














Skerries Community College
Skerries Community College, Balbriggan Street, Skerries, Co Dublin · K34 HH29 · Roll number 76078Q
Skerries Community College is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Skerries. Every school in and around Skerries →
What stands out about Skerries Community College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,025 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Skerries Community College had 1,025 pupils in 2025/26, against 909 in 2015/16 (+13%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 1,033, in 2023/24. 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 Skerries Community 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 Skerries Community 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 Skerries Community 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 Skerries Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Skerries Community 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Skerries Community College has grown by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Skerries together changed by −8%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 2 have more pupils than Skerries Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6.8 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 23 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 24 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 25 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 31 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 31 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 32 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 32 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 34 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 35 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 35 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 41 km |
Living in Skerries
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the K34 Eircode area
Housing in Skerries →The median sale price rose from €470,000 in 2023 to €570,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the K34 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Skerries
Cost of living in Skerries →New tenancies in Skerries averaged €1,975 a month in 2025, against €1,811 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗














Skerries, K34 HH29
Post-primary schools near Skerries Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Skerries Community College
Is Skerries Community 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 Skerries Community College have?
1,025 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does Skerries Community College teach through Irish?
No: Skerries Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Skerries Community College?
Skerries Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Skerries Community 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 Skerries Community College?
The nearest are Ardgillan Community College (4.9 km), Loreto Secondary School (5.9 km) and Balbriggan Community College (6 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 Skerries; 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).