Borris College
Borris, Co Carlow · R95 Y778 · Roll number 70400L
Borris College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Borris. Every school in and around Borris →
What stands out about Borris College
- 558 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Kilkenny & Carlow ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Borris or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Borris College had 558 pupils in 2025/26, against 506 in 2015/16 (+10%). Girls are 47% of them. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Borris 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 Borris 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 Borris 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 Borris College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Borris 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: Borris College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+5%). All the schools around Borris 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, 2 have more pupils than Borris College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +5%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borris College | 558 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Duiske College | 141 | −5% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Coláiste Aindriú | 142 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Presentation / De La Salle College | 769 | +5% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Grennan College | 334 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Bunclody Community College | 310 | +42% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| F.C.J. Secondary School | 1,075 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km |
The other 8 post-primary schools in Co. Carlow
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall College | 1,048 | +96% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Tullow Community School | 901 | +27% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach | 342 | −7% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 27 km | |
| Presentation College | 801 | −0% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St. Leo's College | 842 | −18% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| St Mary's Academy CBS | 367 | −26% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| St Mary's Knockbeg College | 515 | +17% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 358 | +58% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km |
Living in Borris
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R95 Eircode area
Housing in Borris →The median sale price rose from €289,400 in 2023 to €351,700 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R95 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Carlow
Cost of living in Borris →New tenancies in Co. Carlow averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,199 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Borris, R95 Y778
Post-primary schools near Borris College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Borris College
Is Borris 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 Borris College have?
558 pupils in 2025/26. That is +5% since 2019/20.
Does Borris College teach through Irish?
No: Borris College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Borris College?
Borris College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Kilkenny & Carlow ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Borris 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 Borris College?
The nearest are Duiske College (6.9 km), Coláiste Aindriú (12 km) and Presentation / De La Salle College (12 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 Borris; 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).