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Árdscoil na Trionóide

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholic

Rathstewart, Athy, Co Kildare · R14 DK12 · Roll number 68077S

Árdscoil na Trionóide is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Athy. Every school in and around Athy →

Pupils
894
September, 2025/26
461 girls, 433 boys
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 856 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: CEIST
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Árdscoil na Trionóide

  • One of the larger post-primary schools: 894 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
  • 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.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Árdscoil na Trionóide had 894 pupils in 2025/26, against 832 in 2015/16 (+7%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.

03006009001,2002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Árdscoil na Trionóide

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 Árdscoil na Trionóide 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Árdscoil na Trionóide

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 in

Getting a place at Árdscoil na Trionóide

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Árdscoil na Trionóide 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.

Pupils
894
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+4%
from 856 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Árdscoil na Trionóide is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Athy together changed by +1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Árdscoil na Trionóide+4%
The post-primary schools around Athy+20%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Árdscoil na Trionóide has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.

Árdscoil na Trionóide894
Athy646
Colaiste Lorcain334
St Mary's Knockbeg College515
St Pauls843
St Mary's Academy CBS367
St. Leo's College842
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Árdscoil na Trionóide894+4%CatholicEnglish
Athy Community College646+51%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓0.6 km
Colaiste Lorcain334−18%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
St Mary's Knockbeg College515+17%CatholicEnglish15 km
St Pauls Secondary School843+68%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Mary's Academy CBS367−26%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
St. Leo's College842−18%CatholicEnglish18 km
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Curragh Community College288+112%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Kildare Town Community School1,014+10%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Cross And Passion College843+1%CatholicEnglish22 km
St Conleth's Community College752+37%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
Holy Family Secondary School789+11%CatholicEnglish24 km
Patrician Secondary School932+5%CatholicEnglish25 km
Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin751+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓25 km
Newbridge College923+4%CatholicEnglish25 km
Piper's Hill College1,049+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓30 km
Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara401+8%CatholicAll in Irish32 km
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris1,013+0%CatholicEnglish33 km
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire1,076+3%CatholicEnglish33 km
Naas Community College928+95%Multi-denominationalEnglish33 km
St Farnan's Post Primary School676+50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓36 km
Scoil Mhuire Community School1,189+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish38 km
Clongowes Wood College421−6%CatholicEnglish40 km
St Wolstan's Community School846+17%Inter-denominationalEnglish47 km
Salesian College880+25%CatholicEnglish49 km
Celbridge Community School712+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
Scoil Dara828−10%CatholicEnglish50 km
Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad154–Multi-denominationalAll in Irish50 km
Maynooth Post Primary School1,018+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
Maynooth Community College1,013+66%Multi-denominationalEnglish51 km
Coláiste Chiaráin676+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish52 km
Confey Community College934+22%Inter-denominationalEnglish53 km
Living nearby

Living in Athy

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€275,000
602 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,321
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the R14 Eircode area

Housing in Athy →

The median sale price rose from €229,000 in 2023 to €345,000 in 2025 (+51%).

2023€229,000
2024€250,000
2025€345,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€366,000
Second-hand homes€249,800

Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

New tenancies in Athy averaged €1,321 a month in 2025, against €1,212 in 2024 (+9%).

2024€1,212
2025€1,321

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Athy, R14 DK12

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Árdscoil na Trionóide

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Árdscoil na Trionóide

Is Árdscoil na Trionóide 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 Árdscoil na Trionóide have?

894 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.

Does Árdscoil na Trionóide teach through Irish?

No: Árdscoil na Trionóide teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Árdscoil na Trionóide?

Árdscoil na Trionóide has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.

How do pupils get a place at Árdscoil na Trionóide?

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 Árdscoil na Trionóide?

The nearest are Athy Community College (0.6 km), Colaiste Lorcain (14 km) and St Mary's Knockbeg College (15 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 Athy; 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).