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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 →
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 2025/26Scoil 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.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
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.
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 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.
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
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, 4 have more pupils than Scoil Chonglais. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −9%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Chonglais | 452 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Kevin's Community College | 829 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Coláiste Eoin | 358 | +58% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Tullow Community School | 901 | +27% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington Community College | 737 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Bhríde Carnew | 836 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Avondale Community College | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Glenart College | 633 | +52% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Gaelcholáiste na Mara | 279 | +2% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 39 km | |
| Arklow CBS | 392 | +5% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| St Marys College | 527 | −5% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Chill Mhantáin | 995 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| East Glendalough School | 365 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 404 | +963% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Dominican College | 461 | −0% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Colaiste Chraobh Abhann | 778 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| St. Kilian's Community School | 427 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| Greystones Community College | 765 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 47 km | |
| Temple Carrig Secondary School | 931 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 48 km | |
| St. Gerard's School | 623 | +13% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St David's Holy Faith Secondary | 792 | +37% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Presentation College | 667 | +4% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 747 | +0% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 324 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Coláiste Raithín | 326 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 50 km |
Living in Baltinglass
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
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%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
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%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Baltinglass, W91 H5XC
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).