Mayfield Community School
Old Youghal Road, Mayfield, Cork · T23 DP95 · Roll number 91400F
Mayfield Community School is one of 21 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mayfield. Every school in and around Mayfield →
What stands out about Mayfield Community School
- 362 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Growing: 362 pupils, 28% more than the 282 of 2019/20.
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 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 Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and Ross; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Mayfield Community School had 362 pupils in 2025/26, against 318 in 2015/16 (+14%). Girls are 40% of them. Its largest roll was 363, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Mayfield 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 Mayfield 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 Mayfield 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 Mayfield Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Mayfield 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Mayfield Community School has grown by 28% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mayfield together changed by +0%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Mayfield Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +28%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.5 km | |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.6 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.9 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.3 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 2.9 km | |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 3.1 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.7 km |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.8 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 5.6 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.8 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 9.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 39 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 44 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 55 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 69 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 74 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 87 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 105 km |
Living in Mayfield
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the T23 Eircode area
Housing in Mayfield →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €360,000 in 2025 (+38%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Mayfield
Cost of living in Mayfield →New tenancies in Mayfield averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,559 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Mayfield, T23 DP95
Post-primary schools near Mayfield 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 Mayfield Community School
Is Mayfield 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 Mayfield Community School have?
362 pupils in 2025/26. That is +28% since 2019/20.
Does Mayfield Community School teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs Mayfield Community School?
Mayfield Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and Ross.
How do pupils get a place at Mayfield 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 Mayfield Community School?
The nearest are St Patricks College (0.9 km), Cork Educate Together Secondary School (1.5 km) and St Aidan's Community College (1.6 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 Mayfield; 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).