Photo: Raymond Okonski · CC BY-SA 2.0Sallynoggin has 6 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
24% of the schools around Sallynoggin are DEIS schools, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). 31 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 7 special schools are in or within 3 km of Sallynoggin, with 15,036 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 in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Sallynoggin’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Loreto Abbey Secondary School (757), Loreto College Foxrock (660), Christian Brothers College (549) and Holy Child Killiney (382), and 2 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
58 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Holy Child Community School (0.5 km), Rathdown School (0.8 km) and Christian Brothers College (1.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
The 51 schools in and around Sallynoggin
Here are the schools in Sallynoggin or within 3 km of it, every one with its own page. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Show all 31 primary schools
Where the 51 schools in and around Sallynoggin 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 Sallynoggin’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 Sallynoggin
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
2 of Sallynoggin’s 51 schools teach every subject through Irish: Scoil Lorcáin and Gaelscoil Phadraig.
Who Sallynoggin’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 Sallynoggin | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 18% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 53% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 53% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 49% | 18% | 6% |
18% of the pupils around Sallynoggin are at a DEIS school, fewer than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 49% here against 6%. The biggest school in DEIS is Cabinteely Community School (512 pupils).
Each of the 51 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.
Who runs Sallynoggin’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
34 of Sallynoggin’s 51 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (23), Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI (5) and Educate Together (4). 12 of the 51 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.
The 18 patrons of Sallynoggin’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
18 patrons run the 51 schools around Sallynoggin; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 23 of them and 46% of the pupils. Education and Training Boards run 3 of them. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinThe Harold School, Carysfort, Scoil Padraig Naofa B, St Brigids Girls, Scoil Lorcáin, St Patricks GNS, Scoil na nAingeal, St Brigids Boys, Our Lady Good Counsel GNS, Our Lady of Good Counsel Boys, St Josephs, Loreto, St Kevins, Clochar San Dominic, St Johns, St Augustines School, Holy Family School, Scoil Colmcille Senior, Scoil Cholmcille Junior, St Columbanus, Harold Boys, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, Benincasa Special School | Catholic | 23 | 6,945 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS N Gleann na gCaorach Iníon Léinín, Kill-O'-The-Grange, Dalkey N.S., St Brigids, All Saints | Church of Ireland | 5 | 671 |
| Educate TogetherBlackrock Educate Together, Cherrywood Educate Together, Dun Laoghaire ETNS, Sallynoggin Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 4 | 679 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustHoly Child Killiney, St Laurence College, St Joseph Of Cluny | Catholic | 3 | 954 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto Abbey, Loreto College Foxrock | Catholic | 2 | 1,417 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustClonkeen College, Christian Brothers College | Catholic | 2 | 1,184 |
| Minister for EducationNewpark Comprehensive School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 884 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinCabinteely | Inter-denominational | 1 | 512 |
| The Dalkey School Project & Educate TogetherMonkstown Eucate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 415 |
| Board of Governors of Rathdown SchoolRathdown School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 364 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Society of the Holy Child JesusHoly Child | Inter-denominational | 1 | 275 |
| CEISTRockford Manor | Catholic | 1 | 273 |
| The Dalkey School ProjectDalkey School Project | Multi-denominational | 1 | 220 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Phadraig | Catholic | 1 | 118 |
| Health Service ExecutiveBallyowen Meadows | Catholic | 1 | 53 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & St John of God Hospitaller OrderCarmona Special | Catholic | 1 | 37 |
| Irish Autism ActionRed Door Special School | Other | 1 | 29 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBOur Lady of Lourdes School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 6 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Sallynoggin
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 6 fee-paying schools here set their 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
13 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 18 have shrunk by as much, out of 41; across Ireland: +5%.
All 41 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.
Inspection reports for Sallynoggin’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
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 51 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Sallynoggin
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
58 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Sallynoggin: 51 voluntary secondary schools, 4 community schools, 2 ETB schools and one comprehensive school. 29 teach girls and boys apart: 18 girls’ and 11 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 28 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 275 | 0.5 km |
| Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 364 | 0.8 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 1.2 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 270 | 1.6 km |
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 1.6 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 1.7 km |
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 2.1 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 2.4 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 2.5 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 757 | 2.7 km |
| St Laurence CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 3.3 km |
| Holy Child KillineyVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 382 | 3.5 km |
All 58 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 4 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 4 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 4.1 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 4.2 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 4.3 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 4.3 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 4.6 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 4.9 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 4.9 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 4.9 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 5.4 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 5.6 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 6.3 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 6.3 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 6.4 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 6.5 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 6.7 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 6.7 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 6.8 km |
| John Scottus Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 211 | 7 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 7 km |
| Woodbrook CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 623 | 7.3 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 7.6 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 8 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 8 km |
| Coláiste RaithínETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 326 | 8.1 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 8.2 km |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 324 | 8.2 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 8.2 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 8.3 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 8.4 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 8.5 km |
| St. Gerard's SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 623 | 8.6 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 8.6 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 8.7 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 9 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 9.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 9.4 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 9.5 km |
| Loreto Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 747 | 9.5 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 9.6 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 9.7 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 9.8 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 9.8 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 9.9 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 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 Sallynoggin
7 special schools serve the area: Carmona Special National School, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Red Door Special School, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, St Augustines School, Ballyowen Meadows and Benincasa Special School, 380 pupils between them. 14 of the 31 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.
Sallynoggin beside the 80 other Irish towns of 9,300 to 17,900 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathfarnham | 17,508 | 111 | 39,391 | 10 | 22% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Whitehall | 13,675 | 132 | 37,232 | 12 | 61% | 0.2 km |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 11 | 4,357 | 1 | 18% | 0.6 km |
| Arklow | 13,399 | 9 | 3,343 | 2 | 33% | 0.3 km |
| Ongar | 13,390 | 42 | 22,425 | 3 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 51 | 15,036 | 2 | 24% | 0.6 km |
| Castlebar | 13,054 | 12 | 4,272 | 1 | 17% | 0.3 km |
| Fettercairn | 12,970 | 72 | 25,995 | 8 | 50% | 0.6 km |
| Wicklow | 12,957 | 11 | 4,543 | 1 | 36% | 0.6 km |
| Hollystown | 12,884 | 68 | 22,939 | 3 | 50% | 1.9 km |
| … | ||||||
| Trim | 9,563 | 7 | 3,065 | 1 | 14% | 0.5 km |
Of the other 80 towns, 46 have more pupils at the schools around them than Sallynoggin. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Sallynoggin
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Sallynoggin had 15,805 pupils in 2015/16 and 15,036 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Dun Laoghaire ETNS grew most: +185% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Sallynoggin
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 Sallynoggin
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallynoggin | 51 | 15,036 | 2 | 24% | 0.6 km |
| Dún Laoghaire 0.9 km | 52 | 17,578 | 1 | 19% | 0.8 km |
| Monkstown 2 km | 57 | 22,012 | 4 | 11% | 0.3 km |
| Dalkey 2 km | 43 | 12,331 | 1 | 28% | 0.9 km |
| Foxrock 2.3 km | 80 | 28,450 | 7 | 18% | 0.8 km |
| Ballybrack 2.4 km | 41 | 11,728 | 1 | 29% | 0.9 km |
| Cabinteely 2.6 km | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
Foxrock has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 7. Pupils around Sallynoggin: +4% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Cabinteely led (+8%) and Dún Laoghaire trailed (+2%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Sallynoggin 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 Sallynoggin
How many schools are there in Sallynoggin?
In Sallynoggin or within 3 km of it: 31 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 15,036 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Sallynoggin that teach through Irish?
Yes, 2: Scoil Lorcáin and Gaelscoil Phadraig teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Sallynoggin?
6 of the 13: Rathdown School, Christian Brothers College, St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School and Loreto Abbey Secondary School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Sallynoggin?
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 Sallynoggin?
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).