St Pauls Secondary School
St Pauls Secondary School is a secondary school girls only in Templeogue. 466 pupils, Catholic ethos, 3 special classes, oversubscribed last year, DEIS.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Le Chéile Schools Trust |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 466 (0 boys, 466 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| DEIS | Yes — this school is in the DEIS programme |
| Roll number | 60902G |
| Eircode | D12E544 |
| Address | Greenhills, Dublin 12 |
Getting in
Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.
| Places in the coming year | 120 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 120 |
| Applications last year | 121 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 26 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 26 November 2025 |
The school received 104 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 121 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
check the notice — it lists more than one intake.
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
3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- 1 × Moderate General Learning Disability
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: Dolphin's Barn / D12. 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 D12 (Dublin 12) was €466,000 in 2025. That is up 46.1% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Templeogue-limekiln at 0.33 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 39% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Geraldine M Troy |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014505682 |
| info@stpaulsg.ie | |
| Local authority | South Dublin County Council |
Other schools in Dolphin's Barn / D12
- Assumption Junior School Primary school, Dublin
- Assumption Secondary School Secondary school, Dublin
- Clogher Road Community College Secondary school, Terenure
- Drimnagh Castle Cbs N S Primary school, Dublin
- Greenhills College Secondary school, Dublin
- Holy Spirit Junior Primary School Primary school, Dublin
- Holy Spirit Senior Primary School Primary school, Dublin
- Lady Of Good Counsel Boys Senior Ns Primary school, Dublin
- Loreto College Secondary school, Dublin
- Marist National School Primary school, Terenure
- Meanscoil Iognáid Rís Secondary school, Dublin
- Muire Og 2 Loreto Con Primary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.