Ursuline College Blackrock
Blackrock, Cork · T12 HR04 · Roll number 62650P
Ursuline College Blackrock is one of 18 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mahon. Every school in and around Mahon →
What stands out about Ursuline College Blackrock
- A small post-primary school: 352 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 352 pupils, 45% more than the 243 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.
- A girls’ school.
- 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
2015/16 to 2025/26Ursuline College Blackrock had 352 pupils in 2025/26, against 219 in 2015/16 (+61%). Its largest roll was 359, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Ursuline College Blackrock
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 Ursuline College Blackrock 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 Ursuline College Blackrock
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 Ursuline College Blackrock
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Ursuline College Blackrock 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 takes girls only. 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: Ursuline College Blackrock has grown by 45% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mahon together changed by +3%.
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 Ursuline College Blackrock. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +45%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1 km |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.5 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 2.8 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 3.2 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 3.4 km | |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 3.4 km | |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4 km | |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.5 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 4.5 km | |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.2 km | |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7.8 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 10 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 11 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 17 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 29 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 30 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 38 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 51 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 52 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 53 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 56 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 69 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 75 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 88 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 107 km |
Living in Mahon
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the T12 Eircode area
Housing in Mahon →The median sale price rose from €355,000 in 2023 to €412,200 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the T12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Mahon
Cost of living in Mahon →New tenancies in Mahon 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 ↗Mahon, T12 HR04
Post-primary schools near Ursuline College Blackrock
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Ursuline College Blackrock
Is Ursuline College Blackrock 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 Ursuline College Blackrock have?
352 pupils in 2025/26. That is +45% since 2019/20.
Does Ursuline College Blackrock teach through Irish?
No: Ursuline College Blackrock teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Ursuline College Blackrock?
Ursuline College Blackrock has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Ursuline College Blackrock?
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 Ursuline College Blackrock?
The nearest are Nagle Community College (1 km), Regina Mundi College (2.4 km) and Ashton School (2.5 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 Mahon; 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).