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Holy Child Community School

Post-primary · Community schoolInter-denominationalDEIS

Pearse St, Sallynoggin, Co Dublin · A96 E0C9 · Roll number 91330K

Holy Child Community School is one of 13 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Sallynoggin. Every school in and around Sallynoggin →

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Pupils
275
September, 2025/26
121 girls, 154 boys
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 246 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Inter-denominational
Patron: Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Holy Child Community School

  • A small post-primary school: 275 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+12%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
  • A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
  • Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child Jesus; its ethos is inter-denominational.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Holy Child Community School had 275 pupils in 2025/26, against 273 in 2015/16 (+1%). Girls are 44% of them. Its largest roll was 276, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.

0701402102803502015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Holy Child Community 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 Holy Child Community 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Holy Child Community 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 in

Getting a place at Holy Child Community School

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Holy Child Community 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.

It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Pupils
275
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+12%
from 246 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Holy Child Community School has grown by 12% since 2019/20. All the schools around Sallynoggin together changed by +4%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Holy Child+12%
The post-primary schools around Sallynoggin+12%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The 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, 4 have more pupils than Holy Child Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +12%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.

Holy Child275
Rathdown School364
St Joseph Of Cluny270
Clonkeen College635
Cabinteely512
Christian Brothers College549
Rockford Manor273
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish0.4 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish1 km
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish1.5 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓1.7 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish1.7 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish2.2 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish2.5 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish2.7 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓2.8 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish2.9 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish2.9 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish3.6 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish4.2 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish4.5 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish4.6 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish4.7 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish4.8 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish5.1 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish5.4 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish5.4 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish5.4 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish5.7 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish6 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish6.4 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish6.5 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish6.7 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓6.8 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓6.8 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish6.9 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish7.1 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish7.1 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish7.2 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish7.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish8.1 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓8.3 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish8.5 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish8.7 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish8.8 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish8.9 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish9 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.1 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓9.5 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish9.7 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish9.7 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish9.9 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish10 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish10 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish10 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish10 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish10 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish10 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish11 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish11 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓11 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish11 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish11 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish11 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish11 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish11 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish12 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓12 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish12 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish12 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish13 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish13 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓14 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓14 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish16 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓16 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓17 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish17 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish17 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish18 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish18 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish18 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish19 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish19 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish20 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish21 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish21 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish22 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish34 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish37 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish38 km
Living nearby

Living in Sallynoggin

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€520,500
43 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,159
a month, new tenancies in 2025 across Co. Dublin

Homes in the A96 Eircode area

Housing in Sallynoggin →

The median sale price rose from €601,000 in 2023 to €685,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€601,000
2024€725,000
2025€685,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€602,600
Second-hand homes€688,500

Property Price Register sales in the A96 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Co. Dublin

Cost of living in Sallynoggin →

New tenancies in Co. Dublin averaged €2,159 a month in 2025, against €2,069 in 2024 (+4%).

2024€2,069
2025€2,159

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Sallynoggin, A96 E0C9

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Holy Child Community School

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Rathdown School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-payingBoarding
364 pupils+38% since 2019/200.4 km
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Fee-paying
270 pupils+7% since 2019/201 km
Clonkeen College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Boys
635 pupils+10% since 2019/201.5 km
Cabinteely Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
512 pupils+12% since 2019/201.7 km
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
549 pupils+7% since 2019/201.7 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Girls
273 pupils−1% since 2019/202.2 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 91330K

Questions about Holy Child Community School

Is Holy Child Community 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 Holy Child Community School have?

275 pupils in 2025/26. That is +12% since 2019/20.

Does Holy Child Community School teach through Irish?

No: Holy Child Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Holy Child Community School?

Holy Child Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child Jesus.

How do pupils get a place at Holy Child Community 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 Holy Child Community School?

The nearest are Rathdown School (0.4 km), St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School (1 km) and Clonkeen College (1.5 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 Sallynoggin; 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).