Coláiste Chríost Rí
Capwell Road,, Turners Cross,, Cork. · T12 YF83 · Roll number 62560O
Coláiste Chríost Rí is one of 24 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Turner's Cross. Every school in and around Turner's Cross →
What stands out about Coláiste Chríost Rí
- 502 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−13%).
- Some subjects are taught through Irish.
- 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 Presentation Brothers Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Chríost Rí had 502 pupils in 2025/26, down from 654 in 2015/16 (−23%). 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 Coláiste Chríost Rí
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 Coláiste Chríost Rí 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 Coláiste Chríost Rí
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 Coláiste Chríost Rí
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Chríost Rí 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: Coláiste Chríost Rí has shrunk by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Turner's Cross together changed by +0%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Coláiste Chríost Rí. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −13%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | ||
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 0.5 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 0.6 km | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.6 km |
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 1 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.2 km |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 1.5 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 1.6 km | |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.7 km | |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 1.9 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.1 km |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.2 km |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.4 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 3.6 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.2 km |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.5 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 6.5 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.2 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 8 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 8.1 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.4 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.6 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 13 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 20 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 26 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 30 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| De La Salle College | 409 | +11% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Nagle Rice Secondary School | 260 | +39% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 568 | +7% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 41 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 41 km |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 41 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 46 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 48 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 51 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 53 km | |
| Scoil na mBráithre Chríostaí | 313 | +11% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 322 | +10% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Skibbereen Community School | 956 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 66 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 72 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 85 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 103 km |
Living in Turner's Cross
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the T12 Eircode area
Housing in Turner's Cross →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 Turner's Cross
Cost of living in Turner's Cross →New tenancies in Turner's Cross 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 ↗Turner's Cross, T12 YF83
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Chríost Rí
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Chríost Rí
Is Coláiste Chríost Rí 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 Coláiste Chríost Rí have?
502 pupils in 2025/26. That is −13% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Chríost Rí teach through Irish?
In part: some subjects are taught through Irish.
Who runs Coláiste Chríost Rí?
Coláiste Chríost Rí has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Presentation Brothers Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Chríost Rí?
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 Coláiste Chríost Rí?
The nearest are Coláiste Daibhéid (0.5 km), Christ King Girls' Secondary School (0.6 km) and Coláiste Éamann Rís (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 Turner's Cross; 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).