Assumption Secondary School
Walkinstown, Dublin 12 · D12 PK75 · Roll number 60851P
Assumption Secondary School is one of 25 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Walkinstown. Every school in and around Walkinstown →
What stands out about Assumption Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 270 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
- 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 Religious Sisters of Charity; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Assumption Secondary School had 270 pupils in 2025/26, down from 317 in 2015/16 (−15%). 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 Assumption 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 Assumption 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 Assumption 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 Assumption Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Assumption 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: Assumption Secondary School has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Walkinstown together changed by +4%.
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 Assumption Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.2 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 3.6 km | |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.3 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.4 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.8 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 5 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.2 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.4 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.6 km | |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.6 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 7.7 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.7 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.8 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 8.8 km | |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.9 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.5 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.8 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.9 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | 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 Walkinstown
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Homes in the D12 Eircode area
Housing in Walkinstown →The median sale price rose from €393,800 in 2023 to €466,000 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Walkinstown
Cost of living in Walkinstown →New tenancies in Walkinstown averaged €2,303 a month in 2025, against €2,100 in 2024 (+10%).
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Location
Directions ↗Walkinstown, D12 PK75
Post-primary schools near Assumption 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 Assumption Secondary School
Is Assumption 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 Assumption Secondary School have?
270 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.
Does Assumption Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Assumption Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Assumption Secondary School?
Assumption Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Religious Sisters of Charity.
How do pupils get a place at Assumption 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 Assumption Secondary School?
The nearest are Meanscoil Iognáid Rís (0.3 km), Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School (1.3 km) and St Pauls Secondary School (1.6 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 Walkinstown; 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).