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Colla Road, Schull · P81 RH21 · Roll number 71102I
Schull Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Schull. Every school in and around Schull →
What stands out about Schull Community College
- A small post-primary school: 359 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−7%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Cork ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Schull or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Schull Community College had 359 pupils in 2025/26, down from 438 in 2015/16 (−18%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Schull 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 Schull 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 Schull 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 Schull Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Schull 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: Schull Community College has shrunk by 7% since 2019/20. All the schools around Schull together changed by −4%.
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.
Each of the 2 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Schull Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −7%; 2 of the 2 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 18 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km |
The other 82 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 42 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 47 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 54 km | |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 60 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 61 km |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 68 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 68 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 73 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 77 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 78 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 78 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 81 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 81 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 82 km | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 83 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 84 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 84 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 85 km | |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 85 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 85 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 85 km |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 85 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 85 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 86 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 86 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 86 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 86 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 86 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 86 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 86 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 86 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 87 km |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 88 km |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 89 km |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 89 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 90 km | |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 90 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 91 km |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 92 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 92 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 92 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 92 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 93 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 94 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 94 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 99 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 99 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 99 km |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 102 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 104 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 104 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 104 km |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 104 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 110 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 110 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 110 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 111 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 111 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 120 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 121 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 121 km |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 125 km |
Living in Schull
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the P81 Eircode area
Housing in Schull →The median sale price rose from €310,000 in 2023 to €359,200 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P81 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Cork
Cost of living in Schull →New tenancies in Co. Cork averaged €1,542 a month in 2025, against €1,408 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Schull, P81 RH21
Post-primary schools near Schull 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 Schull Community College
Is Schull 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 Schull Community College have?
359 pupils in 2025/26. That is −7% since 2019/20.
Does Schull Community College teach through Irish?
No: Schull Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Schull Community College?
Schull Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cork ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Schull 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 Schull Community College?
The nearest are Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí (18 km) and Skibbereen Community School (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 Schull; 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).