Scoil Pól
Kilfinane, Co. Limerick · V35 YH27 · Roll number 64130W
Scoil Pól is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilfinnane. Every school in and around Kilfinnane →
What stands out about Scoil Pól
- 715 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 715 pupils, 40% more than the 509 of 2019/20.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Kilfinnane or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Scoil Pól had 715 pupils in 2025/26, against 277 in 2015/16 (+158%). Girls are 51% of them. Its largest roll was 723, in 2023/24. 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 Scoil Pól
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 Pól 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 Pól
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 Pól
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Scoil Pól 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 Pól has grown by 40% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilfinnane together changed by +27%.
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 Scoil Pól. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +40%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | ||
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.6 km |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 36 km | |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 36 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 41 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km |
Living in Kilfinnane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V35 Eircode area
Housing in Kilfinnane →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €312,500 in 2025 (+74%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Limerick
Cost of living in Kilfinnane →New tenancies in Co. Limerick averaged €1,619 a month in 2025, against €1,436 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilfinnane, V35 YH27
Post-primary schools near Scoil Pól
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Scoil Pól
Is Scoil Pól 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 Pól have?
715 pupils in 2025/26. That is +40% since 2019/20.
Does Scoil Pól teach through Irish?
No: Scoil Pól teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Scoil Pól?
Scoil Pól has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Scoil Pól?
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 Pól?
The nearest are Coláiste Iósaef (8.6 km), John The Baptist Community School (13 km) and Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí (14 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 Kilfinnane; 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).