Virginia College
Virginia, Co Cavan · A82 X224 · Roll number 70390L
Virginia College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Virginia. Every school in and around Virginia →
What stands out about Virginia College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 809 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Cavan & Monaghan ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Virginia or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Virginia College had 809 pupils in 2025/26, against 680 in 2015/16 (+19%). Girls are 48% of them. Its largest roll was 844, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Virginia 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: Virginia College has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Virginia together changed by +11%.
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.
Virginia College has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia College | 809 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| St Clare's College | 578 | −6% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Oliver Post Primary | 630 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Bailieborough Community School | 754 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Eureka Secondary School | 735 | +5% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Ciaran's Community School | 619 | −4% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Coláiste Dún an Rí | 663 | +64% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km |
The other 7 post-primary schools in Co. Cavan
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal School Cavan | 386 | +66% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| St Aidans Comprehensive School | 654 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Breifne College | 906 | +23% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Patrick's College | 825 | +12% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Loreto College | 663 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Bricin's College | 281 | +53% | Multi-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| St. Mogue's College | 310 | +35% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 51 km |
Living in Virginia
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A82 Eircode area
Housing in Virginia →The median sale price rose from €240,000 in 2023 to €310,000 in 2025 (+29%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A82 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Virginia
Cost of living in Virginia →New tenancies in Virginia averaged €1,222 a month in 2025, against €1,160 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Virginia, A82 X224
Post-primary schools near Virginia College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Virginia College
Is Virginia 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 Virginia College have?
809 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Virginia College teach through Irish?
No: Virginia College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Virginia College?
Virginia College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Cavan & Monaghan ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Virginia 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 Virginia College?
The nearest are St Clare's College (8.3 km), St Oliver Post Primary (8.3 km) and Bailieborough Community School (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 Virginia; 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).