St Anne's Community College
Killaloe, Co Clare · V94 HP60 · Roll number 70901K
St Anne's Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Killaloe. Every school in and around Killaloe →
What stands out about St Anne's Community College
- 731 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 731 pupils, 31% more than the 557 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Limerick & Clare ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Killaloe or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26St Anne's Community College had 731 pupils in 2025/26, against 564 in 2015/16 (+30%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for St Anne's Community College
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 St Anne's Community College 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 St Anne's Community College
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 St Anne's Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to St Anne's Community College 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: St Anne's Community College has grown by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killaloe together changed by +9%.
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.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than St Anne's Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +31%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scariff Community College | 429 | +0% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 14 post-primary schools in Co. Clare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| St Caimin's Community School | 794 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Shannon Comprehensive School | 765 | +38% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Rice College | 666 | −5% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| St Flannan's College | 1,270 | +8% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 1,013 | +3% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Ennis Community College | 614 | +33% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 37 km |
| St John Bosco Community College | 289 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Ennistymon Community School | 693 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| St Michael's Community College | 283 | +16% | Multi-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Mary Immaculate Secondary School | 284 | +13% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 449 | +41% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Kilrush Community School | 343 | −20% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| St Joseph's Community College | 171 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 83 km |
Living in Killaloe
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Killaloe →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Killaloe
Cost of living in Killaloe →New tenancies in Killaloe averaged €1,319 a month in 2025, against €1,218 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Killaloe, V94 HP60
Post-primary schools near St Anne's Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about St Anne's Community College
Is St Anne's Community College 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 St Anne's Community College have?
731 pupils in 2025/26. That is +31% since 2019/20.
Does St Anne's Community College teach through Irish?
No: St Anne's Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs St Anne's Community College?
St Anne's Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Limerick & Clare ETB.
How do pupils get a place at St Anne's Community College?
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 St Anne's Community College?
The nearest are Newport College (10 km), St. Mary's Secondary School (11 km) and Scariff Community College (13 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 Killaloe; 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).