St Pauls Secondary School
Greenhills, Dublin 12 · D12 E544 · Roll number 60902G
St Pauls Secondary School is one of 34 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Templeogue. Every school in and around Templeogue →
What stands out about St Pauls Secondary School
- 466 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.
- 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.
- A girls’ school.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Pauls Secondary School had 466 pupils in 2025/26, down from 534 in 2015/16 (−13%). Its largest roll was 535, in 2016/17. Its roll rose in 4 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 Pauls 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 Pauls 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 Pauls 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 Pauls Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Pauls 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 takes girls only. 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 Pauls Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Templeogue together changed by +6%.
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, 3 have more pupils than St Pauls Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.2 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.4 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.7 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 3.8 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 3.9 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.9 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 5 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.3 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.5 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.2 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.5 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.5 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.5 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 8.7 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.1 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.9 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 18 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 28 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 | 34 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 34 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 35 km |
Living in Templeogue
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D6W Eircode area
Housing in Templeogue →The median sale price rose from €571,300 in 2023 to €648,900 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D6W Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Templeogue
Cost of living in Templeogue →New tenancies in Templeogue averaged €2,528 a month in 2025, against €2,381 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Templeogue, D12 E544
Post-primary schools near St Pauls 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 Pauls Secondary School
Is St Pauls 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 Pauls Secondary School have?
466 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does St Pauls Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: St Pauls Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Pauls Secondary School?
St Pauls Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St Pauls 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 Pauls Secondary School?
The nearest are Greenhills College (0.2 km), St Mac Dara's Community College (1.2 km) and Coláiste de hÍde (1.4 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 Templeogue; 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).