St. Gerard's School
Thornhill Road, Bray, Co Wicklow, A98 R242 · A98 R242 · Roll number 61811I
St. Gerard's School is one of 9 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Bray. Every school in and around Bray →
What stands out about St. Gerard's School
- 623 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Charges fees.
- 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 Board of Governors of St Gerard's School; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Bray’s outline, 0.4 km away; listed with Bray, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St. Gerard's School had 623 pupils in 2025/26, against 531 in 2015/16 (+17%). Girls are 43% of them. Its roll rose in 10 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. Gerard's 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 St. Gerard's 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 St. Gerard's 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 St. Gerard's School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St. Gerard's 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 charges fees, set by the school.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: St. Gerard's School has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Bray together changed by +1%.
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, 1 have more pupils than St. Gerard's School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Gerard's School | 623 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.6 km | |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 324 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.6 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| Coláiste Raithín | 326 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 2 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 747 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St. Kilian's Community School | 427 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
The other 18 post-primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation College | 667 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Temple Carrig Secondary School | 931 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.5 km | |
| St David's Holy Faith Secondary | 792 | +37% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Greystones Community College | 765 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 9 km | |
| Colaiste Chraobh Abhann | 778 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| East Glendalough School | 365 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Chill Mhantáin | 995 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 404 | +963% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Dominican College | 461 | −0% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Blessington Community College | 737 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Avondale Community College | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Kevin's Community College | 829 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Gaelcholáiste na Mara | 279 | +2% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 45 km | |
| Arklow CBS | 392 | +5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| St Marys College | 527 | −5% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Glenart College | 633 | +52% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Scoil Chonglais | 452 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Coláiste Bhríde Carnew | 836 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km |
Living in Bray
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A98 Eircode area
Housing in Bray →The median sale price rose from €460,000 in 2023 to €550,000 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A98 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Bray
Cost of living in Bray →New tenancies in Bray averaged €1,617 a month in 2025, against €1,509 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Bray, A98 R242
Post-primary schools near St. Gerard's School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St. Gerard's School
Is St. Gerard's 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 St. Gerard's School have?
623 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does St. Gerard's School teach through Irish?
No: St. Gerard's School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St. Gerard's School?
St. Gerard's School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Board of Governors of St Gerard's School.
How do pupils get a place at St. Gerard's 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 St. Gerard's School?
The nearest are John Scottus Secondary School (1.6 km), North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School (1.6 km) and Woodbrook College (1.7 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 Bray; 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).