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Heritage Village, Garter's Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin · D24 HFK2 · Roll number 76594L
Coláiste pobail Fóla is one of 6 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Saggart. Every school in and around Saggart →
What stands out about Coláiste pobail Fóla
- 758 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2020/21 to 2025/26Coláiste pobail Fóla had 758 pupils in 2025/26, against 79 in 2020/21 (+859%). Girls are 47% 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 Coláiste pobail Fóla
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 Coláiste pobail Fóla 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 Coláiste pobail Fóla
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 Coláiste pobail Fóla
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste pobail Fóla 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, 3 have more pupils than Coláiste pobail Fóla.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.5 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 6 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.3 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 11 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 13 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 16 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km |
Living in Saggart
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Homes in the D24 Eircode area
Housing in Saggart →The median sale price rose from €342,000 in 2023 to €412,200 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D24 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Saggart
Cost of living in Saggart →New tenancies in Saggart averaged €2,066 a month in 2025, against €1,930 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Saggart, D24 HFK2
Post-primary schools near Coláiste pobail Fóla
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste pobail Fóla
Is Coláiste pobail Fóla 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 Coláiste pobail Fóla have?
758 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Coláiste pobail Fóla teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste pobail Fóla teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste pobail Fóla?
Coláiste pobail Fóla has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste pobail Fóla?
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 Coláiste pobail Fóla?
The nearest are St Aidan's Community School (1.7 km), Mount Seskin Community College (1.9 km) and Killinarden Community School (2.8 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Saggart; 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).