around Raheny · Department of Education

Sutton Park School is the fee-paying secondary school near Raheny

Measured that way, Raheny is below both Co. Dublin’s towns (7%) and Irish towns (8%). 46 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 6 special schools are in or within 3 km of Raheny, with 21,242 pupils between them. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.

Schools
70
in or within 3 km of Raheny
6 inside the town itself
Pupils
21,242
+3% since 2019/20
Ireland: +5%
Teach through Irish
4 of 70
teach every subject through Irish
Ireland: 8%
DEIS
24 of 70
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 Raheny’s schools

One fee-paying secondary school

One secondary school within reach charges fees; the others are free. The fee-paying one: Sutton Park School (503). Every school ↓

A wide choice at twelve

Within 10 km of the town there are 77 post-primary schools to choose from, of different kinds; each sets its own admission policy, and many families apply to several. The nearest: Árdscoil La Salle (0.9 km), Manor House School (1 km) and The Donahies Community School (1.4 km). Post-primary choices ↓

Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.

Every school

The 70 schools in and around Raheny

Here are the schools in Raheny or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.

Secondary schools1 in Raheny, 17 within 3 km
Manor House School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
652 pupils−5% since 2019/20
Árdscoil La Salle
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
289 pupils+74% since 2019/200.5 km outside the town
St. Fintan's High School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
714 pupils+1% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Santa Sabina Dominican College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
754 pupils+13% since 2019/201 km outside the town
The Donahies Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
488 pupils+4% since 2019/201 km outside the town
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
Gaelcholáiste
453 pupils+2% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Pobalscoil Neasáin
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
831 pupils+7% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
Grange Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Inter-denominational
DEIS
553 pupils+98% since 2019/201.1 km outside the town
St Pauls College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
650 pupils+10% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Sutton Park School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-paying
503 pupils+36% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
Mercy College Coolock
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
402 pupils−6% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Multi-denominational
595 pupils+1,883% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
St Marys Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
230 pupils−16% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
St Marys Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEISGirls
320 pupils+0% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
Chanel College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
451 pupils−21% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Holy Faith Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
647 pupils+0% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
St. David's College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
DEIS
550 pupils+8% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
Coolock Community College
Post-primary · ETB · Multi-denominational
DEIS
205 pupils+32% since 2019/203 km outside the town
Primary schools3 in Raheny, 43 within 3 km
Gaelscoil Mide
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
218 pupils−9% since 2019/20
North Bay Educate Together NS
Primary · Multi-denominational
196 pupils−8% since 2019/20
Scoil Eoin
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
143 pupils+3% since 2019/20
Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors
Primary · Catholic
293 pupils−1% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Scoil Aine Convent Senior
Primary · Catholic
301 pupils−17% since 2019/200.1 km outside the town
Naiscoil Ide
Primary · Catholic
299 pupils−21% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
Mhuire Iosef Junior
Primary · Catholic
302 pupils−26% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
St Benedicts and St Marys National School
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
165 pupils+17% since 2019/200.2 km outside the town
Springdale N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
198 pupils−18% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
S.N. Muire agus Iosef
Primary · Catholic
396 pupils−8% since 2019/200.3 km outside the town
St Kevins Junior N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
149 pupils−24% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Scoil Naomh Colmcille
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
217 pupils+0% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
Holy Trinity Sen N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
397 pupils+4% since 2019/200.7 km outside the town
St Malachys B N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
130 pupils−19% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
Scoil Bhride
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
365 pupils−11% since 2019/200.8 km outside the town
St Monicas N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirls
44 pupils−2% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
St Eithnes Senior Girls N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
89 pupils+2% since 2019/200.9 km outside the town
Stapolin Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
340 pupils1 km outside the town
Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol
Primary · Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil
84 pupils1 km outside the town
St Fintans N.S.
Primary · Catholic
431 pupils−8% since 2019/201.2 km outside the town
Burrow N.S.
Primary · Church of Ireland
195 pupils−9% since 2019/201.3 km outside the town
Scoil Neasain
Primary · Catholic
Gaelscoil
241 pupils−4% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Scoil Bhreandain
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
136 pupils−13% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
St Brigids Boys N.S.
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
287 pupils−18% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
Show all 46 primary schools
St Laurence's National School
Primary · Catholic
413 pupils−11% since 2019/201.4 km outside the town
S.N. Caitriona Girls
Primary · Catholic
DEISGirls
185 pupils+5% since 2019/201.5 km outside the town
St Pauls Junior National School
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
206 pupils−9% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
S.N. Caitriona Naionain
Primary · Catholic
DEIS
178 pupils−28% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
St Pauls Sen N.S.
Primary · Catholic
Special classes
236 pupils+1% since 2019/201.6 km outside the town
Belmayne Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
DEIS
413 pupils−5% since 2019/201.7 km outside the town
S N na Lanai Glasa
Primary · Church of Ireland
285 pupils+2% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
St. Francis of Assisi National School
Primary · Catholic
434 pupils−5% since 2019/201.8 km outside the town
St Brigids Convent N.S.
Primary · Catholic
GirlsSpecial classes
369 pupils−13% since 2019/202 km outside the town
Eoin Baisde B Sois
Primary · Catholic
BoysSpecial classes
294 pupils−12% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School
Primary · Catholic
Boys
317 pupils−4% since 2019/202.2 km outside the town
S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls Senior
Primary · Catholic
Girls
380 pupils−7% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School
Primary · Multi-denominational
Special classes
176 pupils2.3 km outside the town
Eoin Baisde C Naoidh
Primary · Catholic
Girls
215 pupils−22% since 2019/202.3 km outside the town
Darndale N.S. Junior
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
159 pupils−25% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
Our Lady Immac Sen N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
182 pupils−6% since 2019/202.5 km outside the town
St Josephs N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
294 pupils−15% since 2019/202.6 km outside the town
Scoil Chiarain
Primary · Catholic
DEISBoysSpecial classes
151 pupils+14% since 2019/202.7 km outside the town
Our Lady of Consolation N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
310 pupils+8% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
St Davids N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
308 pupils+8% since 2019/202.8 km outside the town
St John of God N.S.
Primary · Catholic
DEISSpecial classes
182 pupils+8% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Scoil Mhuire Mxd
Primary · Catholic
349 pupils−20% since 2019/202.9 km outside the town
Special schools2 in Raheny, 4 within 3 km
Map

Where the 70 schools in and around Raheny are

Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Raheny’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.

Belmayne Community Special School · Multi-denominational · 2 pupilsSt Michaels Hse Sp Sch · Catholic · 52 pupilsABACAS Kilbarrack · Multi-denominational · 54 pupilsSt Michaels House Special School · Multi-denominational · 56 pupilsSt Michael's House Special National School Foxfield · Multi-denominational · 61 pupilsCentral Remedial Clinic · Catholic · 78 pupilsSt Monicas N.S. · Catholic · 44 pupilsGaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol · Multi-denominational · 84 pupilsSt Eithnes Senior Girls N.S. · Catholic · 89 pupilsSt Malachys B N.S. · Catholic · 130 pupilsScoil Bhreandain · Catholic · 136 pupilsScoil Eoin · Catholic · 143 pupilsSt Kevins Junior N.S. · Catholic · 149 pupilsScoil Chiarain · Catholic · 151 pupilsDarndale N.S. Junior · Catholic · 159 pupilsSt Benedicts and St Marys National School · Catholic · 165 pupilsKillester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 176 pupilsS.N. Caitriona Naionain · Catholic · 178 pupilsOur Lady Immac Sen N.S. · Catholic · 182 pupilsSt John of God N.S. · Catholic · 182 pupilsS.N. Caitriona Girls · Catholic · 185 pupilsBurrow N.S. · Church of Ireland · 195 pupilsNorth Bay Educate Together NS · Multi-denominational · 196 pupilsSpringdale N.S. · Church of Ireland · 198 pupilsCoolock Community College · Multi-denominational · 205 pupilsSt Pauls Junior National School · Catholic · 206 pupilsEoin Baisde C Naoidh · Catholic · 215 pupilsScoil Naomh Colmcille · Catholic · 217 pupilsGaelscoil Mide · Catholic · 218 pupilsSt Marys Secondary School · Catholic · 230 pupilsSt Pauls Sen N.S. · Catholic · 236 pupilsScoil Neasain · Catholic · 241 pupilsS N na Lanai Glasa · Church of Ireland · 285 pupilsSt Brigids Boys N.S. · Catholic · 287 pupilsÁrdscoil La Salle · Catholic · 289 pupilsScoil Assaim Boys Seniors · Catholic · 293 pupilsEoin Baisde B Sois · Catholic · 294 pupilsSt Josephs N.S. · Catholic · 294 pupilsNaiscoil Ide · Catholic · 299 pupilsScoil Aine Convent Senior · Catholic · 301 pupilsMhuire Iosef Junior · Catholic · 302 pupilsSt Davids N.S. · Catholic · 308 pupilsOur Lady of Consolation N.S. · Catholic · 310 pupilsS.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School · Catholic · 317 pupilsSt Marys Secondary School · Catholic · 320 pupilsStapolin Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 340 pupilsScoil Mhuire Mxd · Catholic · 349 pupilsScoil Bhride · Catholic · 365 pupilsSt Brigids Convent N.S. · Catholic · 369 pupilsS.N. Eoin Baisde Girls Senior · Catholic · 380 pupilsS.N. Muire agus Iosef · Catholic · 396 pupilsHoly Trinity Sen N.S. · Catholic · 397 pupilsMercy College Coolock · Catholic · 402 pupilsSt Laurence's National School · Catholic · 413 pupilsBelmayne Educate Together National School · Multi-denominational · 413 pupilsSt Fintans N.S. · Catholic · 431 pupilsSt. Francis of Assisi National School · Catholic · 434 pupilsChanel College · Catholic · 451 pupilsGaelcholáiste Reachrann · Inter-denominational · 453 pupilsThe Donahies Community School · Inter-denominational · 488 pupilsSutton Park School · Church of Ireland · 503 pupilsSt. David's College · Catholic · 550 pupilsGrange Community College · Inter-denominational · 553 pupilsBelmayne Educate Together Secondary School · Multi-denominational · 595 pupilsHoly Faith Secondary School · Catholic · 647 pupilsSt Pauls College · Catholic · 650 pupilsManor House School · Catholic · 652 pupilsSt. Fintan's High School · Catholic · 714 pupilsSanta Sabina Dominican College · Catholic · 754 pupilsPobalscoil Neasáin · Inter-denominational · 831 pupils© OpenStreetMap contributors
PrimaryPost-primarySpecialSize: pupilsCatholicChurch of Ireland and other ProtestantMulti- and inter-denominationalOther faiths

Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Language

Teaching through Irish in and around Raheny

Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.

All-Irish 46%
Partly in Irish 23%
English-medium 6491%

4 of Raheny’s 70 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Mide, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann.

Who goes there

Who Raheny’s schools serve

Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26

Pupils at DEIS schools30%
Pupils at all-Irish schools5%
Girls52%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools45%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools5%

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

DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools

Primary pupils26%
Post-primary pupils35%
Share of pupilsAround RahenyCo. DublinIreland
Pupils at DEIS schools30%28%27%
Pupils at all-Irish schools5%6%6%
Girls52%49%49%
Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools45%38%29%
Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools5%18%6%

DEIS schools teach 30% of the pupils around Raheny, much as across Ireland (27%; Co. Dublin: 28%). Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 45% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Grange Community College, with 553 pupils.

Each of the 70 schools
SchoolPupilsGirlsDEISAll-Irish
Manor House SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary652100%
Gaelscoil MidePrimary21849%✓
North Bay Educate Together NSPrimary19651%
Scoil EoinPrimary14350%✓
St Michael's House Special National School FoxfieldSpecial6121%
ABACAS KilbarrackSpecial5422%
Scoil Assaim Boys SeniorsPrimary2930%
Scoil Aine Convent SeniorPrimary301100%
Naiscoil IdePrimary29946%
Mhuire Iosef JuniorPrimary30249%
St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolPrimary16545%✓
Springdale N.S.Primary19851%
S.N. Muire agus IosefPrimary39648%
Belmayne Community Special SchoolSpecial2–
St Michaels Hse Sp SchSpecial5229%
Árdscoil La SallePost-primary · Voluntary secondary28945%✓
St. Fintan's High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary7140%
St Kevins Junior N.S.Primary14947%
Scoil Naomh ColmcillePrimary21739%
Holy Trinity Sen N.S.Primary39750%
St Malachys B N.S.Primary1300%✓
Scoil BhridePrimary36550%
St Monicas N.S.Primary44100%✓
St Eithnes Senior Girls N.S.Primary8993%✓
Santa Sabina Dominican CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary754100%
The Donahies Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school48848%✓
Stapolin Educate Together National SchoolPrimary34046%
Gaelscoil Ghráinne MhaolPrimary8467%✓
Gaelcholáiste ReachrannPost-primary · ETB45349%✓
Pobalscoil NeasáinPost-primary · Community school83143%
Grange Community CollegePost-primary · ETB55351%✓
St Fintans N.S.Primary43150%
Burrow N.S.Primary19555%
St Pauls CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary6500%
Scoil NeasainPrimary24146%✓
Scoil BhreandainPrimary1360%✓
St Brigids Boys N.S.Primary2870%
St Laurence's National SchoolPrimary41352%
Sutton Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary50349%
S.N. Caitriona GirlsPrimary185100%✓
Mercy College CoolockPost-primary · Voluntary secondary402100%✓
St Pauls Junior National SchoolPrimary20650%
S.N. Caitriona NaionainPrimary17858%✓
St Pauls Sen N.S.Primary23655%
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary59543%
St Marys Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary23091%
Belmayne Educate Together National SchoolPrimary41350%✓
St Marys Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary320100%✓
S N na Lanai GlasaPrimary28550%
St Michaels House Special SchoolSpecial5629%
St. Francis of Assisi National SchoolPrimary43445%
Chanel CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary451–✓
St Brigids Convent N.S.Primary369100%
Central Remedial ClinicSpecial7832%
Eoin Baisde B SoisPrimary2940%
S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior SchoolPrimary3170%
S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls SeniorPrimary380100%
Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National SchoolPrimary17649%
Eoin Baisde C NaoidhPrimary215100%
Darndale N.S. JuniorPrimary15952%✓
Our Lady Immac Sen N.S.Primary18243%✓
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary647100%
St Josephs N.S.Primary29448%✓
Scoil ChiarainPrimary1510%✓
St. David's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary55013%✓
Our Lady of Consolation N.S.Primary31071%✓
St Davids N.S.Primary3086%✓
St John of God N.S.Primary18298%✓
Scoil Mhuire MxdPrimary34950%
Coolock Community CollegePost-primary · ETB20541%✓

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.

Who runs them

Who runs Raheny’s schools

Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.

51 of Raheny’s 70 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (38), Le Chéile Schools Trust (5) and Educate Together (5). 24 of the 70 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 46 schools83%
Secondary schools 18 schools61%
Special schools 6 schools33%
All of Raheny’s schools 70 schools73%
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.

Patrons

The 19 patrons of Raheny’s schools

Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.

Of the 70 schools around Raheny, 38 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 46% of the pupils; 19 patrons in all. 5 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 5.

PatronEthosSchoolsPupils
Archbishop of DublinSt. Francis of Assisi, St Fintans, St Laurence's, Holy Trinity Sen, S.N. Muire agus Iosef, S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls Senior, St Brigids Convent, Scoil Bhride, Scoil Mhuire Mxd, S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School, Our Lady of Consolation, St Davids, Mhuire Iosef Junior, Scoil Aine Convent Senior, Naiscoil Ide, Eoin Baisde B Sois, St Josephs, Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors, St Brigids Boys, Scoil Neasain, St Pauls Sen, Gaelscoil Mide, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Eoin Baisde C Naoidh, St Pauls Junior, S.N. Caitriona Girls, Our Lady Immac Sen, St John of God, S.N. Caitriona Naionain, St Benedicts and St Marys, Darndale N.S. Junior, Scoil Chiarain, St Kevins Junior, Scoil Eoin, Scoil Bhreandain, St Malachys B, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St MonicasCatholic389,765
Le Chéile Schools TrustSanta Sabina Dominican College, Manor House School, Holy Faith, St Marys, Árdscoil La SalleCatholic52,662
Educate TogetherBelmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Stapolin Educate Together, North Bay Educate Together NS, Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate TogetherMulti-denominational51,720
Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS N na Lanai Glasa, Springdale, BurrowChurch of Ireland3678
St Michael's HouseSt Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Michaels House Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp SchMulti-denominational, Catholic3169
Edmund Rice Schools TrustSt. Fintan's High School, St. David's CollegeCatholic21,264
Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste ReachrannInter-denominational21,006
City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian BrothersPobalscoil NeasáinInter-denominational1831
Congregation of the Missions (Vincentians)St Pauls CollegeCatholic1650
Board of Governors of Sutton Park SchoolSutton Park SchoolChurch of Ireland1503
Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe DonahiesInter-denominational1488
Marist Education AuthorityChanel CollegeCatholic1451
CEISTMercy College CoolockCatholic1402
Religious Sisters of CharitySt MarysCatholic1230
City of Dublin ETBCoolockMulti-denominational1205
An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ghráinne MhaolMulti-denominational184
Central Remedial ClinicCentral Remedial ClinicCatholic178
Irish Autism ActionABACAS KilbarrackMulti-denominational154
patron not listedBelmayne Community Special SchoolMulti-denominational12

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

Getting a place

How children get a place in Raheny

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 fee-paying school here sets its 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

Since 2019/20, 14 of these 61 schools have grown by 5% or more and 30 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.

Belmayne Educate Together+1,883%
Grange+98%
Árdscoil La Salle+74%
Sutton Park School+36%
Coolock+32%
St Benedicts and St Marys+17%
Scoil Chiarain+14%
Santa Sabina Dominican College+13%
St Pauls College+10%
St John of God+8%
All 61 schools
St. David's College+8%
St Davids+8%
Our Lady of Consolation+8%
Pobalscoil Neasáin+7%
S.N. Caitriona Girls+5%
The Donahies+4%
Holy Trinity Sen+4%
Scoil Eoin+3%
St Eithnes Senior Girls+2%
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann+2%
S N na Lanai Glasa+2%
St. Fintan's High School+1%
St Pauls Sen+1%
St Marys+0%
Holy Faith+0%
Scoil Naomh Colmcille+0%
Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors−1%
St Monicas−2%
S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School−4%
Scoil Neasain−4%
St. Francis of Assisi−5%
Manor House School−5%
Belmayne Educate Together−5%
Our Lady Immac Sen−6%
Mercy College Coolock−6%
S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls Senior−7%
North Bay Educate Together NS−8%
S.N. Muire agus Iosef−8%
St Fintans−8%
Gaelscoil Mide−9%
St Pauls Junior−9%
Burrow−9%
Scoil Bhride−11%
St Laurence's−11%
Eoin Baisde B Sois−12%
St Brigids Convent−13%
Scoil Bhreandain−13%
St Josephs−15%
St Marys−16%
Scoil Aine Convent Senior−17%
St Brigids Boys−18%
Springdale−18%
St Malachys B−19%
Scoil Mhuire Mxd−20%
Chanel College−21%
Naiscoil Ide−21%
Eoin Baisde C Naoidh−22%
St Kevins Junior−24%
Darndale N.S. Junior−25%
Mhuire Iosef Junior−26%
S.N. Caitriona Naionain−28%

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 Raheny’s schools

Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated

Each school is visited by inspectors from time to time, for a whole-school evaluation of teaching, learning and leadership, for one subject, or to follow up earlier advice, and every report is posted 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 70 schools below each link their own.

SchoolReports on gov.ie
Manor House SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil MidePrimaryInspection reports ↗
North Bay Educate Together NSPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil EoinPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Michael's House Special National School FoxfieldSpecialInspection reports ↗
ABACAS KilbarrackSpecialInspection reports ↗
Scoil Assaim Boys SeniorsPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Aine Convent SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Naiscoil IdePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Mhuire Iosef JuniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Benedicts and St Marys National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Springdale N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Muire agus IosefPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Belmayne Community Special SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
St Michaels Hse Sp SchSpecialInspection reports ↗
Árdscoil La SallePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St. Fintan's High SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Kevins Junior N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Naomh ColmcillePrimaryInspection reports ↗
Holy Trinity Sen N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Malachys B N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil BhridePrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Monicas N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Eithnes Senior Girls N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Santa Sabina Dominican CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
The Donahies Community SchoolPost-primary · Community schoolInspection reports ↗
Stapolin Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelscoil Ghráinne MhaolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Gaelcholáiste ReachrannPost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
Pobalscoil NeasáinPost-primary · Community schoolInspection reports ↗
Grange Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection reports ↗
St Fintans N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Burrow N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Pauls CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil NeasainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil BhreandainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Brigids Boys N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Laurence's National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Sutton Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Caitriona GirlsPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Mercy College CoolockPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Pauls Junior National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Caitriona NaionainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Pauls Sen N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Marys Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Belmayne Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Marys Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
S N na Lanai GlasaPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Michaels House Special SchoolSpecialInspection reports ↗
St. Francis of Assisi National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Chanel CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Brigids Convent N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Central Remedial ClinicSpecialInspection reports ↗
Eoin Baisde B SoisPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Eoin Baisde Boys Senior SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
S.N. Eoin Baisde Girls SeniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National SchoolPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Eoin Baisde C NaoidhPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Darndale N.S. JuniorPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Our Lady Immac Sen N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
St Josephs N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil ChiarainPrimaryInspection reports ↗
St. David's CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondaryInspection reports ↗
Our Lady of Consolation N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St Davids N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
St John of God N.S.PrimaryInspection reports ↗
Scoil Mhuire MxdPrimaryInspection reports ↗
Coolock Community CollegePost-primary · ETBInspection 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 Raheny

All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school

77 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Raheny: 59 voluntary secondary schools, 11 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. Of these, 36 are single-sex: 18 for girls and 18 for boys. Fees are charged at 14 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 5 of them.

Within 10 km
77
post-primary schools; 18 in the area
Single-sex
36
of the 77 within reach
Nearest
0.9 km
Árdscoil La Salle
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2890.9 km
Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6521 km
The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4881.4 km
Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysGaelcholáiste4531.9 km
Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS5531.9 km
Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–8312.2 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–5952.2 km
St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6502.5 km
Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4022.5 km
St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boys–2302.6 km
St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3202.8 km
St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7142.9 km
All 77 post-primary schools within reach
SchoolTakesAlsoPupilsAway
Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS4512.9 km
Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6473.6 km
Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2053.8 km
St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5503.8 km
Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7544 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–9034.5 km
Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boysFee-paying5034.5 km
Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS4074.7 km
Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–5634.8 km
Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5275 km
Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2975.2 km
Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1505.3 km
St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3105.3 km
Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–9555.6 km
Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–9685.8 km
Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1396 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7996 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–7256.1 km
Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–1,2506.1 km
Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS1916.1 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–4376.6 km
O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2226.6 km
Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS5236.8 km
Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS5646.9 km
Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS3197.1 km
Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS4037.3 km
C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2057.4 km
Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying1,0117.4 km
St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS8307.5 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominationalGirls and boys–6967.6 km
St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5037.8 km
St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS4087.8 km
Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS3868 km
St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying7318.1 km
St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysFee-paying3398.1 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying5888.2 km
Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5448.3 km
Beneavin De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS5858.4 km
St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2448.5 km
St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2838.8 km
Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7098.8 km
Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–4218.8 km
The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsFee-paying2308.8 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of IrelandGirls and boys–3028.9 km
Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding2068.9 km
Cabra Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2649 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · CatholicBoysDEIS2569.1 km
St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · PresbyterianGirls and boysFee-paying1,0119.1 km
Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying4379.1 km
Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying, Boarding1,0419.1 km
Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–5219.3 km
Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominationalGirls and boys–8649.4 km
St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsDEIS6469.4 km
Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2629.4 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5009.4 km
Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysGaelcholáiste5179.5 km
Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirlsGaelcholáiste4889.5 km
Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoysFee-paying5769.5 km
Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysGaelcholáiste, DEIS2729.6 km
St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicBoys–6519.6 km
Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–6559.7 km
C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls and boysDEIS2519.8 km
St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · CatholicGirls–7909.8 km
Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominationalGirls and boysDEIS2579.9 km
St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominationalGirls and boysFee-paying47510 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 Raheny

6 special schools serve the area: St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, ABACAS Kilbarrack, Belmayne Community Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch, St Michaels House Special School and Central Remedial Clinic, 303 pupils between them. 23 of the 46 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

Raheny beside the 89 other Irish towns of 6,100 to 11,800 people

Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results

TownPeopleSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Cavan11,741144,634129%1.2 km
…
Portarlington9,28852,65700%1.3 km
Waterford City Centre9,0313312,411239%0.5 km
Sandyford8,8446727,80888%0.9 km
Lusk8,806114,51010%0.9 km
Raheny8,7347021,242434%0.9 km
Ballyvolane8,7076016,728845%1.9 km
Kilcock8,67442,20210%0.6 km
New Ross8,610103,266060%0.6 km
Hollyhill and Ballincolly8,6068427,337743%1.1 km
…
The Glen6,1196619,000550%0.5 km

More pupils attend the schools around 30 of the other 89 towns than around Raheny. 86 of the 90 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.

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

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers around Raheny

Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.

The schools in and around Raheny had 21,603 pupils in 2015/16 and 21,242 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.

Pupils at schools in and around Raheny

06,00012,00018,00024,0002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

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 Raheny

Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.

DonaghmedeEdenmoreSuttonAyrfieldClongriffinBaldoyleDonaghmedeEdenmoreSuttonAyrfieldClongriffinBaldoyleRaheny
TownSchoolsPupilsAll-IrishDEIS schoolsNearest post-primary
Raheny7021,242434%0.9 km
Donaghmede
0.8 km
7321,067438%0.3 km
Edenmore
1.7 km
7120,216541%0.9 km
Sutton
1.8 km
5014,773430%0.4 km
Ayrfield
1.9 km
7320,467540%0.6 km
Clongriffin
2.1 km
5315,799436%0.3 km
Baldoyle
2.2 km
5316,574428%0.7 km

Edenmore has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 5. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Raheny changed by +3%; among its neighbours, Baldoyle’s grew most (+6%) and Donaghmede’s least (+2%).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which schools count. Every school in Raheny 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 Raheny

How many schools are there in Raheny?

In Raheny or within 3 km of it: 46 primary schools, 18 secondary schools and 6 special schools, with 21,242 pupils between them.

Are there schools in Raheny that teach through Irish?

Yes, 4: Gaelscoil Mide, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann teach every subject through Irish.

Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Raheny?

1 of the 18: Sutton Park School. The others are free.

What is the best school in Raheny?

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 Raheny?

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).