St Tiernan's Community School

The facts

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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: Ballinteer / Stepaside / 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 D16 (Dublin 16) was €643,000 in 2025. That is up 32.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dundrum-sandyford at 7.63 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 65% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Ballinteer / Stepaside / DLR

• Ballinteer Community School Secondary school, Ballinteer
• Ballinteer ETNS Primary school, Ballinteer
• Clochar Loreto N S Primary school, Rathfarnham
• Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh Secondary school, Rathfarnham
• Gaelscoil Thaobh na Coille Primary school, Dundrum
• Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige Primary school, Churchtown
• Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School Primary school, Churchtown
• Holy Trinity NS, Leopardstown Primary school, Leopardstown
• Marley Grange Ns Primary school, Rathfarnham
• Na Maighdine Muire Girl Primary school, Dundrum
• Queen of Angels NS Primary school, Dundrum
• Rathfarnham Educate Together Primary school, Rathfarnham