Ringsend College
Cambridge Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4 · D04 N227 · Roll number 70200D
Ringsend College is one of 42 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Sandymount. Every school in and around Sandymount →
What stands out about Ringsend College
- A small post-primary school: 191 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- 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.
- 115 girls and 76 boys: more of one than the other.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the City of Dublin ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ringsend College had 191 pupils in 2025/26, against 176 in 2015/16 (+9%). Girls are 60% of them. Its largest roll was 219, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ringsend College
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 Ringsend College 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 Ringsend College
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 Ringsend College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ringsend College 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Ringsend College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Sandymount together changed by +7%.
Pupils since 2019/20
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Ringsend College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.4 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.8 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.2 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.1 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 4.5 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.8 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.8 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 5.1 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.3 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.9 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 7.5 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 7.7 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.1 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.8 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km |
Living in Sandymount
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D04 Eircode area
Housing in Sandymount →The median sale price rose from €650,000 in 2023 to €685,000 in 2025 (+5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D04 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Sandymount
Cost of living in Sandymount →New tenancies in Sandymount averaged €2,419 a month in 2025, against €2,298 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Sandymount, D04 N227
Post-primary schools near Ringsend College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ringsend College
Is Ringsend College 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 Ringsend College have?
191 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Ringsend College teach through Irish?
No: Ringsend College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ringsend College?
Ringsend College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Ringsend College?
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 Ringsend College?
The nearest are Marian College (1.2 km), Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School (1.4 km) and C.B.S. Westland Row (1.7 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 Sandymount; 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).