Glenamaddy Community School
Church Street, Glenamaddy, Via Castlerea, Co. Galway · F45 KF50 · Roll number 91514U
Glenamaddy Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Glenamaddy. Every school in and around Glenamaddy →
What stands out about Glenamaddy Community School
- 433 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 433 pupils, 15% more than the 375 of 2019/20.
- 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 Galway & Roscommon ETB & Religious Sisters of Mercy; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Glenamaddy or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Glenamaddy Community School had 433 pupils in 2025/26, against 421 in 2015/16 (+3%). Girls are 51% of them. 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 Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Glenamaddy 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Glenamaddy Community School has grown by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Glenamaddy together changed by +18%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Glenamaddy Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +15%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Castlerea Community School | 389 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 21 km |
The other 38 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 36 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 46 km |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 50 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 59 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 62 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 63 km | |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 64 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 68 km |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 78 km |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 88 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 89 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 89 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 91 km | |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 97 km |
Living in Glenamaddy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F45 Eircode area
Housing in Glenamaddy →The median sale price rose from €135,000 in 2023 to €155,000 in 2025 (+15%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Galway
Cost of living in Glenamaddy →New tenancies in Co. Galway averaged €1,637 a month in 2025, against €1,501 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Glenamaddy, F45 KF50
Post-primary schools near Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy Community School
Is Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy Community School have?
433 pupils in 2025/26. That is +15% since 2019/20.
Does Glenamaddy Community School teach through Irish?
No: Glenamaddy Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Glenamaddy Community School?
Glenamaddy Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB & Religious Sisters of Mercy.
How do pupils get a place at Glenamaddy 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 Glenamaddy Community School?
The nearest are Dunmore Community School (11 km), Holy Rosary College (16 km) and Coláiste an Chreagáin (17 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 Glenamaddy; 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).