St Wolstan's Community School
Clane Rd, Kildare
Key facts
- Girls
- Pupils enrolled
- 846 larger than the median Irish post-primary school (585 pupils)
- Ethos
- Inter Denominational
- Teaching through Irish
- No subjects taught through Irish
- Roll number
- 91505T the Department of Education reference for this school
School details
Location
About
St. Wolstan's Community School is a girls' secondary school on the Clane Road in Celbridge, County Kildare. Enrolment is approximately 846 students. The school operates under the trusteeship of Le Chéile, KWETB and the Archbishop of Dublin. It offers the Junior Cycle, Transition Year, LCVP and Senior Cycle programmes. A wellbeing programme for Junior Cycle students includes Physical Education, SPHE and CSPE. The school provides a range of extracurricular activities including basketball, camogie, athletics, Gaelic football, hockey, rugby and badminton. Student support services include guidance counselling, a student support team and learning support. The school also has a library, a homework club and an after-school supervised study programme.
Applying to St Wolstan's Community School
For a September 2027 place, a school's formal admissions process cannot begin before 1 October 2026. The school sets its own opening and closing dates in its annual admission notice.
National term dates 2026/27
Irish schools follow a standardised school year, so these nationwide post-primary school dates apply broadly to St Wolstan's Community School. Individual schools set their own discretionary closure days, confirm exact dates with the school.
- October Mid-Term Break: Mon 26 Oct – Fri 30 Oct 2026
- Christmas Holidays: Wed 23 Dec 2026 – Tue 5 Jan 2027
- February Mid-Term Break: Mon 15 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027 (primary schools: Thu 18 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027)
- Easter Holidays: Mon 22 Mar – Sun 4 Apr 2027
Primary schools close for the last two days of the February mid-term week and may use discretionary days to take the full week, so their break can be shorter than post-primary schools'.
Frequently asked questions about St Wolstan's Community School
How many pupils attend St Wolstan's Community School?
St Wolstan's Community School has 846 pupils enrolled. That makes it larger than the median Irish post-primary school, which has 585 pupils.
Is St Wolstan's Community School a DEIS school?
No. St Wolstan's Community School is not part of DEIS, the Department of Education programme of additional supports for schools serving communities at risk of educational disadvantage. Not holding DEIS status says nothing about how good a school is, only about the profile of the community it serves.
What is the ethos of St Wolstan's Community School?
St Wolstan's Community School has an Inter Denominational ethos. It is a girls' post-primary school.