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Mount Anville Road, Dublin 14 · D14 A8P3 · Roll number 60140F
Mount Anville Secondary School is one of 29 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Stillorgan. Every school in and around Stillorgan →
What stands out about Mount Anville Secondary School
- 726 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A girls’ 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 Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mount Anville Secondary School had 726 pupils in 2025/26, against 640 in 2015/16 (+13%). Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mount Anville 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.
It charges fees, set by the school. It takes girls only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mount Anville Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Stillorgan 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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Mount Anville Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 4 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | ||
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 0.7 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.2 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.6 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 2 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 2.2 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.6 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.3 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.6 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.8 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.9 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.3 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 6 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.4 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.4 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.6 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 15 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 36 km |
Living in Stillorgan
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Homes in the A94 Eircode area
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Renting in Stillorgan
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Location
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Stillorgan, D14 A8P3
Post-primary schools near Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville Secondary School
Is Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville Secondary School have?
726 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does Mount Anville Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Mount Anville Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Mount Anville Secondary School?
Mount Anville Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Mount Anville 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 Mount Anville Secondary School?
The nearest are Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School (0.7 km), St Benildus College (1 km) and Our Lady's Grove Secondary School (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 Stillorgan; 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).