Portmarnock Community School
Portmarnock Community School is a secondary school in Dublin. 955 pupils, Inter-denominational ethos, 2 special classes, 2.54 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Inter-denominational |
| Patron | Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 955 (519 boys, 436 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 91324P |
| Eircode | D13F766 |
| Address | Carrickhill Road, Portmarnock, Co Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 409 applications for 161 places in 2025/26 — 2.54 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 150 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 161 |
| Applications last year | 409 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 24 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: Portmarnock. 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 D13 (Dublin 13) was €551,276 in 2025. That is up 34.5% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Portmarnock South at 8.18 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 58% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Helen Tobin |
|---|---|
| Phone | 018038056 |
| office@portmarnockcommunityschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Fingal County Council |
Other schools in Portmarnock
- Malahide / Portmarnock Educate Together National School Primary school, Dublin
- San Nioclas Myra Primary school, Dublin
- Scoil Naomh Mearnog Primary school, Dublin
- St Helens Junior N S Primary school, Dublin
- St Helens Senior N S Primary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.