Christian Brothers Secondary School
Castleredmond,, Midleton,, Co. Cork. · P25 C951 · Roll number 62360G
Christian Brothers Secondary School is one of 4 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Midleton. Every school in and around Midleton →
What stands out about Christian Brothers Secondary School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 957 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Christian Brothers Secondary School had 957 pupils in 2025/26, against 659 in 2015/16 (+45%). Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Christian Brothers 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 takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Christian Brothers Secondary School has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Midleton together changed by +6%.
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, 1 have more pupils than Christian Brothers Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | ||
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 0.1 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.4 km |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 0.9 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 9.9 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 16 km | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 18 km | |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 19 km |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 19 km | |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 20 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 21 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 21 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 23 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 27 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 28 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 40 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 44 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 50 km |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 55 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 58 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 58 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 61 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 64 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 67 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 68 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 68 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 69 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 73 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 85 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 92 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 104 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 123 km |
Living in Midleton
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Homes in the P25 Eircode area
Housing in Midleton →The median sale price rose from €320,000 in 2023 to €400,000 in 2025 (+25%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the P25 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Midleton
Cost of living in Midleton →New tenancies in Midleton averaged €1,374 a month in 2025, against €1,307 in 2024 (+5%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Midleton, P25 C951
Post-primary schools near Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers Secondary School
Is Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers Secondary School have?
957 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Christian Brothers Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Christian Brothers Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Christian Brothers Secondary School?
Christian Brothers Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Christian Brothers 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 Christian Brothers Secondary School?
The nearest are St Mary's High School (0.1 km), St Colman's Community College (0.4 km) and Midleton College (0.9 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 Midleton; 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).