Enfield Community College
Dublin Road, Enfield, Meath · A83 VX31 · Roll number 76595N
Enfield Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Enfield. Every school in and around Enfield →
What stands out about Enfield Community College
- 684 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- On the lists since 2020/21: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Enfield or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Enfield’s outline, 0.1 km away; listed with Enfield, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2020/21 to 2025/26Enfield Community College had 684 pupils in 2025/26, against 38 in 2020/21 (+1,700%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 5 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Enfield 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 Enfield 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 Enfield 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 Enfield Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Enfield 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.
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, 3 have more pupils than Enfield Community College.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.9 km |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 9.8 km | |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 23 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 49 km |
Living in Enfield
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Enfield →The median sale price rose from €360,000 in 2023 to €445,000 in 2025 (+24%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A83 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Enfield
Cost of living in Enfield →New tenancies in Enfield averaged €1,715 a month in 2025, against €1,532 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Enfield, A83 VX31
Post-primary schools near Enfield 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 Enfield Community College
Is Enfield 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 Enfield Community College have?
684 pupils in 2025/26.
Does Enfield Community College teach through Irish?
No: Enfield Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Enfield Community College?
Enfield Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Enfield 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 Enfield Community College?
The nearest are Coláiste Clavin (7.9 km), Scoil Dara (9.8 km) and Clongowes Wood College (15 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 Enfield; 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).