Coláiste Clavin
Enfield Road, Longwood, Co Meath · A83 DX96 · Roll number 71970L
Coláiste Clavin is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Longwood. Every school in and around Longwood →
What stands out about Coláiste Clavin
- 519 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 519 pupils, 40% more than the 371 of 2019/20.
- 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 Louth & Meath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Longwood or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Longwood’s outline, 0.2 km away; listed with Longwood, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Clavin had 519 pupils in 2025/26, against 295 in 2015/16 (+76%). Girls are 44% 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 Coláiste Clavin
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 Clavin 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 Clavin
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 Clavin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Clavin 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 Clavin has grown by 40% since 2019/20. All the schools around Longwood together changed by +7%.
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 Coláiste Clavin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +40%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Clavin | 519 | +40% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Enfield Community College | 684 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 814 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Boyne Community School | 1,008 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 1,035 | +18% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Oaklands Community College | 733 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Columba College | 278 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
The other 20 post-primary schools in Co. Meath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Pobail Rath Cairn | 140 | +9% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Athboy Community School | 681 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Community College Dunshaughlin | 1,120 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Rioga | 267 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Beaufort College | 926 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Patrick's Classical School | 967 | +7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, | 682 | −7% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 920 | +14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste na Mí | 913 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| St Peter's College | 1,214 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ratoath College | 1,132 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| De Lacy College | 929 | +68% | Multi-denominational | English | 34 km | |
| Ashbourne Community School | 1,109 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| O'Carolan College | 725 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Franciscan College | 321 | −26% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Laytown & Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School | 520 | +1,344% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Colaiste na hInse | 1,021 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | 52 km |
Living in Longwood
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A83 Eircode area
Housing in Longwood →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 Co. Meath
Cost of living in Longwood →New tenancies in Co. Meath averaged €1,542 a month in 2025, against €1,434 in 2024 (+8%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Longwood, A83 DX96
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Clavin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Clavin
Is Coláiste Clavin 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 Clavin have?
519 pupils in 2025/26. That is +40% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Clavin teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Clavin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Clavin?
Coláiste Clavin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Louth & Meath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Clavin?
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 Clavin?
The nearest are Enfield Community College (7.9 km), Scoil Mhuire (14 km) and Boyne Community School (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 Longwood; 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).