Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer single-sex secondaries around Saggart than around Co. Dublin’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
That leaves Saggart below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (39%). 14 of its 23 schools are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas, against 30% across Ireland. Nothing here grades or ranks these schools: Ireland publishes no results school by school, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Saggart’s schools
A choice beyond the church schools
Most schools in Ireland have a church patron; here more of them are multi- or inter-denominational than in most places (14% across Ireland). They are Holy Family Community School (998), St Marks Community School (931), Coláiste pobail Fóla (758) and St Aidan's Community School (561), and 9 more. Who runs them ↓
Extra support for many schools
Many schools here are in DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and help; across Ireland, 30% of schools are. In DEIS: St Marks Community School (931), St Aidan's Community School (561), Killinarden Community School (471) and Mount Seskin Community College (350), and 10 more. Who runs them ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 41 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Coláiste pobail Fóla (0.7 km), Holy Family Community School (2.3 km) and St Aidan's Community School (2.4 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Who runs Saggart’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
10 of Saggart’s 23 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (10), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (5) and Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin (3). 14 of the 23 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Where the 23 schools in and around Saggart 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 Saggart’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Saggart
The schools by teaching language, with Ireland’s share as the black tick.
3 of Saggart’s 23 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Lir, Scoil Chronain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude.
Who Saggart’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Saggart | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 52% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
Around Saggart, 52% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 28% in Co. Dublin. Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 0% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is St Marks Community School, with 931 pupils.
Each of the 23 schools
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.
The 6 patrons of Saggart’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Archbishop of Dublin is patron of 10 of the 23 schools around Saggart, which teach 37% of their pupils; 6 patrons run them in all. Education and Training Boards run 9 of them. Educate Together runs 2.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinHoly Family, S.N. Naomh Mhuire, Scoil Chronain, St Thomas Senior, St Annes Primary School, St Thomas Junior, St Aidans, St Brigids, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Sin, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Junior | Catholic | 10 | 3,359 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBColáiste pobail Fóla, Citywest & Saggart Community, Mount Seskin, Scoil Aoife CNS, Tallaght Community | Multi-denominational, Inter-denominational | 5 | 2,014 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinSt Marks, St Aidan's, Killinarden | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1,963 |
| Educate TogetherCity West Educate Together, Rathcoole ETNS | Multi-denominational | 2 | 490 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaScoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil Lir | Multi-denominational | 2 | 337 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & The Spiritan Education TrustHoly Family | Inter-denominational | 1 | 998 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Saggart
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.
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, 5 of these 20 schools have grown by 5% or more and 11 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 20 schools
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.
The 23 schools in and around Saggart
Every school in Saggart or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
Inspection reports for Saggart’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 23 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Saggart
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Families in Saggart have 41 post-primary schools within 10 km: 17 ETB schools, 14 voluntary secondary schools and 10 community schools. 12 teach girls and boys apart: 6 girls’ and 6 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 2 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 0.7 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 2.3 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 2.4 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 2.4 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 3.3 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 4 km |
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 5.1 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 5.1 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 5.5 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 5.6 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 5.6 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 5.7 km |
All 41 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 981 | 6.3 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 6.3 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 6.3 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 6.5 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 6.9 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 7.4 km |
| Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 966 | 7.5 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 7.5 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 7.7 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 7.7 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 8 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 8.1 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 8.2 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 8.5 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 8.5 km |
| St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 934 | 8.6 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 8.8 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 8.9 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 8.9 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 8.9 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 9.3 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 9.4 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 9.5 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 9.6 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 9.6 km |
| St Wolstan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls | – | 846 | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 9.8 km |
| Coláiste ChiaráinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 676 | 9.9 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Saggart
No special school is in or near Saggart. 14 of the 17 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.
Saggart beside the 96 other Irish towns of 3,200 to 6,200 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Glen | 6,119 | 66 | 19,000 | 5 | 50% | 0.5 km |
| … | ||||||
| Birr | 4,726 | 7 | 1,708 | 1 | 86% | 1.4 km |
| Dangan | 4,621 | 30 | 10,789 | 5 | 23% | 1.6 km |
| Bohernabreena | 4,613 | 54 | 19,297 | 5 | 46% | 0.9 km |
| Athenry | 4,603 | 5 | 3,133 | 2 | 0% | 0.4 km |
| Saggart | 4,573 | 23 | 9,161 | 3 | 61% | 0.7 km |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 8 | 3,046 | 0 | 0% | 0.6 km |
| Newcastle | 4,526 | 11 | 5,403 | 2 | 0% | 2.4 km |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 64 | 19,573 | 6 | 55% | 0.6 km |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 27 | 7,395 | 5 | 26% | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||||
| Virginia | 3,211 | 3 | 1,430 | 0 | 0% | 0.7 km |
Of these 96 other towns, 50 count more pupils at their schools than Saggart. 71 of the 97 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Saggart
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Saggart had 7,694 pupils in 2015/16 and 9,161 in 2025/26. Tallaght Community National School grew most: +94% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Saggart
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.
Schools in the towns around Saggart
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
Tallaght has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 9. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Saggart changed by +10%; among its neighbours, Rathcoole’s grew most (+23%) and Deansrath’s least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Saggart 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 Saggart
How many schools are there in Saggart?
In Saggart or within 3 km of it: 17 primary schools and 6 secondary schools, with 9,161 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Saggart that teach through Irish?
Yes, 3: Gaelscoil Lir, Scoil Chronain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Saggart?
No: all 6 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Saggart?
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 Saggart?
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).