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Collins Avenue Ext, Whitehall, Dublin 9 · D09 XT54 · Roll number 60481I
St. Aidan's C.B.S. is one of 33 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Whitehall. Every school in and around Whitehall →
What stands out about St. Aidan's C.B.S.
- 725 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Aidan's C.B.S. had 725 pupils in 2025/26, against 711 in 2015/16 (+2%). Its largest roll was 728, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 3 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. Aidan's C.B.S.
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. Aidan's C.B.S. 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. Aidan's C.B.S.
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. Aidan's C.B.S.
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Aidan's C.B.S. 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 boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Aidan's C.B.S. is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Whitehall together changed by +0%.
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, 2 have more pupils than St. Aidan's C.B.S.. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.6 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.8 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.6 km | |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.8 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.9 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 5.2 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 6.6 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7.9 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 8 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.1 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 8.1 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.2 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 8.4 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.5 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.7 km |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.8 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.3 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 9.4 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.7 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 12 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 12 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 25 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 26 km |
Living in Whitehall
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D09 Eircode area
Housing in Whitehall →The median sale price rose from €435,000 in 2023 to €496,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D09 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Whitehall
Cost of living in Whitehall →New tenancies in Whitehall averaged €1,933 a month in 2025, against €2,009 in 2024 (−4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Whitehall, D09 XT54
Post-primary schools near St. Aidan's C.B.S.
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Aidan's C.B.S.
Is St. Aidan's C.B.S. 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. Aidan's C.B.S. have?
725 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does St. Aidan's C.B.S. teach through Irish?
No: St. Aidan's C.B.S. teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Aidan's C.B.S.?
St. Aidan's C.B.S. has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at St. Aidan's C.B.S.?
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. Aidan's C.B.S.?
The nearest are Clonturk College (0.6 km), Ellenfield Community College (0.8 km) and Dominican College (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 Whitehall; 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).