Donabate/Portrane Educate Together Ns
Donabate/Portrane Educate Together Ns is a primary school in Dublin. 414 pupils, Multi-denominational ethos, 2 special classes, 4.56 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Multi-denominational |
| Patron | Educate Together |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 414 (221 boys, 193 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 20161M |
| Eircode | K36HX03 |
| Address | Ballisk Common, Beaverstown Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin |
Getting in
Very hard. 246 applications for 54 places in 2025/26 — 4.56 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 46 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 54 |
| Applications last year | 246 |
| Applications open | 06 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 31 October 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
Special classes
2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.
The area around this school
School planning area: Donabate. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district K36 (Malahide) was €525,000 in 2025. That is up 14.1% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Donabate at 8.5 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 55% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Susan Clarke |
|---|---|
| Phone | 018434573 |
| susan.clarke@dpetns.ie | |
| Local authority | Fingal County Council |
Other schools in Donabate
- Crannog Nua Special School Special school, Co. Dublin
- Donabate Community College Secondary school, Dublin
- Gaelscoil Na Mara Primary school, Dublin
- S N C Naomh Padraig Primary school, Dublin
- St Patricks Boys National School Primary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.