Meanscoil Gharman
Teach Choill an Bhrúnaigh, Coill an Bhrúnaigh, Inis Córthaidh · Y21 XW97 · Roll number 68080H
Meanscoil Gharman is one of 4 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Enniscorthy. Every school in and around Enniscorthy →
What stands out about Meanscoil Gharman
- A small post-primary school: 205 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Smaller than it was: 205 pupils, 19% fewer than the 253 of 2019/20.
- Every subject is taught through Irish.
- The smallest of the 4 post-primary schools around Enniscorthy.
- 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 An Foras Pátrúnachta; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- Outside Enniscorthy’s outline, 1.4 km away; listed with Enniscorthy, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Meanscoil Gharman had 205 pupils in 2025/26, against 172 in 2015/16 (+19%). Girls are 56% of them. Its largest roll was 264, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Meanscoil Gharman
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 Meanscoil Gharman 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 Meanscoil Gharman
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 Meanscoil Gharman
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Meanscoil Gharman 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 teaches every subject through Irish.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Meanscoil Gharman has shrunk by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Enniscorthy 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.
Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Meanscoil Gharman. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −19%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meanscoil Gharman | 205 | −19% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ||
| St. Mary's C.B.S. | 770 | +11% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 744 | +3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Enniscorthy Community College | 492 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Coláiste Abbáin | 501 | +71% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Selskar College (Coláiste Sheilscire) | 376 | −8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| St Peter's College | 782 | +1% | Catholic | English | 16 km |
The other 16 post-primary schools in Co. Wexford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Secondary School | 996 | +21% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 732 | +11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 930 | +15% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Coláiste an Átha | 349 | +7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Bunclody Community College | 310 | +42% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| F.C.J. Secondary School | 1,075 | +15% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 706 | +15% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Good Counsel College | 744 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Kennedy College | 188 | +14% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Bridgetown College | 631 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 437 | +18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Creagh College | 1,061 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School | 173 | −42% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Gorey Community School | 1,546 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Gorey Educate Together Secondary School | 323 | – | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Ramsgrange Community School | 636 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 35 km |
Living in Enniscorthy
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Homes in the Y21 Eircode area
Housing in Enniscorthy →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 Enniscorthy
Cost of living in Enniscorthy →New tenancies in Enniscorthy averaged €1,079 a month in 2025, against €1,015 in 2024 (+6%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Enniscorthy, Y21 XW97
Post-primary schools near Meanscoil Gharman
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Meanscoil Gharman
Is Meanscoil Gharman 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 Meanscoil Gharman have?
205 pupils in 2025/26. That is −19% since 2019/20.
Does Meanscoil Gharman teach through Irish?
Yes: every subject at Meanscoil Gharman is taught through Irish.
Who runs Meanscoil Gharman?
Meanscoil Gharman has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is An Foras Pátrúnachta.
How do pupils get a place at Meanscoil Gharman?
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 Meanscoil Gharman?
The nearest are St. Mary's C.B.S. (2.8 km), Coláiste Bríde (3.3 km) and Enniscorthy Community College (4.5 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 Enniscorthy; 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).