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TERENURE, DUBLIN 6W · D6W CP28 · Roll number 76092K
Presentation Community College is one of 39 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Terenure. Every school in and around Terenure →
What stands out about Presentation Community College
- 443 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 443 pupils, 26% more than the 351 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the City of Dublin ETB; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Presentation Community College had 443 pupils in 2025/26, against 332 in 2015/16 (+33%). Girls are 52% of them. Its largest roll was 466, in 2022/23. 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 Presentation Community College
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 Presentation Community College 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 Presentation Community College
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 Presentation Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Presentation Community College 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Presentation Community College has grown by 26% since 2019/20. All the schools around Terenure 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 Presentation Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +26%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | ||
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 0.8 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.1 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 2.1 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.4 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.6 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.7 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.1 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.1 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.3 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.9 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 4.7 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.1 km | |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.6 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 5.7 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 6.2 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.3 km |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.9 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.3 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.5 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.5 km |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.8 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 33 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 34 km |
Living in Terenure
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D6W Eircode area
Housing in Terenure →The median sale price rose from €636,000 in 2023 to €715,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D6W Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Terenure
Cost of living in Terenure →New tenancies in Terenure averaged €2,119 a month in 2025, against €2,057 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Terenure, D6W CP28
Post-primary schools near Presentation Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Presentation Community College
Is Presentation Community College 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 Presentation Community College have?
443 pupils in 2025/26. That is +26% since 2019/20.
Does Presentation Community College teach through Irish?
No: Presentation Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Presentation Community College?
Presentation Community College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Presentation Community College?
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 Presentation Community College?
The nearest are Stratford College (0.8 km), Terenure College (1 km) and The High School (1.1 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 Terenure; 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).