Coláiste Abbáin
Adamstown, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford · Y21 K039 · Roll number 71600B
Coláiste Abbáin is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Adamstown. Every school in and around Adamstown →
What stands out about Coláiste Abbáin
- 501 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 501 pupils, 71% more than the 293 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 Waterford & Wexford ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Adamstown or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Abbáin had 501 pupils in 2025/26, against 182 in 2015/16 (+175%). Girls are 45% 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 Coláiste Abbáin
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 Abbáin 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 Abbáin
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 Abbáin
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Abbáin 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 Abbáin has grown by 71% since 2019/20. All the schools around Adamstown together changed by +56%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Coláiste Abbáin. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +71%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Abbáin | 501 | +71% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Meanscoil Gharman | 205 | −19% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 14 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 706 | +15% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Good Counsel College | 744 | −9% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Kennedy College | 188 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 437 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| St. Mary's C.B.S. | 770 | +11% | Catholic | English | 15 km |
The other 16 post-primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniscorthy Community College | 492 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School | 173 | −42% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 744 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 930 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Peter's College | 782 | +1% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Selskar College (Coláiste Sheilscire) | 376 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 996 | +21% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 732 | +11% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ramsgrange Community School | 636 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Bridgetown College | 631 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Bunclody Community College | 310 | +42% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| F.C.J. Secondary School | 1,075 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste an Átha | 349 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Creagh College | 1,061 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Gorey Community School | 1,546 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together Secondary School | 323 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
Living in Adamstown
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the Y21 Eircode area
Housing in Adamstown →The median sale price rose from €239,000 in 2023 to €290,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the Y21 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Wexford
Cost of living in Adamstown →New tenancies in Co. Wexford averaged €1,179 a month in 2025, against €1,101 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Adamstown, Y21 K039
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Abbáin
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Abbáin
Is Coláiste Abbáin 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 Abbáin have?
501 pupils in 2025/26. That is +71% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Abbáin teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Abbáin teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Abbáin?
Coláiste Abbáin has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Waterford & Wexford ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Abbáin?
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 Abbáin?
The nearest are Meanscoil Gharman (14 km), St. Mary's Secondary School (14 km) and Good Counsel College (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 Adamstown; 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).