Fewer single-sex secondaries around Riverstown than around Co. Cork’s towns or Irish towns: 0%
In the comparison, Riverstown comes below both Co. Cork’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (39%). Families in Riverstown have 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 special schools within 3 km, teaching 4,146 pupils. 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 Riverstown’s schools
More all-Irish schools than most places
Families here have more choice of a school that teaches every subject through Irish than in most of Ireland, where 8% of schools do. They are Colaiste An Phiarsaigh (578), Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil (381) and Scoil na nOg (32). Language ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 32 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Glanmire Community College (0.8 km), Colaiste An Phiarsaigh (1.9 km) and Mayfield Community School (4.3 km). Post-primary choices ↓
Few schools in DEIS
DEIS, which gives schools in disadvantaged areas more teachers and money, includes just 1 of the 12 schools here, against 30% of schools across Ireland. The one in DEIS: Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin (304). Who goes there ↓
Drawn from the Department of Education’s lists; none of it judges how well a school teaches.
Teaching through Irish in and around Riverstown
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
3 of Riverstown’s 12 schools teach every subject through Irish: Scoil na nOg, Colaiste An Phiarsaigh and Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil.
Where the 12 schools in and around Riverstown 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 Riverstown’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.
Who Riverstown’s schools serve
Shares of the pupils at the area’s schools, beside 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 Riverstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 7% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 24% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 47% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 7% | 6% |
Around Riverstown, 7% of pupils attend a school in DEIS; across Ireland it is 27%, and 18% in Co. Cork. Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 0% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin, with 304 pupils.
Each of the 12 schools
| School | Pupils | Girls | DEIS | All-Irish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown N.S.Primary | 666 | 47% | ||
| Glanmire Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | 1,141 | 46% | ||
| S.N. Cill RuadhainPrimary | 359 | 43% | ||
| Scoil na nOgPrimary | 32 | 59% | ✓ | |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | 578 | 54% | ✓ | |
| Lower Glanmire N.S.Primary | 151 | 46% | ||
| Upper Glanmire N.S.Primary | 284 | 49% | ||
| Scoil TriestSpecial | 72 | 25% | ||
| Gaelscoil Ui DrisceoilPrimary | 381 | 55% | ✓ | |
| Cara Junior SchoolSpecial | 72 | 19% | ||
| Scoil Mhuire agus EoinPrimary | 304 | 46% | ✓ | |
| St Killians Spec SchSpecial | 106 | 34% |
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 Riverstown’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
10 of Riverstown’s 12 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (6), Gaelachas Teo (2) and Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'Shea (2). 1 of the 12 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 5 patrons of Riverstown’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Bishop of Cork & Ross is patron of 6 of the 12 schools around Riverstown, which teach 45% of their pupils; 5 patrons run them in all. An Education and Training Board runs one of them.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossRiverstown, S.N. Cill Ruadhain, Scoil Mhuire agus Eoin, Upper Glanmire, Lower Glanmire, St Killians Spec Sch | Catholic | 6 | 1,870 |
| Gaelachas TeoColaiste An Phiarsaigh, Scoil na nOg | Catholic | 2 | 610 |
| Brothers of Charity (Southern Services) Brother John O'SheaScoil Triest, Cara Junior School | Catholic | 2 | 144 |
| Cork ETBGlanmire | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,141 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil Ui Drisceoil | Multi-denominational | 1 | 381 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Riverstown
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
Between 2019/20 and now, 3 of the 9 grew by 5% or more and 5 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
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 12 schools in and around Riverstown
Each school in or within 3 km of Riverstown 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 Riverstown’s schools
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate: every school’s reports linked, none rated
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.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 12 schools below each link their own.
| School | Reports on gov.ie |
|---|---|
| Riverstown N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Glanmire Community CollegePost-primary · ETB | Inspection reports ↗ |
| S.N. Cill RuadhainPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil na nOgPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Lower Glanmire N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Upper Glanmire N.S.Primary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil TriestSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Gaelscoil Ui DrisceoilPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Cara Junior SchoolSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
| Scoil Mhuire agus EoinPrimary | Inspection reports ↗ |
| St Killians Spec SchSpecial | Inspection reports ↗ |
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Riverstown
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Families in Riverstown have 32 post-primary schools within 10 km: 22 voluntary secondary schools, 6 ETB schools, 3 community schools and one comprehensive school. 14 of them are single-sex, 9 for girls and 5 for boys. Fees are charged at 3 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 | 0.8 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 1.9 km |
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 4.3 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 4.7 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 4.9 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 5 km |
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 5.2 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 5.8 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 6.2 km |
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 6.2 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 6.3 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 6.4 km |
All 32 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 6.6 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 6.6 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 6.7 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 6.7 km |
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 6.8 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 6.8 km |
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 7 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 7.1 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 7.4 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 7.4 km |
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 7.5 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 7.5 km |
| Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 692 | 7.5 km |
| Coláiste an Chroí NaofaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 461 | 7.6 km |
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 8.2 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 8.3 km |
| St Peter's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 354 | 8.5 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post PrimaryETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 9.3 km |
| St Aloysius CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 765 | 9.6 km |
| Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 811 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Riverstown
3 special schools serve the area: Scoil Triest, Cara Junior School and St Killians Spec Sch, 250 pupils between them. 5 of the 7 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.
Riverstown beside the 89 other Irish towns of 2,600 to 4,900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duleek | 4,899 | 4 | 957 | 0 | 50% | 6.8 km |
| … | ||||||
| Stamullen | 3,720 | 3 | 1,043 | 0 | 0% | 2.1 km |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 48 | 15,810 | 6 | 46% | 0.8 km |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 77 | 23,441 | 7 | 48% | 0.5 km |
| Cahir | 3,679 | 2 | 1,300 | 0 | 50% | 0.6 km |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 12 | 4,146 | 3 | 8% | 0.8 km |
| Enfield | 3,663 | 4 | 1,342 | 0 | 0% | 0.7 km |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 29 | 9,896 | 3 | 55% | 0.9 km |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 58 | 19,071 | 2 | 57% | 0.4 km |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 5 | 1,475 | 0 | 20% | 3.6 km |
| … | ||||||
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 3 | 912 | 0 | 0% | 0.2 km |
Of these 89 other towns, 44 count more pupils at their schools than Riverstown. Within 3 km, 57 of these 90 towns have a school teaching through Irish.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Riverstown
Pupils every September at the schools in or within 3 km of the town, each counted at today’s site.
The schools in and around Riverstown had 4,072 pupils in 2015/16 and 4,146 in 2025/26. St Killians Spec Sch grew most: +31% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Riverstown
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 Riverstown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown | 12 | 4,146 | 3 | 8% | 0.8 km |
| Glanmire 1.6 km | 27 | 7,395 | 5 | 26% | 0.9 km |
| Ballyvolane 2.5 km | 60 | 16,728 | 8 | 45% | 1.9 km |
| Mayfield 4 km | 65 | 19,177 | 6 | 45% | 0.3 km |
| Tivoli 4.1 km | 76 | 23,233 | 10 | 45% | 1 km |
| Glounthaune 4.4 km | 32 | 10,210 | 4 | 19% | 3.7 km |
| Montenotte 4.7 km | 70 | 20,121 | 8 | 49% | 0.5 km |
Tivoli has the most schools teaching through Irish nearby: 10. Since 2019/20 the pupils around Riverstown changed by −1%; among its neighbours, Glounthaune’s grew most (+10%) and Ballyvolane’s least (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Riverstown 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 Riverstown
How many schools are there in Riverstown?
In Riverstown or within 3 km of it: 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 3 special schools, with 4,146 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Riverstown that teach through Irish?
Yes, 3: Scoil na nOg, Colaiste An Phiarsaigh and Gaelscoil Ui Drisceoil teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Riverstown?
No: all 2 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Riverstown?
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 Riverstown?
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).