C.B.S. Westland Row
Westland Row, Dublin 2 · D02 YX80 · Roll number 60490J
C.B.S. Westland Row is one of 36 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of St Stephen's Green. Every school in and around St Stephen's Green →
What stands out about C.B.S. Westland Row
- A small post-primary school: 205 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 205 pupils, 52% more than the 135 of 2019/20.
- 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 voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26C.B.S. Westland Row had 205 pupils in 2025/26, against 114 in 2015/16 (+80%). Girls are 51% of them. 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 C.B.S. Westland Row
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 C.B.S. Westland Row 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 C.B.S. Westland Row
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 C.B.S. Westland Row
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to C.B.S. Westland Row 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: C.B.S. Westland Row has grown by 52% since 2019/20. All the schools around St Stephen's Green together changed by +9%.
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 C.B.S. Westland Row. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +52%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 0.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.6 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.3 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.7 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 2.9 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.4 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.6 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.4 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5.2 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.3 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.4 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.4 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.8 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 8.9 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 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 | 30 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km |
Living in St Stephen's Green
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D02 Eircode area
Housing in St Stephen's Green →The median sale price rose from €456,200 in 2023 to €480,000 in 2025 (+5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D02 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in St Stephen's Green
Cost of living in St Stephen's Green →New tenancies in St Stephen's Green averaged €2,246 a month in 2025, against €2,083 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗St Stephen's Green, D02 YX80
Post-primary schools near C.B.S. Westland Row
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about C.B.S. Westland Row
Is C.B.S. Westland Row 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 C.B.S. Westland Row have?
205 pupils in 2025/26. That is +52% since 2019/20.
Does C.B.S. Westland Row teach through Irish?
No: C.B.S. Westland Row teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs C.B.S. Westland Row?
C.B.S. Westland Row has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at C.B.S. Westland Row?
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 C.B.S. Westland Row?
The nearest are Loreto College (0.8 km), Catholic University School (0.9 km) and Larkin Community College (1.2 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 St Stephen's Green; 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).