Willow Park Junior School
Willow Park Junior School is a secondary school boys only in Blackrock. 206 pupils, Catholic ethos, fee-paying, 2.2 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | The Spiritan Education Trust |
| Fees | Fee-paying — ~€5,500 unverified estimate. This school does not publish an official figure online. Fee not confirmed from the school's website. Contact the school. |
| Enrolment | 206 (206 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed — day and boarding pupils |
| Roll number | 60040B |
| Eircode | A94TW98 |
| Address | Rock Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 457 applications for 208 places — 2.2 applicants per place.
| Places in the coming year | 208 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 208 |
| Applications last year | 457 |
| 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 |
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 ↗ (2025/26)
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
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- Blackrock College Blackrock
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Booterstown / Blackrock. 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 Blackrock-williamstown at 10.65 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 78% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Alan Rogan |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012881651 |
| arogan@willowparkschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Booterstown / Blackrock
- Benincasa Special School Special school, Dundrum
- Blackrock College Secondary school, Blackrock
- Booterstown Boys Primary school, Booterstown
- Booterstown N S Primary school, Blackrock
- Carysfort NS Primary school, Blackrock
- Coláiste Eoin Secondary school, Booterstown
- Coláiste Íosagáin Secondary school, Booterstown
- Islamic National School Primary school, Clonskeagh
- Lycée Français International (Secondary) Secondary school, Clonskeagh
- Mount Merrion NS Primary school, Mount Merrion
- Our Lady Of Mercy Convent School Primary school, Booterstown
- Sion Hill Secondary school, Blackrock
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.