Coachford College

Coachford College is a post primary school located in Coachford, County Cork, Ireland. Situated in the Lee Valley, 22 km west of Cork city, the catchment area stretches from Kanturk to Bandon, and from Ballincollig to Macroom. Coachford College is part of Cork Education and Training Board (ETB).^[1] As of 2017, there were over 610 students enrolled in the school,^[2] increasing to 841 students by 2023.^[3]

Coachford College
The grounds of Coachford College
Location
Coachford, County Cork P12 DY92 Ireland
Coordinates	51.9120°N 8.7932°W / 51.9120; -8.7932
Information
Type	Secondary school
Founded	1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Principal	Áine Máire Ní Fhaoláin
Enrollment	841 (2023)
Website	coachfordcollege.ie
Last updated: 29 Aug 2020

Sports Hall at Coachford College

Enrolment

Enrolment in Coachford College is in accordance with their admissions policy.^[4] Coachford College is the sole provider in the catchment boundary area and most students from primary schools in the area attend Coachford College. 114 students started in Coachford College in September 2015,^[5] 134 starting in Sept 2016, 137 starting in Sept 2017, 142 students starting in Sept 2018, 152 students starting in 2019.^[6]

In 2015, additional school developments were announced for Coachford College to accommodate 1000 students.^[7][8] A temporary accommodation block of seven classrooms opened in May 2021,^{[citation needed]} and funding was allocated in 2020 for the construction of a new school building.^[9]

The school uses Google Classroom,^[10] and also uses VSWare to assist parents in accessing student attendance and academic progress.^[11]

Activities

In sport, male students have the option of playing hurling, football or volleyball, while female students can play camogie, basketball, volleyball or ladies football. The school also has/had an equestrian team, a golf team, athletics team as well as a frisbee team.^[12] while volleyball made a debut for both boys and girls.^{[13][better source needed]}

Alumni

• Liam Miller (1981–2018), professional footballer; Celtic F.C.^[14]