Abbey Community College
Boyle, Co Roscommon · F52 HK46 · Roll number 76072E
Abbey Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Boyle. Every school in and around Boyle →
What stands out about Abbey Community College
- 620 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 620 pupils, 51% more than the 411 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Galway & Roscommon ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Boyle or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Abbey Community College had 620 pupils in 2025/26, against 370 in 2015/16 (+68%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Abbey 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 Abbey 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 Abbey 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 Abbey Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Abbey 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Abbey Community College has grown by 51% since 2019/20. All the schools around Boyle together changed by +32%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Abbey Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +51%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Community College | 620 | +51% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Community School | 686 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| Elphin Community College | 206 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Drumshanbo Vocational School | 509 | +77% | Multi-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Corran College | 154 | +108% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Coláiste Muire | 325 | +8% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Nathy's College | 687 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
The other 6 post-primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 671 | +16% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Castlerea Community School | 389 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| Mercy College | 505 | −1% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| C.B.S. Roscommon | 450 | +18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Roscommon Community College | 603 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 1,040 | +127% | Catholic | English | 66 km |
Living in Boyle
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F52 Eircode area
Housing in Boyle →The median sale price rose from €171,000 in 2023 to €192,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F52 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Boyle
Cost of living in Boyle →New tenancies in Boyle averaged €966 a month in 2025, against €853 in 2024 (+13%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Boyle, F52 HK46
Post-primary schools near Abbey 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 Abbey Community College
Is Abbey 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 Abbey Community College have?
620 pupils in 2025/26. That is +51% since 2019/20.
Does Abbey Community College teach through Irish?
No: Abbey Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Abbey Community College?
Abbey Community College has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Galway & Roscommon ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Abbey 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 Abbey Community College?
The nearest are Community School (14 km), Elphin Community College (15 km) and Drumshanbo Vocational School (19 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 Boyle; 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).