Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of the schools around Glounthaune are in DEIS than around Co. Cork’s towns or Irish towns: 19%
Measured that way, Glounthaune is below both Co. Cork’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). In or within 3 km of Glounthaune, they have 10,210 pupils in all. With no school results published in Ireland, and the Education Act 1998 restricting comparisons of them, these schools are described, not graded or ranked.
Counted from the Department of Education’s 2025/26 lists: every school in the town or within 3 km of it, against every school in Ireland.
What stands out about Glounthaune’s schools
A wide choice at twelve
30 post-primary schools lie within 10 km, so families here have a real choice at twelve; each admits on its own policy. The nearest: Glanmire Community College (3.6 km), Colaiste An Phiarsaigh (4 km) and Nagle Community College (4.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Facts from the Department of Education’s lists; nothing here judges how well a school teaches.
Where the 32 schools in and around Glounthaune are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Glounthaune’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Glounthaune
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
4 of Glounthaune’s 32 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil, Scoil na nOg and Gaelscoil Mhachan.
Who Glounthaune’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against Co. Cork’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Glounthaune | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 15% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 11% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 45% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 7% | 6% |
DEIS schools teach 15% of the pupils around Glounthaune, a smaller share than Ireland’s 27% (Co. Cork: 18%). Furthest from Ireland’s mix is the share of post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools: 0% here against 6%. The biggest school in DEIS is Ursuline College Blackrock (352 pupils).
Each of the 32 schools
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
Who runs Glounthaune’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
24 of Glounthaune’s 32 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (15), Cork ETB (6) and Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'Shea (3). 6 of the 32 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 10 patrons of Glounthaune’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
10 patrons run the 32 schools around Glounthaune; the largest, Bishop of Cork & Ross, has 15 of them and 41% of the pupils. The local Education and Training Board runs 7.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossRiverstown, Scoil Phadraig Naofa, Glounthaune Mixed, S.N. Cill Ruadhain, Star of the Sea Primary School, S.N. Barra Naofa Cailini, Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin, S.N. Barra Naofa Bhuach, Scoil na Croise Naofa, Scoil Ursula, Lower Glanmire, Knockraha, Little Island, Gaelscoil Mhachan, School of the Divine Child | Catholic | 15 | 4,158 |
| Cork ETBGlanmire, Carrigtwohill Post Primary, Carrigtwohill Community, Nagle, Rochestown Community Special School, East Cork Community Special School | Inter-denominational, Catholic, Multi-denominational | 6 | 2,898 |
| Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'SheaSt Marys Spec Sch, Scoil Triest, Cara Junior School | Catholic | 3 | 229 |
| Gaelachas TeoColaiste An Phiarsaigh, Scoil na nOg | Catholic | 2 | 610 |
| Capuchin Franciscan Order (Provincial Council)St Francis Capuchin College | Catholic | 1 | 730 |
| Bishop of CloyneScoil Mhuire Naofa | Catholic | 1 | 396 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ui Drisceoil | Multi-denominational | 1 | 381 |
| Cork ETB & Religious Sisters of MercySt Peter's | Inter-denominational | 1 | 354 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustUrsuline College Blackrock | Catholic | 1 | 352 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COIScoil Naomh Micheal | Church of Ireland | 1 | 102 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Glounthaune
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Since 2019/20, 11 of these 26 schools have grown by 5% or more and 10 have shrunk as much; across Ireland the number of pupils changed by +5%.
All 26 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 32 schools in and around Glounthaune
Each school in or within 3 km of Glounthaune links to a page of its own. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Inspection reports for Glounthaune’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 32 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Glounthaune
Post-primary schools within 10 km of the town; children move at about twelve, and families apply to each school
Within 10 km of Glounthaune there are 30 post-primary schools: 20 voluntary secondary schools, 6 ETB schools, 3 community schools and one comprehensive school. 12 of them are single-sex, 8 for girls and 4 for boys. Fees are charged at 2 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 3 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,141 | 3.6 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 4 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 4.9 km |
| St Peter's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 354 | 5.2 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post PrimaryETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 5.3 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 5.4 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 5.5 km |
| St Aloysius CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 765 | 5.6 km |
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 7.1 km |
| Coláiste MuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 709 | 7.2 km |
| Carrignafoy Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 322 | 7.4 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 7.8 km |
All 30 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 7.9 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 7.9 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 7.9 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 8.3 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 8.4 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 8.8 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 8.8 km |
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 8.9 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 8.9 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 8.9 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 9 km |
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 9.5 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 9.5 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 9.6 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 9.6 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 9.9 km |
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 9.9 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 10 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Glounthaune
6 special schools serve the area: Scoil Triest, Rochestown Community Special School, St Marys Spec Sch, East Cork Community Special School, Cara Junior School and School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa), 362 pupils between them. 15 of the 19 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Glounthaune beside the 101 other Irish towns of 3,500 to 6,800 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christchurch | 6,778 | 119 | 29,651 | 8 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Knockrea | 5,228 | 84 | 24,668 | 9 | 49% | 0.3 km |
| Ballybeg | 5,226 | 32 | 12,349 | 1 | 41% | 1.1 km |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 4 | 1,339 | 0 | 75% | 0.5 km |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 6 | 2,124 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 km |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 32 | 10,210 | 4 | 19% | 3.7 km |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | 4,948 | 33 | 11,452 | 5 | 33% | 0.2 km |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 58 | 17,368 | 5 | 55% | 0.4 km |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 5 | 1,405 | 0 | 80% | 0.3 km |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 4 | 957 | 0 | 50% | 6.8 km |
| … | ||||||
| Shandon | 3,539 | 63 | 19,030 | 5 | 52% | 0.4 km |
Of the other 101 towns, 52 have more pupils at the schools around them than Glounthaune. 79 of the 102 towns have an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Glounthaune
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Glounthaune had 8,411 pupils in 2015/16 and 10,210 in 2025/26. Carrigtwohill Post Primary grew most: +237% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Glounthaune
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Glounthaune
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glounthaune | 32 | 10,210 | 4 | 19% | 3.7 km |
| Glanmire 3.3 km | 27 | 7,395 | 5 | 26% | 0.9 km |
| Riverstown 4.4 km | 12 | 4,146 | 3 | 8% | 0.8 km |
| Passage West-Monkstown 5.1 km | 16 | 4,438 | 0 | 6% | 0.1 km |
| Mahon 5.4 km | 63 | 18,590 | 8 | 30% | 0.4 km |
| Carrigtwohill 5.5 km | 6 | 2,782 | 0 | 0% | 0.2 km |
| Ballyvolane 6.2 km | 60 | 16,728 | 8 | 45% | 1.9 km |
Mahon has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 8. Of Glounthaune’s neighbours, Carrigtwohill saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+24%) and Passage West-Monkstown the least (−3%); Glounthaune itself: +10%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Glounthaune or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Glounthaune
How many schools are there in Glounthaune?
In Glounthaune or within 3 km of it: 19 primary schools, 7 secondary schools and 6 special schools, with 10,210 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Glounthaune that teach through Irish?
Yes, 4: Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil, Scoil na nOg and Gaelscoil Mhachan teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Glounthaune?
No: all 7 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Glounthaune?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Glounthaune?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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).