Athy Community College
Tomard, Athy, Co Kildare · R14 KT50 · Roll number 70650L
Athy Community College is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Athy. Every school in and around Athy →
What stands out about Athy Community College
- 646 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 646 pupils, 51% more than the 428 of 2019/20.
- 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 Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Athy Community College had 646 pupils in 2025/26, against 398 in 2015/16 (+62%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 655, in 2024/25. 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 Athy Community 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 Athy Community 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 Athy Community 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 Athy Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Athy Community 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.
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: Athy Community College has grown by 51% since 2019/20. All the schools around Athy together changed by +1%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Athy Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +51%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 50 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 53 km |
Living in Athy
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R14 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Athy
Cost of living in Athy →New tenancies in Athy averaged €1,321 a month in 2025, against €1,212 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Athy, R14 KT50
Post-primary schools near Athy Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Athy Community College
Is Athy Community 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 Athy Community College have?
646 pupils in 2025/26. That is +51% since 2019/20.
Does Athy Community College teach through Irish?
No: Athy Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Athy Community College?
Athy Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Athy Community 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 Athy Community College?
The nearest are Árdscoil na Trionóide (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).