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Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9 · D09 W5K6 · Roll number 76394D
Clonturk College is one of 33 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Whitehall. Every school in and around Whitehall →
What stands out about Clonturk College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 968 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 968 pupils, 182% more than the 343 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 multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2016/17 to 2025/26Clonturk College had 968 pupils in 2025/26, against 47 in 2016/17 (+1,960%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 9 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Clonturk 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 Clonturk 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 Clonturk 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 Clonturk College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Clonturk 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: Clonturk College has grown by 182% since 2019/20. 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.
Clonturk College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +182%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.1 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.8 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.1 km | |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.9 km |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.9 km | |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 4.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.3 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 6.5 km | |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 6.5 km | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.8 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.2 km |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.7 km | |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 7.9 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 8 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 8.4 km | |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.4 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 8.7 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 8.8 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 8.9 km | |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 9.1 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.1 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.2 km |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 9.2 km | |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 9.3 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.3 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 9.4 km | |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.5 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 9.7 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.8 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.9 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.9 km | |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 11 km |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 11 km | |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 11 km | |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | 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 | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | 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 |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 14 km | |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 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 W5K6
Post-primary schools near Clonturk College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Clonturk College
Is Clonturk 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 Clonturk College have?
968 pupils in 2025/26. That is +182% since 2019/20.
Does Clonturk College teach through Irish?
No: Clonturk College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Clonturk College?
Clonturk College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is City of Dublin ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Clonturk 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 Clonturk College?
The nearest are Dominican College (0.6 km), St. Aidan's C.B.S. (0.6 km) and Ellenfield Community College (0.7 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).