[1] Originally it was a vocational secondary school for boys, with preparation for the Group, Intermediate and Leaving Certificate, it has developed into a co-educational school focusing on the senior cycle and developing more post-leaving certificate courses in recent years.
As well as Leaving Certificate two and one-year programmes, the college runs post leaving certificate programmes, pre-apprenticeship, Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) and Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) courses.
Its Post-leaving certificate programmes include Accounting Technician (ATI),[2] Psychology, Business & IT, English Language (IELTS), Social Care, Carpentry, QQI Level5 Pre-University (Arts) in association with Trinity Colleges Access Programme (TAP).
[3] In 2016, City of Dublin ETB and Educate Together established Clonturk Community College[4] is based on the City of Dublin ETB Whitehall grounds, adjacent to Plunket College of Further Education.
It was announced in 2023 as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Education, and City of Dublin ETB, that the permanent school for Clonturk CC would be built on the grounds adjacent to Plunket College.