Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
Rathangan, Co Kildare · R51 DA36 · Roll number 70730J
Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Rathangan. Every school in and around Rathangan →
What stands out about Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
- 751 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 Rathangan or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin had 751 pupils in 2025/26, against 689 in 2015/16 (+9%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
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 Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin 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 Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
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 Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin 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: Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin has grown by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rathangan together changed by +5%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +8%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.6 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 22 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 37 km |
Living in Rathangan
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R51 Eircode area
Housing in Rathangan →The median sale price rose from €369,400 in 2023 to €420,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R51 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Rathangan
Cost of living in Rathangan →New tenancies in Rathangan averaged €1,205 a month in 2025, against €1,253 in 2024 (−4%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Rathangan, R51 DA36
Post-primary schools near Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin
Is Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin 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 Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin have?
751 pupils in 2025/26. That is +8% since 2019/20.
Does Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin teach through Irish?
No: Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin?
Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin?
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 Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin?
The nearest are Kildare Town Community School (7.6 km), St Pauls Secondary School (10 km) and Curragh Community College (13 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 Rathangan; 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).