Blessington Community College
Naas Rd, Blessington, Co Wicklow · W91 RD30 · Roll number 70760S
Blessington Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Blessington. Every school in and around Blessington →
What stands out about Blessington Community College
- 737 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 737 pupils, 44% more than the 511 of 2019/20.
- 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 Blessington or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Blessington Community College had 737 pupils in 2025/26, against 393 in 2015/16 (+88%). Girls are 53% of them. Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Blessington 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 Blessington 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 Blessington 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 Blessington Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Blessington 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Blessington Community College has grown by 44% since 2019/20. All the schools around Blessington together changed by +8%.
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, 5 have more pupils than Blessington Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +44%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington Community College | 737 | +44% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 10 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Wicklow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Kevin's Community College | 829 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| St. Gerard's School | 623 | +13% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Kilian's Community School | 427 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Chonglais | 452 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 324 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 747 | +0% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Raithín | 326 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 29 km | |
| Presentation College | 667 | +4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Temple Carrig Secondary School | 931 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 30 km | |
| Greystones Community College | 765 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 32 km | |
| St David's Holy Faith Secondary | 792 | +37% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Colaiste Chraobh Abhann | 778 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Avondale Community College | 644 | +20% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| Coláiste Chill Mhantáin | 995 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| East Glendalough School | 365 | −1% | Church of Ireland | English | 38 km | |
| Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School | 404 | +963% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Dominican College | 461 | −0% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste na Mara | 279 | +2% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| Glenart College | 633 | +52% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 48 km |
| Arklow CBS | 392 | +5% | Catholic | English | 48 km | |
| St Marys College | 527 | −5% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Coláiste Bhríde Carnew | 836 | −4% | Multi-denominational | English | 51 km |
Living in Blessington
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the W91 Eircode area
Housing in Blessington →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 Blessington
Cost of living in Blessington →New tenancies in Blessington averaged €1,610 a month in 2025, against €1,595 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Blessington, W91 RD30
Post-primary schools near Blessington 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 Blessington Community College
Is Blessington 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 Blessington Community College have?
737 pupils in 2025/26. That is +44% since 2019/20.
Does Blessington Community College teach through Irish?
No: Blessington Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Blessington Community College?
Blessington Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kildare & Wicklow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Blessington 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 Blessington Community College?
The nearest are Piper's Hill College (9.1 km), Meánscoil Iognáid Ris (9.6 km) and Coláiste Naomh Mhuire (10 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 Blessington; 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).