Tallaght Community School
Tallaght Community School is a secondary school in Templeogue. 840 pupils, Inter-denominational ethos, 1 special class, 1.75 applicants per place last year, DEIS.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Inter-denominational |
| Patron | Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of Dublin |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 840 (412 boys, 428 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| DEIS | Yes — this school is in the DEIS programme |
| Roll number | 91335U |
| Eircode | D24X759 |
| Address | Balrothery, Tallaght, Dublin 24 |
Getting in
Competitive. 269 applications for 154 places in 2025/26 — 1.75 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 154 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 154 |
| Applications last year | 269 |
| Waiting list | 0 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
The school received 292 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 269 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
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
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: Tallaght. 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 D24 (Dublin 24) was €415,500 in 2025. That is up 24.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Tallaght-tymon at -13.24 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 21% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Aidan Lynch |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014515566 |
| office@tallaghtcs.ie | |
| Local authority | South Dublin County Council |
Other schools in Tallaght
- ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism Special school, Dublin 24
- Belgard Heights N S Primary school, Dublin
- Coláiste De Híde Secondary school, Dublin
- Kingswood Community College Secondary school, Dublin
- Mount Seskin Community College Secondary school, Dublin
- S N Aenghusa Primary school, Dublin
- Scoil Aenghusa Jun Ns Primary school, Templeogue
- Scoil Aoife Cns Primary school, Dublin
- Scoil Iosa Primary school, Templeogue
- St Aidan's Community School Secondary school, Dublin
- St Aidans Ns Primary school, Dublin
- St Annes Primary School Primary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.