Ennistymon Community School
ENNISTYMON, Lahinch Road, Ennistymon · V95 YP46 · Roll number 91518F
Ennistymon Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ennistimon. Every school in and around Ennistimon →
What stands out about Ennistymon Community School
- 693 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2023/24: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- 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 CEIST & Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Ennistimon or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2023/24 to 2025/26Ennistymon Community School had 693 pupils in 2025/26, against 680 in 2023/24 (+2%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 700, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 1 of the 2 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ennistymon 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.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Ennistymon Community School.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennistymon Community School | 693 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 449 | +41% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Ennis Community College | 614 | +33% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 23 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 1,013 | +3% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Rice College | 666 | −5% | Catholic | English | 24 km |
The other 10 post-primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Community College | 283 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Flannan's College | 1,270 | +8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Kilrush Community School | 343 | −20% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 171 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Scariff Community College | 429 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 60 km |
Living in Ennistimon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V95 Eircode area
Housing in Ennistimon →The median sale price rose from €251,500 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+27%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Clare
Cost of living in Ennistimon →New tenancies in Co. Clare averaged €1,170 a month in 2025, against €1,080 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Ennistimon, V95 YP46
Post-primary schools near Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon Community School
Is Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon Community School have?
693 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Ennistymon Community School teach through Irish?
No: Ennistymon Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ennistymon Community School?
Ennistymon Community School has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is CEIST & Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Ennistymon 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 Ennistymon Community School?
The nearest are Mary Immaculate Secondary School (10 km), St. Joseph's Secondary School (14 km) and Coláiste Ghobnait (20 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 Ennistimon; 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).