Presentation College
Headford, Co. Galway · H91 D516 · Roll number 63040Q
Presentation College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Headford. Every school in and around Headford →
What stands out about Presentation College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 857 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+10%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Headford or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Presentation College had 857 pupils in 2025/26, against 764 in 2015/16 (+12%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Presentation 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 Presentation 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 Presentation 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 Presentation College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Presentation 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: Presentation College has grown by 10% since 2019/20. All the schools around Headford together changed by +8%.
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 Presentation College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +10%; 3 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation College | 857 | +10% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Pauls | 465 | +8% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| High Cross College | 777 | – | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Archbishop McHale College | 479 | +94% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Jarlaths College | 762 | +34% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Bhaile Chláir | 1,269 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km |
The other 38 post-primary schools in Co. Galway
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway Community College | 395 | +49% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Galway City & Oranmore Educate Together Secondary School | 379 | +924% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 791 | +5% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste na Coiribe | 711 | +19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Muire Máthair | 738 | – | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College | 710 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coláiste Iognáid S.J. | 637 | +2% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 22 km | |
| Dominican College | 564 | −11% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Coláiste Einde | 808 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 658 | +0% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Feichín | 63 | −19% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| Calasanctius College | 906 | +6% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Colaiste Chroi Mhuire | 270 | +17% | Catholic | All in Irish | 28 km | |
| Dunmore Community School | 367 | +29% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Presentation College | 1,100 | +2% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste an Eachréidh | 234 | −3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Clárin College | 1,140 | +118% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Colaiste Cholmcille | 101 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 31 km |
| Coláiste Na bPiarsach | 54 | −17% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 34 km |
| Seamount College | 628 | +19% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Glenamaddy Community School | 433 | +15% | Inter-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin | 440 | +20% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| Holy Rosary College | 720 | +2% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Coláiste an Chreagáin | 116 | +47% | Multi-denominational | English | 41 km | |
| St. Cuan's College | 435 | +42% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St Killian's College (Coláiste Chilleáin Naofa) | 168 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| St Raphaels College | 749 | +12% | Catholic | English | 47 km | |
| St Brigids College | 751 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Gort Community School | 1,043 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Mhic Dara | 117 | +22% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 50 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 306 | +26% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Coláiste Ghobnait | 35 | +46% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Eoin | 41 | +3% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Éinne | 59 | +7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Scoil Phobail | 489 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 60 km |
| Mercy College | 157 | +6% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 72 km |
Living in Headford
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the H91 Eircode area
Housing in Headford →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 Headford
Cost of living in Headford →New tenancies in Headford averaged €1,347 a month in 2025, against €1,180 in 2024 (+14%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Headford, H91 D516
Post-primary schools near Presentation College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Presentation College
Is Presentation 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 Presentation College have?
857 pupils in 2025/26. That is +10% since 2019/20.
Does Presentation College teach through Irish?
No: Presentation College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Presentation College?
Presentation College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Presentation 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 Presentation College?
The nearest are St Pauls (15 km), High Cross College (18 km) and Archbishop McHale College (18 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 Headford; 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).