Scoil Mhuire Community School
Clane, Naas, Co Kildare · W91 PD79 · Roll number 91372D
Scoil Mhuire Community School is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Clane. Every school in and around Clane →
What stands out about Scoil Mhuire Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,189 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+3%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- The largest of the 3 post-primary schools around Clane.
- 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 Kildare Wicklow ETB & Presentation Sisters; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Mhuire Community School had 1,189 pupils in 2025/26, against 1,099 in 2015/16 (+8%). Girls are 50% of them. Its largest roll was 1,190, in 2020/21. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Mhuire 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: Scoil Mhuire Community School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+3%). All the schools around Clane together changed by +3%.
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.
Scoil Mhuire Community School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +3%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 8.7 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 8.8 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km |
Living in Clane
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Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Clane →The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Clane
Cost of living in Clane →New tenancies in Clane averaged €1,661 a month in 2025, against €1,588 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Clane, W91 PD79
Post-primary schools near Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire Community School
Is Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire Community School have?
1,189 pupils in 2025/26. That is +3% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Mhuire Community School teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Mhuire Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Mhuire Community School?
Scoil Mhuire Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare Wicklow ETB & Presentation Sisters.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Mhuire 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 Scoil Mhuire Community School?
The nearest are Clongowes Wood College (2.2 km), St Farnan's Post Primary School (3.6 km) and Naas Community College (6.9 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 Clane; 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).