Maynooth Community College
Mariavilla, Moyglare Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare · W23 P2R0 · Roll number 76193Q
Maynooth Community College is one of 5 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Maynooth. Every school in and around Maynooth →
What stands out about Maynooth Community College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,013 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 1,013 pupils, 66% more than the 609 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- Outside Maynooth’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Maynooth, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Maynooth Community College had 1,013 pupils in 2025/26, against 221 in 2015/16 (+358%). Girls are 52% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Maynooth 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 Maynooth 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 Maynooth 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 Maynooth Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Maynooth 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Maynooth Community College has grown by 66% since 2019/20. All the schools around Maynooth together changed by +23%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Maynooth Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +66%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.1 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 1.5 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.1 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 5.1 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 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 | 7.2 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 20 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km |
Living in Maynooth
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W23 Eircode area
Housing in Maynooth →The median sale price rose from €450,000 in 2023 to €485,000 in 2025 (+8%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the W23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Maynooth
Cost of living in Maynooth →New tenancies in Maynooth averaged €1,942 a month in 2025, against €1,844 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Maynooth, W23 P2R0
Post-primary schools near Maynooth 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 Maynooth Community College
Is Maynooth 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 Maynooth Community College have?
1,013 pupils in 2025/26. That is +66% since 2019/20.
Does Maynooth Community College teach through Irish?
No: Maynooth Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Maynooth Community College?
Maynooth Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Maynooth 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 Maynooth Community College?
The nearest are Maynooth Post Primary School (1.1 km), Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad (1.5 km) and Scoil Dara (5 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 Maynooth; 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).