St Josephs Secondary School
Manor Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 · D07 YP03 · Roll number 60843Q
St Josephs Secondary School is one of 35 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Stoneybatter. Every school in and around Stoneybatter →
What stands out about St Josephs Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 283 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 283 pupils, 48% more than the 191 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 267 girls and 16 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 Religious Sisters of Charity; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Josephs Secondary School had 283 pupils in 2025/26, against 216 in 2015/16 (+31%). Girls are 94% of them. 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 St Josephs 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 St Josephs 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 St Josephs 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 St Josephs Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Josephs 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St Josephs Secondary School has grown by 48% since 2019/20. All the schools around Stoneybatter 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, 4 have more pupils than St Josephs Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +48%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.7 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.2 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.3 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.8 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.1 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 5.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 6.7 km | |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 7.5 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.5 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 7.6 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.6 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.6 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 8.7 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.6 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 9.8 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 30 km |
Living in Stoneybatter
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D07 Eircode area
Housing in Stoneybatter →The median sale price rose from €384,500 in 2023 to €470,000 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D07 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Stoneybatter
Cost of living in Stoneybatter →New tenancies in Stoneybatter averaged €1,868 a month in 2025, against €1,837 in 2024 (+2%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Stoneybatter, D07 YP03
Post-primary schools near St Josephs 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 St Josephs Secondary School
Is St Josephs 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 St Josephs Secondary School have?
283 pupils in 2025/26. That is +48% since 2019/20.
Does St Josephs Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: St Josephs Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Josephs Secondary School?
St Josephs Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Religious Sisters of Charity.
How do pupils get a place at St Josephs 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 St Josephs Secondary School?
The nearest are St Pauls C.B.S. (0.5 km), Mount Carmel Secondary School (0.9 km) and Belvedere College S.J (1.3 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 Stoneybatter; 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).