Castlepollard Community College
Castlepollard, Mullingar, Co Westmeath · N91 EF89 · Roll number 71420W
Castlepollard Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Castlepollard. Every school in and around Castlepollard →
What stands out about Castlepollard Community College
- A small post-primary school: 318 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 318 pupils, 15% more than the 276 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 Longford & Westmeath ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Castlepollard or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Castlepollard Community College had 318 pupils in 2025/26, against 247 in 2015/16 (+29%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 334, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Castlepollard 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.
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: Castlepollard Community College has grown by 15% since 2019/20. All the schools around Castlepollard together changed by +17%.
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 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Castlepollard Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +15%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlepollard Community College | 318 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Wilson's Hospital School | 453 | +12% | Church of Ireland | English | 10 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St Finian's College | 891 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Loreto College | 825 | −3% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire, | 873 | +11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Mullingar Community College | 367 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
The other 7 post-primary schools in Co. Westmeath
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columba College | 278 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 1,129 | +26% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Meán Scoil an Chlochair | 740 | +24% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Moate Community School | 913 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Athlone Community College | 1,117 | −5% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 49 km | |
| Our Lady's Bower | 630 | −11% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Marist College | 610 | +26% | Catholic | English | 50 km |
Living in Castlepollard
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the N91 Eircode area
Housing in Castlepollard →The median sale price rose from €250,000 in 2023 to €327,800 in 2025 (+31%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the N91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Castlepollard
Cost of living in Castlepollard →New tenancies in Castlepollard averaged €1,049 a month in 2025, against €963 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Castlepollard, N91 EF89
Post-primary schools near Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard Community College
Is Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard Community College have?
318 pupils in 2025/26. That is +15% since 2019/20.
Does Castlepollard Community College teach through Irish?
No: Castlepollard Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Castlepollard Community College?
Castlepollard Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Longford & Westmeath ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard Community College?
The nearest are Wilson's Hospital School (10 km), St Oliver Post Primary (14 km) and St Finian's 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 Castlepollard; 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).