Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
Ballyogan Road, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 · D18 VEA0 · Roll number 68241F
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School is one of 18 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Stepaside. Every school in and around Stepaside →
What stands out about Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
- 741 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 741 pupils, 246% more than the 214 of 2019/20.
- 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 Educate Together; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2016/17 to 2025/26Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School had 741 pupils in 2025/26, against 28 in 2016/17 (+2,546%). Girls are 44% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 9 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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 Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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 Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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 Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School has grown by 246% since 2019/20. All the schools around Stepaside 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.
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +246%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.1 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.4 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 3.7 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4.6 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.6 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.6 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 5 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.3 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6.7 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.2 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 7.6 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.7 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 39 km |
Living in Stepaside
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D18 Eircode area
Housing in Stepaside →The median sale price rose from €610,000 in 2023 to €656,100 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D18 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Stepaside
Cost of living in Stepaside →New tenancies in Stepaside averaged €2,006 a month in 2025, against €1,958 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Stepaside, D18 VEA0
Post-primary schools near Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
Is Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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 Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School have?
741 pupils in 2025/26. That is +246% since 2019/20.
Does Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School?
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Educate Together.
How do pupils get a place at Stepaside Educate Together Secondary 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 Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School?
The nearest are Loreto College Foxrock (1.7 km), Rosemont School (2.4 km) and St Raphaela's Secondary School (2.6 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 Stepaside; 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).