Harold's Cross ETSS

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)

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

3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 2 classes last year.

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: Dublin6 / Clonskeagh. 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 D6W (Dublin 6W) was €722,500 in 2025. That is up 35.7% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Rathmines West A at 13.7 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 74% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Dublin6 / Clonskeagh

• Alexandra College Secondary school, Milltown
• Alexandra Junior School Primary school, Milltown
• Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School Primary school, Harold's Cross
• Gaelscoil Lios na nOg Primary school, Ranelagh
• Gonzaga College Secondary school, Ranelagh
• Kildare Place School Primary school, Rathmines
• Muckross Park College Secondary school, Donnybrook
• RMDS — Ranelagh Multi-Denom Primary school, Ranelagh
• Rathgar Junior School Primary school, Rathgar
• Rathgar NS Primary school, Rathgar
• S N Brighde Primary school, Ranelagh
• Saint Mary's NS, Donnybrook Primary school, Donnybrook