Coláiste Pobail Acla
Achill Sound, Westport, Co. Mayo · F28 CP49 · Roll number 76150V
Coláiste Pobail Acla is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Gob an Choire. Every school in and around Gob an Choire →
What stands out about Coláiste Pobail Acla
- A small post-primary school: 232 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−1%).
- 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 Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Gob an Choire or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Gob an Choire’s outline, 0.5 km away; listed with Gob an Choire, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Pobail Acla had 232 pupils in 2025/26, against 222 in 2015/16 (+5%). Girls are 54% of them. Its largest roll was 254, 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 Coláiste Pobail Acla
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 Coláiste Pobail Acla 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 Coláiste Pobail Acla
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 Coláiste Pobail Acla
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Pobail Acla 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: Coláiste Pobail Acla is about the size it was in 2019/20 (−1%). All the schools around Gob an Choire together changed by +6%.
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 1 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Coláiste Pobail Acla. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −1%; 1 of the 1 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Pobail Acla | 232 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Sancta Maria College | 571 | +19% | Catholic | English | 20 km |
The other 24 post-primary schools in Co. Mayo
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart School | 530 | −3% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Rice College | 615 | +34% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Our Lady's Secondary School | 265 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| St. Brendan's College | 357 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Colaiste Chomain | 29 | −40% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| St. Geralds College | 688 | +11% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 542 | −9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Davitt College | 902 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St. Tiernan's College | 253 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Jesus & Mary Secondary School | 541 | −6% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 95 | −41% | Catholic | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| St. Patrick's College | 181 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| Balla Secondary School | 476 | +42% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 482 | +3% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 551 | +16% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Moyne College | 221 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| St Muredachs College | 403 | +14% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Ballinrobe Community School | 865 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 58 km | |
| St Louis Community School | 701 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 60 km | |
| Scoil Muire Agus Padraig | 394 | +29% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 63 km |
| Mount St Michael | 404 | −4% | Catholic | English | 64 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 402 | +6% | Catholic | English | 65 km | |
| St Joseph's Community College | 223 | +44% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 73 km |
| Ballyhaunis Community School | 717 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 77 km |
Living in Gob an Choire
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F28 Eircode area
Housing in Gob an Choire →The median sale price rose from €295,000 in 2023 to €312,500 in 2025 (+6%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F28 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Mayo
Cost of living in Gob an Choire →New tenancies in Co. Mayo averaged €1,117 a month in 2025, against €1,002 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Gob an Choire, F28 CP49
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Pobail Acla
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Pobail Acla
Is Coláiste Pobail Acla 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 Coláiste Pobail Acla have?
232 pupils in 2025/26. That is −1% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Pobail Acla teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Pobail Acla teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Pobail Acla?
Coláiste Pobail Acla has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Pobail Acla?
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 Coláiste Pobail Acla?
The nearest are Sancta Maria College (20 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 Gob an Choire; 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).