St Benildus College
St Benildus College is a secondary school boys only in Stillorgan. 949 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1 special class, 2.63 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Le Chéile Schools Trust |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 949 (949 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60261R |
| Eircode | A94X886 |
| Address | Upper Kilmacud Rd, Stillorgan, Blackrock, Co Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 421 applications for 160 places — 2.63 applicants per place, and 261 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 180 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 160 |
| Applications last year | 421 |
| Waiting list | 261 |
| Decisions issued by | 26 November 2026 |
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 ↗ (2027/28)
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.
Feeder school links
Known feeder primary schools
Primary schools that publish a feeder or priority admission link to this school:
- The Teresian School (Primary) Donnybrook
Special classes
1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:
- 1 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
This is the school's first special class.
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: Goatstown / Stillorgan / DLR. 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 A94 (Blackrock) was €830,000 in 2025. That is up 35.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Stillorgan-kilmacud at 11.05 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 67% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Mary Brohan |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012986539 |
| stbenildusoffice@stbenilduscollege.com | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Goatstown / Stillorgan / DLR
- Gaelscoil Laighean Primary school, Mount Merrion
- Goatstown Educate Together SS Secondary school, Churchtown
- Holy Cross NS, Dundrum Primary school, Dundrum
- Mount Anville Secondary school, Mount Merrion
- Our Lady's Grove Secondary school, Goatstown
- Our Ladys N S Primary school, Churchtown
- Our lady's Grove Primary School Primary school, Clonskeagh
- S N Cnoc Ainbhil Primary school, Stillorgan
- S N Naomh Lorcan Primary school, Stillorgan
- ST Olaf's National School Primary school, Dundrum
- St Brigids N S Primary school, Stillorgan
- St Raphaela's Secondary school, Stillorgan
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.