Catholic University School
89 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2 · D02 KC81 · Roll number 60540V
Catholic University School 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 Catholic University School
- 544 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- Charges fees.
- 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 Marist Education Authority; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Catholic University School had 544 pupils in 2025/26, against 462 in 2015/16 (+18%). Its largest roll was 561, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Catholic University 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 Catholic University 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.
Inspection reports on Catholic University 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 a place at Catholic University School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Catholic University 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Catholic University School has grown by 7% 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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Catholic University School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +7%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | ||
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 0.2 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.8 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.1 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.9 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.9 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.1 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.2 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.3 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.7 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 4.9 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.9 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 6.5 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.4 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +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 | ✓ | 10 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −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 | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | 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 | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 31 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 KC81
Post-primary schools near Catholic University School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Catholic University School
Is Catholic University 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 Catholic University School have?
544 pupils in 2025/26. That is +7% since 2019/20.
Does Catholic University School teach through Irish?
No: Catholic University School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Catholic University School?
Catholic University School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Marist Education Authority.
How do pupils get a place at Catholic University 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 Catholic University School?
The nearest are Loreto College (0.2 km), Christian Brothers, Synge St. (0.8 km) and C.B.S. Westland Row (0.9 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).