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Scoil Chonglais

Post-primary · ETBMulti-denominational

Baltinglass, Co Wicklow · W91 H5XC · Roll number 70750P

Scoil Chonglais is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Baltinglass. Every school in and around Baltinglass →

Pupils
452
September, 2025/26
232 girls, 220 boys
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 499 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Multi-denominational
Patron: Kildare & Wicklow ETB
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Scoil Chonglais

  • 452 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−9%).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
  • Its patron is the Kildare & Wicklow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
  • The only post-primary school in Baltinglass or within 3 km of it.

Pupils over time

2015/16 to 2025/26

Scoil Chonglais had 452 pupils in 2025/26, down from 552 in 2015/16 (−18%). Girls are 51% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.

02004006002015/162018/192021/222025/26PupilsGirls

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Scoil Chonglais

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 Scoil Chonglais 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Scoil Chonglais

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 in

Getting a place at Scoil Chonglais

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Scoil Chonglais 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.

Pupils
452
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
−9%
from 499 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Scoil Chonglais has shrunk by 9% since 2019/20. All the schools around Baltinglass together changed by −1%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Scoil Chonglais−9%
The post-primary schools around Baltinglass−9%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The 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, 4 have more pupils than Scoil Chonglais. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.

Scoil Chonglais452
Colaiste Lorcain334
St Kevin's829
Coláiste Eoin358
Tullow901
St Mary's Knockbeg College515
Presentation College801
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Scoil Chonglais452−9%Multi-denominationalEnglish
Colaiste Lorcain334−18%Inter-denominationalEnglish9.7 km
St Kevin's Community College829+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Coláiste Eoin358+58%Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Tullow Community School901+27%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Mary's Knockbeg College515+17%CatholicEnglish18 km
Presentation College801−0%CatholicEnglish18 km
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Wicklow
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Blessington Community College737+44%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Coláiste Bhríde Carnew836−4%Multi-denominationalEnglish29 km
Avondale Community College644+20%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓31 km
Glenart College633+52%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Gaelcholáiste na Mara279+2%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish39 km
Arklow CBS392+5%CatholicEnglish39 km
St Marys College527−5%CatholicEnglish40 km
Coláiste Chill Mhantáin995+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓43 km
East Glendalough School365−1%Church of IrelandEnglish44 km
Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School404+963%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓44 km
Dominican College461−0%CatholicEnglish45 km
Colaiste Chraobh Abhann778+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish46 km
St. Kilian's Community School427−4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓47 km
Greystones Community College765–Multi-denominationalEnglish47 km
Temple Carrig Secondary School931+15%Church of IrelandEnglish48 km
St. Gerard's School623+13%CatholicEnglish48 km
St David's Holy Faith Secondary792+37%CatholicEnglish49 km
Presentation College667+4%CatholicEnglish49 km
Loreto Secondary School747+0%CatholicEnglish49 km
North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School324+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish50 km
Coláiste Raithín326+11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish50 km
Living nearby

Living in Baltinglass

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€310,000
148 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,498
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the W91 Eircode area

Housing in Baltinglass →

The median sale price rose from €410,000 in 2023 to €435,000 in 2025 (+6%).

2023€410,000
2024€425,100
2025€435,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€463,300
Second-hand homes€386,300

Property Price Register sales in the W91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Baltinglass

Cost of living in Baltinglass →

New tenancies in Baltinglass averaged €1,498 a month in 2025, against €1,256 in 2024 (+19%).

2024€1,256
2025€1,498

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Baltinglass, W91 H5XC

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Scoil Chonglais

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Scoil Chonglais

Is Scoil Chonglais 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 Scoil Chonglais have?

452 pupils in 2025/26. That is −9% since 2019/20.

Does Scoil Chonglais teach through Irish?

No: Scoil Chonglais teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Scoil Chonglais?

Scoil Chonglais has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.

How do pupils get a place at Scoil Chonglais?

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 Scoil Chonglais?

The nearest are Colaiste Lorcain (9.7 km), St Kevin's Community College (13 km) and Coláiste Eoin (13 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 Baltinglass; 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).