Photo: Raymond Okonski · CC BY-SA 2.0Sutton Park School is the fee-paying secondary school near Sutton
In or within 3 km of Sutton: 33 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and 5 special schools, 14,773 pupils in all. The DEIS programme includes 30% of the schools around Sutton, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Sutton’s schools
One fee-paying secondary school
One secondary school within reach charges fees; the others are free. The fee-paying one: Sutton Park School (503). Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
50 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Pobalscoil Neasáin (0.4 km), St Marys Secondary School (1 km) and St. Fintan's High School (1.2 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
The 50 schools in and around Sutton
Every school in Sutton or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.
Show all 33 primary schools
Where the 50 schools in and around Sutton 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 Sutton’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 Sutton
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
4 of Sutton’s 50 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Mide, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann.
Who Sutton’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 Sutton | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 24% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 53% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 39% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 8% | 18% | 6% |
Around Sutton, 24% of pupils attend a school in DEIS, near Ireland’s 27% and Co. Dublin’s 28%. Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at single-sex schools: 39% here against 29%. The biggest school in DEIS is Grange Community College (553 pupils).
Each of the 50 schools
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 Sutton’s schools
Who runs each school, as listed for 2025/26; the bars give the share of schools of each kind.
34 of Sutton’s 50 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (27), Educate Together (4) and Le Chéile Schools Trust (3). 15 of the 50 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 15 patrons of Sutton’s schools
The patron owns the school and sets its ethos; a board of management runs it day to day.
15 patrons run the 50 schools around Sutton; the largest, Archbishop of Dublin, has 27 of them and 45% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 4. Educate Together runs 4.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt. Francis of Assisi, St Fintans, St Laurence's, Holy Trinity Sen, S.N. Muire agus Iosef, Scoil Bhride, Scoil Mhuire Mxd, Mhuire Iosef Junior, Scoil Aine Convent Senior, Naiscoil Ide, Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors, Scoil Neasain, St Pauls Sen, Gaelscoil Mide, Scoil Naomh Colmcille, St Pauls Junior, S.N. Caitriona Girls, Our Lady Immac Sen, S.N. Caitriona Naionain, St Benedicts and St Marys, Darndale N.S. Junior, St Kevins Junior, Scoil Eoin, Scoil Bhreandain, St Malachys B, St Eithnes Senior Girls, St Monicas | Catholic | 27 | 6,658 |
| Educate TogetherBelmayne Educate Together, Belmayne Educate Together, Stapolin Educate Together, North Bay Educate Together NS | Multi-denominational | 4 | 1,544 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSanta Sabina Dominican College, Manor House School, Árdscoil La Salle | Catholic | 3 | 1,695 |
| St Michael's HouseSt Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, St Michaels House Special School, St Michaels Hse Sp Sch | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 3 | 169 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBGrange, Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | Inter-denominational | 2 | 1,006 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COISpringdale, Burrow | Church of Ireland | 2 | 393 |
| City of Dublin ETB & Congregation of Christian BrothersPobalscoil Neasáin | Inter-denominational | 1 | 831 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustSt. Fintan's High School | Catholic | 1 | 714 |
| Board of Governors of Sutton Park SchoolSutton Park School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 503 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist FathersThe Donahies | Inter-denominational | 1 | 488 |
| CEISTMercy College Coolock | Catholic | 1 | 402 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Marys | Catholic | 1 | 230 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol | Multi-denominational | 1 | 84 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Kilbarrack | Multi-denominational | 1 | 54 |
| patron not listedBelmayne Community Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 2 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Sutton
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 fee-paying school here sets its 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
Since 2019/20, 7 of these 43 schools have grown by 5% or more and 23 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 43 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 Sutton’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 50 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Sutton
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Families in Sutton have 50 post-primary schools within 10 km: 34 voluntary secondary schools, 9 ETB schools, 5 community schools and 2 comprehensive schools. Of these, 20 are single-sex: 11 for girls and 9 for boys. Fees are charged at 5 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pobalscoil NeasáinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 831 | 0.4 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 230 | 1 km |
| St. Fintan's High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 714 | 1.2 km |
| Gaelcholáiste ReachrannETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 453 | 1.9 km |
| Grange Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 553 | 1.9 km |
| Árdscoil La SalleVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 2.3 km |
| Santa Sabina Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 754 | 2.3 km |
| The Donahies Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 488 | 2.5 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 595 | 2.7 km |
| Manor House SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 652 | 2.8 km |
| Sutton Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 503 | 3.1 km |
| Mercy College CoolockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 402 | 4.2 km |
All 50 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 650 | 4.3 km |
| Chanel CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 451 | 4.6 km |
| St Marys Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 4.6 km |
| Portmarnock Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 955 | 4.7 km |
| Coolock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 5.2 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 647 | 5.3 km |
| Malahide Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,250 | 5.5 km |
| St. David's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 550 | 5.5 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 903 | 6.2 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 407 | 6.3 km |
| Árdscoil RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 563 | 6.6 km |
| Maryfield CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 527 | 6.8 km |
| Marino CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 7 km |
| Ellenfield Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 150 | 7 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 310 | 7.1 km |
| Clonturk CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 968 | 7.6 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 696 | 7.7 km |
| Rosmini Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 139 | 7.7 km |
| Dominican CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 7.7 km |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 725 | 7.8 km |
| Ringsend CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 191 | 7.8 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 8.1 km |
| O'Connell SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 222 | 8.4 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 564 | 8.5 km |
| Scoil ChaitrionaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 523 | 8.6 km |
| Marian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 319 | 8.7 km |
| Larkin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 403 | 9.1 km |
| C.B.S. Westland RowVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 205 | 9.2 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 421 | 9.2 km |
| Belvedere College S.JVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 1,011 | 9.2 km |
| St Mary's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 830 | 9.2 km |
| St Kevins CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 503 | 9.4 km |
| St Michaels CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 731 | 9.5 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. GlasnevinVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 408 | 9.6 km |
| Fingal Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 864 | 9.6 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 9.8 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 9.8 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Sutton
5 special schools serve the area: ABACAS Kilbarrack, St Michael's House Special National School Foxfield, Belmayne Community Special School, St Michaels House Special School and St Michaels Hse Sp Sch, 225 pupils between them. 14 of the 33 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.
Sutton beside the 95 other Irish towns of 4,100 to 7,800 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 58 | 20,798 | 6 | 24% | 2 km |
| … | ||||||
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 72 | 22,124 | 6 | 50% | 0.7 km |
| Ballinfoile and Terryland | 5,851 | 33 | 11,082 | 5 | 33% | 1.5 km |
| Oranmore | 5,819 | 8 | 3,669 | 1 | 13% | 0.4 km |
| Rathcoole | 5,792 | 11 | 5,371 | 2 | 9% | 0.5 km |
| Sutton | 5,789 | 50 | 14,773 | 4 | 30% | 0.4 km |
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | 84 | 25,004 | 5 | 39% | 0.4 km |
| Rathgar | 5,768 | 105 | 34,594 | 8 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 32 | 12,081 | 2 | 38% | 0.6 km |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5,752 | 8 | 2,088 | 1 | 63% | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||||
| Grange | 4,109 | 32 | 12,776 | 3 | 41% | 1.3 km |
Of the other 95 towns, 41 have more pupils at the schools around them than Sutton. 83 of the 96 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Sutton
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Sutton had 13,695 pupils in 2015/16 and 14,773 in 2025/26. Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +1,883% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Sutton
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 Sutton
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 50 | 14,773 | 4 | 30% | 0.4 km |
| Baldoyle 0.9 km | 53 | 16,574 | 4 | 28% | 0.7 km |
| Raheny 1.8 km | 70 | 21,242 | 4 | 34% | 0.9 km |
| Clongriffin 1.9 km | 53 | 15,799 | 4 | 36% | 0.3 km |
| Donaghmede 2 km | 73 | 21,067 | 4 | 38% | 0.3 km |
| Belmayne 2.9 km | 63 | 17,963 | 5 | 40% | 0.2 km |
| Ayrfield 3.2 km | 73 | 20,467 | 5 | 40% | 0.6 km |
Belmayne has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 5. Of Sutton’s neighbours, Baldoyle saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+6%) and Donaghmede the least (+2%); Sutton itself: +5%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Sutton 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 Sutton
How many schools are there in Sutton?
In Sutton or within 3 km of it: 33 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and 5 special schools, with 14,773 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Sutton that teach through Irish?
Yes, 4: Gaelscoil Mide, Gaelscoil Ghráinne Mhaol and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Sutton?
1 of the 12: Sutton Park School. The others are free.
What is the best school in Sutton?
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 Sutton?
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).