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151 -153 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin 6W · D6W HP44 · Roll number 68365A
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School is one of 41 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathmines West. Every school in and around Rathmines West →
What stands out about Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
- 437 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2020/21: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 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 Educate Together; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2020/21 to 2025/26Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School had 437 pupils in 2025/26, against 39 in 2020/21 (+1,021%). Girls are 46% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 5 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Harolds Cross Educate Together 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 Harolds Cross Educate Together 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.
Inspection reports on Harolds Cross Educate Together 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 a place at Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Harolds Cross Educate Together 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.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 0.5 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 1.6 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.8 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 2 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.3 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.5 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.4 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5.4 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 33 km |
Living in Rathmines West
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Homes in the D06 Eircode area
Housing in Rathmines West →The median sale price rose from €678,200 in 2023 to €749,600 in 2025 (+11%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D06 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Rathmines West
Cost of living in Rathmines West →New tenancies in Rathmines West averaged €1,651 a month in 2025, against €1,623 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Rathmines West, D6W HP44
Post-primary schools near Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School
Is Harolds Cross Educate Together 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 Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School have?
437 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School?
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Educate Together.
How do pupils get a place at Harolds Cross Educate Together 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 Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School?
The nearest are St Louis High School (0.5 km), St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines (0.8 km) and Clogher Road Community College (1.2 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 Rathmines West; 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).