North Monastery Secondary School
Our Lady's Mount, North Monastery Rd., Cork · T23 P825 · Roll number 62530F
North Monastery Secondary School is one of 20 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Farranree. Every school in and around Farranree →
What stands out about North Monastery Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 271 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 271 pupils, 22% fewer than the 346 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 38 girls and 233 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26North Monastery Secondary School had 271 pupils in 2025/26, down from 414 in 2015/16 (−35%). Girls are 14% of them. Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for North Monastery Secondary School
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 North Monastery Secondary School 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 North Monastery Secondary School
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 North Monastery Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to North Monastery Secondary School 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: North Monastery Secondary School has shrunk by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Farranree 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, 5 have more pupils than North Monastery Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −22%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.2 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 0.9 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.4 km | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 1.7 km |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 2.3 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 2.6 km |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.6 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.2 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.6 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.7 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 7.1 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 15 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 27 km |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 27 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 39 km |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 42 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 42 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 46 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 51 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 52 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 66 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 71 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 85 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 103 km |
Living in Farranree
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Homes in the T23 Eircode area
Housing in Farranree →The median sale price rose from €260,000 in 2023 to €360,000 in 2025 (+38%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T23 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Farranree
Cost of living in Farranree →New tenancies in Farranree averaged €1,701 a month in 2025, against €1,559 in 2024 (+9%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Farranree, T23 P825
Post-primary schools near North Monastery Secondary School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about North Monastery Secondary School
Is North Monastery Secondary School 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 North Monastery Secondary School have?
271 pupils in 2025/26. That is −22% since 2019/20.
Does North Monastery Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: North Monastery Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs North Monastery Secondary School?
North Monastery Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at North Monastery Secondary School?
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 North Monastery Secondary School?
The nearest are Gaelcholáiste Mhuire (0.1 km), St Vincent's Secondary School (0.2 km) and Nano Nagle College (0.6 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 Farranree; 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).