Photo: Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0Multi-denominational schools: 12 of the 25 around Clonee
Girls and boys are taught apart at 0% of the post-primaries around Clonee, close to Co. Meath’s towns (0%) and below Irish towns (39%). In or within 3 km of Clonee: 19 primary schools and 6 secondary schools, 12,320 pupils in all. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Every school in the town or within 3 km of its outline, from the Department of Education’s lists for 2025/26; Ireland’s figures are every school in the lists.
What stands out about Clonee’s schools
A choice beyond the church schools
Most schools in Ireland have a church patron; here more of them are multi- or inter-denominational than in most places (14% across Ireland). They are St Peter's College (1,214), Hartstown Community School (1,120), Coláiste Pobail Setanta (1,079) and Hansfield ETSS (867), and 8 more. Who runs them ↓
A wide choice at twelve
37 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Coláiste Pobail Setanta (1.3 km), Hansfield ETSS (2 km) and St Peter's College (2.1 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Who runs Clonee’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
12 of Clonee’s 25 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (10), Educate Together (4) and Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (3). 7 of the 25 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
Where the 25 schools in and around Clonee are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Clonee’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Clonee
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
2 of Clonee’s 25 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg and Gaelscoil an Chuilinn.
Who Clonee’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Meath’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Clonee | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 18% | 14% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Girls | 48% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 0% | 6% |
Fewer of the pupils around Clonee are at DEIS schools than across Ireland: 18% against 27% (Co. Meath: 14%). Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 0% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Blakestown Community School, with 563 pupils.
Each of the 25 schools
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
The 9 patrons of Clonee’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
Archbishop of Dublin is patron of 10 of the 25 schools around Clonee, which teach 31% of their pupils; 9 patrons run them in all. The local Education and Training Board runs 6. Educate Together runs 4.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSacred Heart, St Benedicts, St Ciarans, Ladyswell, Mary Mother of Hope Senior NS, Mary Mother of Hope Junior, St Philips Senior, Scoil Mhuire Sin, St Philip the Apostle Junior, Scoil Nais Mhuire Sois | Catholic | 10 | 3,807 |
| Educate TogetherHansfield ETSS, Hansfield Educate Together, Castaheany Educate Together NS, Powerstown Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 4 | 2,153 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBColáiste Pobail Setanta, Scoil Ghrainne Community, Eriu | Multi-denominational | 3 | 1,857 |
| Bishop of MeathDunboyne Senior, Dunboyne Junior | Catholic | 2 | 867 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Thulach na nÓg, Gaelscoil an Chuilinn | Inter-denominational | 2 | 642 |
| Louth & Meath ETBSt Peter's College | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,214 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinHartstown | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,120 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Sisters of St LouisBlakestown | Inter-denominational | 1 | 563 |
| Bishop of Meath & Kildare COISt Peters | Church of Ireland | 1 | 97 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Clonee
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Of these 24 schools, 5 have grown by at least 5% since 2019/20 and 14 have lost as much; Ireland’s pupils changed by +5%.
All 24 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 25 schools in and around Clonee
Each school in or within 3 km of Clonee links to a page of its own. Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
Inspection reports for Clonee’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
Reports come from whole-school evaluations (teaching, learning, leadership and management), subject inspections and follow-through visits that check earlier advice; gov.ie publishes each one with the school’s response.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 25 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Clonee
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
37 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Clonee: 18 ETB schools, 13 voluntary secondary schools and 6 community schools. 7 teach girls and boys apart: 4 girls’ and 3 boys’ schools. Fees are charged at 3 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 2 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Pobail SetantaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,079 | 1.3 km |
| Hansfield ETSSVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 867 | 2 km |
| St Peter's CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,214 | 2.1 km |
| Eriu Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 193 | 2.1 km |
| Hartstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,120 | 2.2 km |
| Blakestown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 563 | 3 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil MhinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,014 | 3.8 km |
| Rath Dara Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 323 | 4.3 km |
| Luttrellstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,027 | 4.3 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 944 | 5.1 km |
| Castleknock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,318 | 5.3 km |
| Confey Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 934 | 5.4 km |
All 37 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 934 | 5.6 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 5.8 km |
| Coláiste ChiaráinCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 676 | 6.2 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 6.5 km |
| Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 771 | 6.6 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 6.6 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 6.7 km |
| Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 966 | 6.8 km |
| Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 7.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 7.8 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 8 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 8.1 km |
| Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 981 | 8.1 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 8.1 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 8.1 km |
| New Cross CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 417 | 8.2 km |
| Celbridge Community SchoolCommunity school · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 712 | 8.9 km |
| Salesian CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 880 | 9.1 km |
| Coláiste EoinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 257 | 9.1 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 9.2 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 9.3 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 9.5 km |
| St Michaels Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 646 | 9.7 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 9.8 km |
| St Dominics CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 790 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Clonee
No special school is in or near Clonee. 16 of the 19 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Clonee beside the 136 other Irish towns of 800 to 1,600 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 2 | 966 | 0 | 0% | 1 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 5 | 2,332 | 0 | 20% | 3.1 km |
| Adare | 1,224 | 4 | 446 | 0 | 0% | 6.6 km |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 1 | 261 | 0 | 100% | 13 km |
| Kilkee | 1,214 | 3 | 312 | 0 | 67% | 0.8 km |
| Clonee | 1,205 | 25 | 12,320 | 2 | 28% | 1.3 km |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 2 | 882 | 0 | 100% | 3.1 km |
| Kinlough | 1,196 | 3 | 898 | 0 | 33% | 3.2 km |
| Kentstown | 1,195 | 1 | 214 | 0 | 0% | 8.1 km |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 16 | 7,083 | 1 | 31% | 3.2 km |
| … | ||||||
| Ballon | 801 | 1 | 239 | 0 | 0% | 7.5 km |
Of these 136 other towns, 1 count more pupils at their schools than Clonee. An all-Irish school is within 3 km of 15 of the 137.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Clonee
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Clonee had 12,406 pupils in 2015/16 and 12,320 in 2025/26, fewer than before. Hansfield ETSS grew most: +34% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Clonee
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Clonee
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonee | 25 | 12,320 | 2 | 28% | 1.3 km |
| Ongar 1.4 km | 42 | 22,425 | 3 | 21% | 0.3 km |
| Clonsilla 2 km | 56 | 29,411 | 3 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Dunboyne 2.2 km | 14 | 7,600 | 1 | 7% | 0.3 km |
| Mulhuddart 3.4 km | 50 | 26,364 | 3 | 24% | 0.9 km |
| Hollystown 4.1 km | 68 | 22,939 | 3 | 50% | 1.9 km |
| Blanchardstown 4.4 km | 91 | 36,302 | 5 | 44% | 0.7 km |
Blanchardstown has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 5. Pupils around Clonee: −4% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Blanchardstown led (+1%) and Hollystown trailed (−3%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Clonee or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Clonee
How many schools are there in Clonee?
In Clonee or within 3 km of it: 19 primary schools and 6 secondary schools, with 12,320 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Clonee that teach through Irish?
Yes, 2: Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg and Gaelscoil an Chuilinn teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Clonee?
No: all 6 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Clonee?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Clonee?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).