Coláiste Chiaráin
Summerhill, Athlone, Co. Roscommon · N37 AH97 · Roll number 68325L
Coláiste Chiaráin is one of 0 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Knockcroghery. Every school in and around Knockcroghery →
What stands out about Coláiste Chiaráin
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 1,040 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 1,040 pupils, 127% more than the 458 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 the Bishop of Elphin; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Knockcroghery’s outline, 19 km away; listed with Knockcroghery, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2017/18 to 2025/26Coláiste Chiaráin had 1,040 pupils in 2025/26, against 483 in 2017/18 (+115%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 8 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Chiaráin
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 Chiaráin 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 Chiaráin
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 Chiaráin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Chiaráin 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: Coláiste Chiaráin has grown by 127% since 2019/20. All the schools around Knockcroghery together changed by −5%.
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 Coláiste Chiaráin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +127%; 0 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 1,040 | +127% | Catholic | English | ||
| Marist College | 610 | +26% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Our Lady's Bower | 630 | −11% | Catholic | English | 4.6 km | |
| Athlone Community College | 1,117 | −5% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 4.7 km | |
| Moate Community School | 913 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 17 km | |
| Gallen Community School | 441 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Clonfert College | 926 | – | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
The other 8 post-primary schools in Co. Roscommon
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. Roscommon | 450 | +18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Roscommon Community College | 603 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Mercy College | 505 | −1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 671 | +16% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Elphin Community College | 206 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Castlerea Community School | 389 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
| Abbey Community College | 620 | +51% | Inter-denominational | English | 66 km | |
| St Nathy's College | 687 | +7% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 67 km |
Living in Knockcroghery
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the F42 Eircode area
Housing in Knockcroghery →The median sale price rose from €220,000 in 2023 to €259,800 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the F42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Roscommon
Cost of living in Knockcroghery →New tenancies in Co. Roscommon averaged €1,092 a month in 2025, against €1,000 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Knockcroghery, N37 AH97
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Chiaráin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Chiaráin
Is Coláiste Chiaráin 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 Chiaráin have?
1,040 pupils in 2025/26. That is +127% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Chiaráin teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Chiaráin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Chiaráin?
Coláiste Chiaráin has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Bishop of Elphin.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Chiaráin?
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 Chiaráin?
The nearest are Marist College (4.4 km), Our Lady's Bower (4.6 km) and Athlone Community College (4.7 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 Knockcroghery; 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).