Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.013 of the secondary schools in and around Stillorgan charge fees
7% of the schools around Stillorgan are DEIS schools, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). 20 of its 29 secondary schools take only boys or only girls. These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Stillorgan’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Blackrock College (1,041), St Andrews College (1,011), Wesley College (942) and St Michaels College (731), and 9 more. Every school ↓
Mostly single-sex at secondary
Most secondary schools here take only boys or only girls; the mixed ones are marked on the cards below. Single-sex: Blackrock College (1,041), St Benildus College (949), St Michaels College (731) and Mount Anville Secondary School (726), and 16 more. Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 94 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: St Raphaela's Secondary School (0.4 km), Oatlands College (0.7 km) and St Benildus College (1.1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Few schools in DEIS
Just 6 of the 81 schools here get DEIS support for disadvantaged areas; 30% do across Ireland. In DEIS: Ballinteer Community School (415), St. Tiernan's Community School (368), Queen of Angels Primary School (224) and Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire (209), and 2 more. Who goes there ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
The 81 schools in and around Stillorgan
Every school in Stillorgan or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Show all 29 secondary schools
Show all 45 primary schools
Where the 81 schools in and around Stillorgan are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Stillorgan’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Stillorgan
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
8 of Stillorgan’s 81 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Laighean, Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin.
Who Stillorgan’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Stillorgan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 5% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 67% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 48% | 18% | 6% |
5% of the pupils around Stillorgan are at a DEIS school, fewer than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). The biggest difference from Ireland is in post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 48% here, 6% there. Of the DEIS schools here, Ballinteer Community School is the biggest: 415 pupils.
Each of the 81 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Benildus CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 949 | 0% | ||
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 726 | 100% | ||
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 637 | 100% | ||
| Oatlands CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 623 | 0% | ||
| S.N. Cnoc AinbhilPrimary | 434 | 100% | ||
| S.N. San TreasaPrimary | 430 | 49% | ||
| Oatlands Primary School, An Edmund Rice SchoolPrimary | 428 | 33% | ||
| S.N. Naomh LorcanPrimary | 390 | 0% | ||
| St Raphaelas N.S.Primary | 375 | 100% | ||
| St Brigids N.S.Primary | 100 | 44% | ||
| Gaelscoil LaigheanPrimary | 130 | 55% | ✓ | |
| ST Olaf's National SchoolPrimary | 591 | 48% | ||
| Coláiste EoinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 517 | 0% | ✓ | |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 488 | 100% | ✓ | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 366 | 45% | ||
| Booterstown N.S.Primary | 85 | 54% | ||
| St Andrews CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 1,011 | 52% | ||
| St Augustines SchoolSpecial | 157 | 42% | ||
| St Michaels Hse Spec ScSpecial | 68 | 22% | ||
| Our Lady of Mercy Convent SchoolPrimary | 247 | 100% | ||
| Carysfort N.S.Primary | 583 | 57% | ||
| All Saints N.S.Primary | 51 | 41% | ||
| Dominican CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 521 | 100% | ||
| St Patricks GNSPrimary | 478 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Padraig Naofa BPrimary | 499 | 0% | ||
| Taney N.S.Primary | 384 | 47% | ||
| Queen of Angels Primary SchoolPrimary | 224 | 47% | ✓ | |
| Blackrock CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 1,041 | 0% | ||
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 368 | 42% | ✓ | |
| Loreto College FoxrockPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 660 | 100% | ||
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchulePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 475 | 43% | ||
| Booterstown BoysPrimary | 189 | 0% | ||
| Ballinteer Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 399 | 46% | ||
| Holy Cross N.S.Primary | 260 | 44% | ||
| Willow Park SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 206 | 0% | ||
| Our lady's Grove Primary SchoolPrimary | 409 | 52% | ||
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 295 | 100% | ||
| Benincasa Special SchoolSpecial | 35 | 9% | ||
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolPost-primary · Comprehensive | 884 | 47% | ||
| Scoil na nAingealPrimary | 410 | 48% | ||
| Islamic National SchoolPrimary | 414 | 50% | ||
| Wesley CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 942 | 49% | ||
| Holy Trinity National SchoolPrimary | 586 | 46% | ||
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 741 | 44% | ||
| Goatstown Stillorgan Primary SchoolPrimary | 170 | 46% | ||
| St Brigids Boys N.S.Primary | 406 | 0% | ||
| Gaelscoil na FuinseoigePrimary | 441 | 49% | ✓ | |
| Kill-O'-The-Grange N.S.Primary | 208 | 53% | ||
| Scoil LorcáinPrimary | 485 | 50% | ✓ | |
| Our Ladys N.S.Primary | 176 | 47% | ✓ | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 273 | 100% | ||
| The Teresian SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 230 | 100% | ||
| Stepaside Educate Together National SchoolPrimary | 542 | 48% | ||
| Gaelscoil Thaobh na CoillePrimary | 402 | 52% | ✓ | |
| St Michaels CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 731 | 0% | ||
| St Attractas Senior N.S.Primary | 371 | 41% | ||
| St Attractas Junior N.S.Primary | 337 | 54% | ||
| Gaelscoil Shliabh RuaPrimary | 359 | 52% | ✓ | |
| Clonkeen CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 635 | 0% | ||
| St. Mary's National SchoolPrimary | 242 | 49% | ||
| Our Lady of Lourdes SchoolSpecial | 6 | 50% | ||
| Ballinteer Community SchoolPost-primary · Community school | 415 | 48% | ✓ | |
| Na Maighdine Muire GirlPrimary | 200 | 99% | ||
| Scoil an Maighdine Mhuire BoysPrimary | 176 | 0% | ||
| Dun Laoghaire ETNSPrimary | 177 | 51% | ||
| Red Door Special SchoolSpecial | 29 | 21% | ||
| Scoil NaithiPrimary | 231 | 51% | ✓ | |
| Holy Family SchoolPrimary | 149 | 50% | ✓ | |
| St Oliver Plunkett Sp ScSpecial | 63 | 40% | ||
| Monkstown Eucate Together NSPrimary | 415 | 51% | ||
| De La Salle CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 463 | 22% | ||
| Rosemont SchoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 307 | 100% | ||
| Alexandra CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 664 | 100% | ||
| St Brigids Girls N.S.Primary | 499 | 100% | ||
| Scoil Naisiunta an Dea AoirePrimary | 209 | 47% | ✓ | |
| Christian Brothers CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 549 | 0% | ||
| St Marys Central N.S.Primary | 588 | 56% | ||
| Scoil MhuirePrimary | 286 | 100% | ||
| Gonzaga CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 576 | 0% | ||
| Muckross Park CollegePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 709 | 100% | ||
| Enable Ireland Sandymount SchoolSpecial | 49 | 49% |
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
Who runs Stillorgan’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
56 of Stillorgan’s 81 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (33), Educate Together (6) and Le Chéile Schools Trust (5). 6 of the 81 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 26 patrons of Stillorgan’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 81 schools around Stillorgan, 33 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 34% of the pupils; 26 patrons in all. 3 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 7.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinST Olaf's, St Marys Central, Holy Trinity, Carysfort, Scoil Padraig Naofa B, St Brigids Girls, Scoil Lorcáin, St Patricks GNS, S.N. Cnoc Ainbhil, S.N. San Treasa, Oatlands Primary School, An Edmund Rice School, Scoil na nAingeal, Our lady's Grove Primary School, St Brigids Boys, S.N. Naomh Lorcan, St Raphaelas, St Attractas Senior, St Attractas Junior, Scoil Mhuire, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, St. Mary's, Scoil Naithi, Queen of Angels Primary School, Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire, Na Maighdine Muire Girl, Booterstown Boys, Our Ladys, Scoil an Maighdine Mhuire Boys, St Augustines School, Holy Family School, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc, Benincasa Special School | Catholic | 33 | 11,143 |
| Educate TogetherStepaside Educate Together, Stepaside Educate Together, Ballinteer Educate Together, Goatstown Educate Together, Dun Laoghaire ETNS, Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School | Multi-denominational | 6 | 2,395 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt Benildus College, Muckross Park College, Dominican College, De La Salle College, Our Lady's Grove | Catholic | 5 | 2,937 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustClonkeen College, Oatlands College, Christian Brothers College, Coláiste Eoin, Coláiste Íosagáin | Catholic | 5 | 2,812 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COITaney, Kill-O'-The-Grange, St Brigids, Booterstown, All Saints | Church of Ireland | 5 | 828 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil na Fuinseoige, Gaelscoil Thaobh na Coille, Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua, Gaelscoil Laighean | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 4 | 1,332 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustBlackrock College, St Michaels College, Willow Park School | Catholic | 3 | 1,978 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Carmelite Order (Irish Province)Ballinteer, St. Tiernan's | Inter-denominational | 2 | 783 |
| Board of Governors of St Andrew's CollegeSt Andrews College | Presbyterian | 1 | 1,011 |
| Conference of the Methodist Church in IrelandWesley College | Methodist | 1 | 942 |
| Minister for EducationNewpark Comprehensive School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 884 |
| Mount Anville Sacred Heart Education TrustMount Anville | Catholic | 1 | 726 |
| Council of Alexandra CollegeAlexandra College | Church of Ireland | 1 | 664 |
| Loreto Education TrustLoreto College Foxrock | Catholic | 1 | 660 |
| Handmaids of the Sacred HeartSt Raphaela's | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Society of Jesus (Jesuits)Gonzaga College | Catholic | 1 | 576 |
| Der Deutsche SchulvereinSt Kilian's Deutsche Schule | Inter-denominational | 1 | 475 |
| The Dalkey School Project & Educate TogetherMonkstown Eucate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 1 | 415 |
| Islamic Foundation of IrelandIslamic | Muslim | 1 | 414 |
| FamedRosemont School | Catholic | 1 | 307 |
| CEISTRockford Manor | Catholic | 1 | 273 |
| Teresian Association IrelandThe Teresian School | Catholic | 1 | 230 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michaels Hse Spec Sc | Catholic | 1 | 68 |
| Enable Ireland Disability ServicesEnable Ireland Sandymount School | Catholic | 1 | 49 |
| Irish Autism ActionRed Door Special School | Other | 1 | 29 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBOur Lady of Lourdes School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 6 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Stillorgan
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools. The 13 fee-paying schools here set their own fees and admissions.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
22 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 23 have shrunk by as much, out of 71; across Ireland: +5%.
All 71 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
Inspection reports for Stillorgan’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 81 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Stillorgan
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
94 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Stillorgan: 76 voluntary secondary schools, 9 ETB schools, 7 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. 43 teach girls and boys apart: 23 girls’ and 20 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 30 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Raphaela's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 637 | 0.4 km |
| Oatlands CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 623 | 0.7 km |
| St Benildus CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 949 | 1.1 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 726 | 1.4 km |
| Coláiste ÍosagáinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Gaelcholáiste | 488 | 1.8 km |
| Coláiste EoinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Gaelcholáiste | 517 | 1.8 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 521 | 2 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 2 km |
| St Andrews CollegeVoluntary secondary · Presbyterian | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 2.1 km |
| Blackrock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 1,041 | 2.2 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 884 | 2.2 km |
| Willow Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 206 | 2.3 km |
All 94 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 2.3 km |
| Loreto College FoxrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 660 | 2.5 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 2.5 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 2.5 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 2.7 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 273 | 2.8 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 741 | 2.9 km |
| Rosemont SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 307 | 3.3 km |
| The Teresian SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 230 | 3.5 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 3.7 km |
| Clonkeen CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 635 | 3.7 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 3.7 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 549 | 3.8 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 4 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 4.1 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 4.4 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 4.6 km |
| Holy Child Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 275 | 4.7 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 4.8 km |
| Cabinteely Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 512 | 4.8 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 4.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 5 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 5 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 5.1 km |
| Rathdown SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 364 | 5.2 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 5.2 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 5.2 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 5.2 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 5.4 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 236 | 5.7 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 270 | 5.7 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 5.8 km |
| St Laurence CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 6 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 6 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 6.1 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 6.2 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 6.2 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 6.3 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 6.4 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 6.4 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 6.5 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 6.5 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 6.5 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 6.7 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 6.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 6.9 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 757 | 7.1 km |
| Holy Child KillineyVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 382 | 7.1 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 7.3 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 7.3 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 7.3 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 7.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 7.4 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 7.6 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 7.8 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 8.1 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 8.2 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 8.2 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 8.2 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 8.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 8.5 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 8.5 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 8.5 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 8.7 km |
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 8.7 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 8.8 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 8.8 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 8.9 km |
| John Scottus Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 211 | 8.9 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 8.9 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 8.9 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 9 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 9.2 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 9.3 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 9.3 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 9.5 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 9.5 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 9.6 km |
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 9.7 km |
| Woodbrook CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 623 | 9.7 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 9.8 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Stillorgan
7 special schools serve the area: St Augustines School, St Michaels Hse Spec Sc, Benincasa Special School, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Red Door Special School, St Oliver Plunkett Sp Sc and Enable Ireland Sandymount School, 407 pupils between them. 16 of the 45 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Stillorgan beside the 78 other Irish towns of 12,700 to 24,600 people
Towns of a similar size, with the schools in or within 3 km of each; ordered by population, never ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 18 | 7,450 | 1 | 33% | 0.4 km |
| … | ||||||
| The Liberties | 18,460 | 129 | 33,405 | 9 | 53% | 0.3 km |
| Knocknacarra | 18,398 | 29 | 10,407 | 5 | 17% | 0.9 km |
| Clonmel | 18,369 | 13 | 4,235 | 1 | 23% | 0.4 km |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 12 | 4,439 | 2 | 8% | 0.5 km |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 81 | 32,574 | 8 | 7% | 0.4 km |
| Templeogue | 18,076 | 118 | 40,646 | 8 | 34% | 0.5 km |
| Dún Laoghaire | 17,994 | 52 | 17,578 | 1 | 19% | 0.8 km |
| Rathfarnham | 17,508 | 111 | 39,391 | 10 | 22% | 0.3 km |
| Maynooth | 17,259 | 12 | 6,742 | 3 | 0% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ballsbridge | 12,743 | 116 | 31,567 | 9 | 42% | 0.7 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 21 of the other 78 towns than around Stillorgan. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Stillorgan
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Stillorgan had 30,428 pupils in 2015/16 and 32,574 in 2025/26. Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +246% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Stillorgan
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Stillorgan
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillorgan | 81 | 32,574 | 8 | 7% | 0.4 km |
| Sandyford 1.3 km | 67 | 27,808 | 8 | 8% | 0.9 km |
| Blackrock 1.6 km | 66 | 25,764 | 6 | 11% | 0.8 km |
| Booterstown 2 km | 73 | 27,367 | 8 | 7% | 0.2 km |
| Dundrum 2.5 km | 89 | 35,482 | 10 | 7% | 0.4 km |
| Monkstown 2.6 km | 57 | 22,012 | 4 | 11% | 0.3 km |
| Clonskeagh 2.7 km | 106 | 39,846 | 10 | 10% | 0.3 km |
Dundrum has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 10. Pupils around Stillorgan: +7% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Clonskeagh led (+7%) and Monkstown trailed (+4%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Stillorgan or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Stillorgan
How many schools are there in Stillorgan?
In Stillorgan or within 3 km of it: 45 primary schools, 29 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 32,574 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Stillorgan that teach through Irish?
Yes, 8: Gaelscoil Laighean, Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Stillorgan?
13 of the 29: Mount Anville Secondary School, St Andrews College, Blackrock College and Loreto College Foxrock. The others are free.
What is the best school in Stillorgan?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Stillorgan?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).