Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
Béal an Átha Móir, An Clochán, Leifear, Co Dhún na nGall · F93 DK03 · Roll number 71242B
Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Glenties. Every school in and around Glenties →
What stands out about Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
- A small post-primary school: 87 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Smaller than it was: 87 pupils, 49% fewer than the 170 of 2019/20.
- In the Gaeltacht: every subject is 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Donegal ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Glenties’s outline, 16 km away; listed with Glenties, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh had 87 pupils in 2025/26, down from 205 in 2015/16 (−58%). Girls are 54% of them. Its roll rose in 0 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
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 Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh 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 Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
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 Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh 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 teaches every subject through Irish. 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: Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh has shrunk by 49% since 2019/20. All the schools around Glenties together changed by +11%.
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 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −49%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh | 87 | −49% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | |
| St Columba's Comprehensive School | 400 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Finn Valley College | 424 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St Columbas College | 983 | +17% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St Eunan's College | 1,003 | +15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 938 | +2% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Rosses Community School | 509 | +26% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
The other 20 post-primary schools in Co. Donegal
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errigal College | 662 | +153% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Coláiste Ailigh | 324 | +23% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Abbey Vocational School | 999 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Deele College | 840 | +39% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| The Royal and Prior School | 609 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | 414 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola | 455 | +2% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada | 61 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 32 km |
| Loreto Community School | 810 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Mulroy College | 617 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St. Catherine's Vocational School | 359 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Coláiste Cholmcille | 682 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Coláiste na Carraige | 210 | −2% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Coláiste Phobail Cholmcille | 11 | – | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 46 km |
| Magh Ene College | 333 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Secondary School | 885 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Crana College | 585 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Coláiste Eoghain | 13 | −59% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 49 km | |
| Carndonagh Community School | 1,118 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 65 km |
| Moville Community College | 648 | +25% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 73 km |
Living in Glenties
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F94 Eircode area
Housing in Glenties →The median sale price rose from €185,000 in 2023 to €195,000 in 2025 (+5%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Donegal
Cost of living in Glenties →New tenancies in Co. Donegal averaged €977 a month in 2025, against €893 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Glenties, F93 DK03
Post-primary schools near Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh
Is Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh 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 Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh have?
87 pupils in 2025/26. That is −49% since 2019/20.
Does Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh is taught through Irish.
Who runs Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh?
Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Donegal ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh?
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 Gairm Scoil Chú Uladh?
The nearest are St Columba's Comprehensive School (17 km), Finn Valley College (18 km) and St Columbas College (19 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 Glenties; 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).