Tullow Community School
The Mullawn, Tullow, Co. Carlow · R93 DT20 · Roll number 91356F
Tullow Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Tullow. Every school in and around Tullow →
What stands out about Tullow Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 901 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 901 pupils, 27% more than the 707 of 2019/20.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Kilkenny & Carlow ETB & Patrician Brothers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Tullow or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Tullow Community School had 901 pupils in 2025/26, against 633 in 2015/16 (+42%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Tullow Community School
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Tullow Community School is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Tullow Community School
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Tullow Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Tullow Community School directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Tullow Community School has grown by 27% since 2019/20. All the schools around Tullow together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Tullow Community School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +27%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullow Community School | 901 | +27% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach | 342 | −7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 358 | +58% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km |
The other 5 post-primary schools in Co. Carlow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall College | 1,048 | +96% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Aindriú | 142 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Presentation / De La Salle College | 769 | +5% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Borris College | 558 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km |
Living in Tullow
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R93 Eircode area
Housing in Tullow →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €287,200 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Tullow
Cost of living in Tullow →New tenancies in Tullow averaged €1,311 a month in 2025, against €1,203 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Tullow, R93 DT20
Post-primary schools near Tullow Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Tullow Community School
Is Tullow Community School a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Tullow Community School have?
901 pupils in 2025/26. That is +27% since 2019/20.
Does Tullow Community School teach through Irish?
No: Tullow Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Tullow Community School?
Tullow Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kilkenny & Carlow ETB & Patrician Brothers.
How do pupils get a place at Tullow Community School?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Tullow Community School?
The nearest are Presentation College (13 km), Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach (13 km) and St Mary's Academy CBS (14 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Tullow; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).