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Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholic

Innishmore, Ballincollig · P31 A072 · Roll number 68385G

Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig is one of 8 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballincollig. Every school in and around Ballincollig →

Pupils
254
September, 2025/26
121 girls, 133 boys
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Le Chéile Schools Trust
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

  • A small post-primary school: 254 pupils, against a typical 585.
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • On the lists since 2021/22: a new school, or a new roll after schools joined.
  • The smallest of the 8 post-primary schools around Ballincollig.
  • A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
  • Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.

Pupils over time

2021/22 to 2025/26

Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig had 254 pupils in 2025/26, against 18 in 2021/22 (+1,311%). Girls are 48% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 4 years.

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Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

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 Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

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 in

Getting a place at Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig 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.

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Each of the 6 nearest post-primary schools has more pupils than Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig.

Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig254
Ballincollig987
Coláiste Choilm1,357
Bishopstown306
Scoil Mhuire gan Smal1,124
Mount Mercy College811
Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh715
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig254–CatholicEnglish
Ballincollig Community School987+20%Inter-denominationalEnglish0.1 km
Coláiste Choilm1,357−0%Inter-denominationalIrish stream1.6 km
Bishopstown Community School306+0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓5.3 km
Scoil Mhuire gan Smal1,124+40%CatholicEnglish5.5 km
Mount Mercy College811+2%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh715+1%CatholicEnglish5.9 km
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Terence Mac Swiney Community College302+81%Inter-denominationalSome subjects in Irish✓7 km
Presentation Brothers College692−3%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
St Aloysius School323+5%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Nano Nagle College161−18%CatholicEnglish✓8.4 km
Presentation Secondary School190−18%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
North Monastery Secondary School271−22%CatholicEnglish✓8.6 km
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire690+20%CatholicAll in Irish✓8.6 km
St Vincent's Secondary School283+39%CatholicEnglish✓8.7 km
Coláiste Éamann Rís811+149%CatholicEnglish✓8.9 km
St. Angela's College606+4%CatholicEnglish9.2 km
Coláiste Daibhéid151−28%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓9.3 km
Scoil Mhuire432+2%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
Christian Brothers College919+1%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Coláiste Chríost Rí502−13%CatholicSome subjects in Irish9.5 km
Christ King Girls' Secondary School700−10%CatholicEnglish9.7 km
Cork Educate Together Secondary School403+54%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.9 km
St Aidan's Community College309−23%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓10 km
St Patricks College218−14%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Ashton School539+2%Church of IrelandEnglish10 km
Regina Mundi College564−0%CatholicEnglish11 km
Douglas Community School605+19%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Mayfield Community School362+28%Inter-denominationalSome subjects in Irish✓11 km
Ursuline College Blackrock352+45%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Coachford College848+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Nagle Community College315+61%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Coláiste an Chroí Naofa461−15%CatholicEnglish14 km
Colaiste An Phiarsaigh578+6%CatholicAll in Irish14 km
Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin302+156%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish16 km
Glanmire Community College1,141+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish16 km
St Francis Capuchin College730−5%CatholicEnglish16 km
Carrigaline Community School1,072−2%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Edmund Rice College580+73%CatholicEnglish18 km
St. Brogan's College905+50%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
St Peter's Community School354−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh399+1%CatholicEnglish19 km
Coláiste na Toirbhirte456−8%CatholicEnglish19 km
Bandon Grammar School712+5%Church of IrelandEnglish20 km
Kinsale Community School1,450+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish21 km
Coláiste Muire709+6%CatholicEnglish22 km
Carrignafoy Community College322+0%Multi-denominationalSome subjects in Irish✓22 km
Colaiste Muire523+16%CatholicEnglish23 km
Carrigtwohill Post Primary912+237%CatholicEnglish23 km
St Aloysius College765−1%CatholicEnglish24 km
St Mary'S Secondary School431+33%CatholicEnglish24 km
McEgan College289+60%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓25 km
De La Salle College409+11%CatholicEnglish25 km
Davis College1,033+26%Multi-denominationalSome subjects in Irish✓26 km
Patrician Academy568+1%CatholicEnglish28 km
St Mary's Secondary School749+6%CatholicEnglish28 km
Christian Brothers Secondary School957+13%CatholicEnglish30 km
St Mary's High School762+6%CatholicEnglish30 km
Midleton College498+15%Church of IrelandEnglish30 km
St Colman's Community College1,171+51%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓30 km
Coláiste an Chraoibhín918+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓35 km
Sacred Heart Secondary School568+7%CatholicEnglish35 km
Coláiste Cholmáin716+39%CatholicEnglish35 km
Loreto Secondary School729+18%CatholicEnglish35 km
Clonakilty Community College696+17%Inter-denominationalIrish stream35 km
Nagle Rice Secondary School260+39%CatholicEnglish37 km
Millstreet Community School359+9%Inter-denominationalEnglish37 km
Coláiste Treasa647+18%Multi-denominationalEnglish38 km
Colaiste Ghobnatan212−8%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish38 km
Scoil Mhuire271−7%CatholicEnglish38 km
Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire589+34%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓39 km
Maria Immaculata Community College642+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish40 km
Boherbue Comprehensive School551+70%Inter-denominationalEnglish43 km
Scoil Mhuire109+11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish44 km
Mount St Michael403+30%CatholicEnglish45 km
Christian Brothers Secondary School410+27%CatholicEnglish47 km
Presentation Secondary School342+9%CatholicEnglish48 km
Coláiste Fionnchua449+63%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓48 km
Pobalscoil na Tríonóide1,086+11%Inter-denominationalIrish stream50 km
Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí313+11%CatholicEnglish52 km
St. Mary's Secondary School322+10%CatholicEnglish52 km
Skibbereen Community School956+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish59 km
Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí752+11%Inter-denominationalSome subjects in Irish63 km
Schull Community College359−7%Inter-denominationalEnglish77 km
Beara Community School308−6%Inter-denominationalEnglish94 km
Living nearby

Living in Ballincollig

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€370,000
446 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€1,656
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the P31 Eircode area

Housing in Ballincollig →

The median sale price rose from €373,100 in 2023 to €442,000 in 2025 (+18%).

2023€373,100
2024€402,000
2025€442,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€455,500
Second-hand homes€365,500

Property Price Register sales in the P31 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Ballincollig

Cost of living in Ballincollig →

New tenancies in Ballincollig averaged €1,656 a month in 2025, against €1,558 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€1,558
2025€1,656

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Ballincollig, P31 A072

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

Questions about Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig

Is Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig 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 Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig have?

254 pupils in 2025/26.

Does Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig teach through Irish?

No: Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig?

Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.

How do pupils get a place at Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig?

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 Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig?

The nearest are Ballincollig Community School (0.1 km), Coláiste Choilm (1.6 km) and Bishopstown Community School (5.3 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 Ballincollig; 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).