Curragh Community College
McSwiney Road, Curragh, Co Kildare · R56 FW68 · Roll number 70660O
Curragh Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Curragh Camp. Every school in and around Curragh Camp →
What stands out about Curragh Community College
- A small post-primary school: 288 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 288 pupils, 112% more than the 136 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.
- The only post-primary school in Curragh Camp or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Curragh Camp’s outline, 0.4 km away; listed with Curragh Camp, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Curragh Community College had 288 pupils in 2025/26, against 191 in 2015/16 (+51%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 300, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Curragh 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 Curragh 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 Curragh 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 Curragh Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Curragh 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: Curragh Community College has grown by 112% since 2019/20. All the schools around Curragh Camp together changed by +2%.
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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Curragh Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +112%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.9 km | |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 13 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km |
Living in Curragh Camp
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R56 Eircode area
Housing in Curragh Camp →The median sale price rose from €350,000 in 2023 to €428,500 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R56 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Kildare
Cost of living in Curragh Camp →New tenancies in Co. Kildare averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,589 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Curragh Camp, R56 FW68
Post-primary schools near Curragh 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 Curragh Community College
Is Curragh 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 Curragh Community College have?
288 pupils in 2025/26. That is +112% since 2019/20.
Does Curragh Community College teach through Irish?
No: Curragh Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Curragh Community College?
Curragh Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Curragh 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 Curragh Community College?
The nearest are St Conleth's Community College (4.5 km), Holy Family Secondary School (4.9 km) and Patrician Secondary School (4.9 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 Curragh Camp; 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).