Gort Community School
Gort, Co. Galway · H91 C9K1 · Roll number 91498C
Gort Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Gort. Every school in and around Gort →
What stands out about Gort Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,043 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 1,043 pupils, 22% more than the 858 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 & Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Gort or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Gort Community School had 1,043 pupils in 2025/26, against 686 in 2015/16 (+52%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Gort 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 Gort 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 Gort 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 Gort Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Gort 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: Gort Community School has grown by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Gort together changed by +15%.
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.
Gort Community School has more pupils than any of the 5 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +22%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla | 727 | +22% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 24 km |
The other 39 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 29 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 40 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 44 km |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 57 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 58 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 62 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 63 km | |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 64 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 66 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 73 km |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 93 km |
Living in Gort
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in Gort →The median sale price rose from €338,600 in 2023 to €408,300 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the H91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Gort
Cost of living in Gort →New tenancies in Gort averaged €1,264 a month in 2025, against €1,164 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Gort, H91 C9K1
Post-primary schools near Gort 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 Gort Community School
Is Gort 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 Gort Community School have?
1,043 pupils in 2025/26. That is +22% since 2019/20.
Does Gort Community School teach through Irish?
No: Gort Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Gort Community School?
Gort Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB & Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
How do pupils get a place at Gort 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 Gort Community School?
The nearest are Seamount College (12 km), St. Joseph's Secondary School Tulla (22 km) and St Raphaels College (22 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 Gort; 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).