Presentation Secondary School
Joe Murphy Road, Ballyphehane, Cork · T12 YH04 · Roll number 62693K
Presentation Secondary School 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 Presentation Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 190 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 190 pupils, 18% fewer than the 233 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.
- 165 girls and 25 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Presentation Secondary School had 190 pupils in 2025/26, down from 273 in 2015/16 (−30%). Girls are 87% of them. Its roll rose in 2 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Presentation 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 Presentation 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 Presentation 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 Presentation Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Presentation 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Presentation Secondary School has shrunk by 18% 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, 5 have more pupils than Presentation Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −18%; 5 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Secondary School | 190 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís | 811 | +149% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.8 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary School | 700 | −10% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 502 | −13% | Catholic | Some subjects in Irish | 1.2 km | |
| St Aloysius School | 323 | +5% | Catholic | English | 1.3 km | |
| Coláiste Daibhéid | 151 | −28% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Presentation Brothers College | 692 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.6 km |
The other 78 post-primary schools in Co. Cork
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton School | 539 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 2.1 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 432 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| St. Angela's College | 606 | +4% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Christian Brothers College | 919 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.3 km | |
| Regina Mundi College | 564 | −0% | Catholic | English | 2.4 km | |
| St Vincent's Secondary School | 283 | +39% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Douglas Community School | 605 | +19% | Inter-denominational | English | 2.5 km | |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary School | 403 | +54% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.6 km | |
| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh | 715 | +1% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| North Monastery Secondary School | 271 | −22% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| Mount Mercy College | 811 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2.7 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire | 690 | +20% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community College | 302 | +81% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Patricks College | 218 | −14% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Nano Nagle College | 161 | −18% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.2 km |
| Bishopstown Community School | 306 | +0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Mayfield Community School | 362 | +28% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Aidan's Community College | 309 | −23% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| Ursuline College Blackrock | 352 | +45% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| Nagle Community College | 315 | +61% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.2 km |
| Colaiste An Phiarsaigh | 578 | +6% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.7 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 1,357 | −0% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 7 km | |
| St Francis Capuchin College | 730 | −5% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire gan Smal | 1,124 | +40% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui Leighin | 302 | +156% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 8.3 km | |
| Glanmire Community College | 1,141 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.3 km | |
| Ballincollig Community School | 987 | +20% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Le Cheile Secondary School Ballincollig | 254 | – | Catholic | English | 8.6 km | |
| Carrigaline Community School | 1,072 | −2% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| St Peter's Community School | 354 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.7 km | |
| Edmund Rice College | 580 | +73% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste an Chroí Naofa | 461 | −15% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Muire | 709 | +6% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Carrignafoy Community College | 322 | +0% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 14 km |
| Carrigtwohill Post Primary | 912 | +237% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| St Aloysius College | 765 | −1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Colaiste Muire | 523 | +16% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Kinsale Community School | 1,450 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 20 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 957 | +13% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| St Mary's High School | 762 | +6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Midleton College | 498 | +15% | Church of Ireland | English | 21 km | |
| St Colman's Community College | 1,171 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 22 km |
| Coachford College | 848 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St. Brogan's College | 905 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Coláiste na Toirbhirte | 456 | −8% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Árdscoil Uí Urmoltaigh | 399 | +1% | Catholic | English | 24 km | |
| Bandon Grammar School | 712 | +5% | Church of Ireland | English | 25 km | |
| Davis College | 1,033 | +26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| Patrician Academy | 568 | +1% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 749 | +6% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste an Chraoibhín | 918 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Coláiste Cholmáin | 716 | +39% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 729 | +18% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St Mary'S Secondary School | 431 | +33% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| McEgan College | 289 | +60% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 33 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 | 40 km | |
| Clonakilty Community College | 696 | +17% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 40 km | |
| Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire | 589 | +34% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| Pobalscoil na Tríonóide | 1,086 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 42 km | |
| Coláiste Treasa | 647 | +18% | Multi-denominational | English | 44 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 271 | −7% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Christian Brothers Secondary School | 410 | +27% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 342 | +9% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Coláiste Fionnchua | 449 | +63% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| Millstreet Community School | 359 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 45 km | |
| Colaiste Ghobnatan | 212 | −8% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 47 km | |
| Maria Immaculata Community College | 642 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | 48 km | |
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | 551 | +70% | Inter-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Mount St Michael | 403 | +30% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 109 | +11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 52 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 | 65 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí | 752 | +11% | Inter-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 71 km | |
| Schull Community College | 359 | −7% | Inter-denominational | English | 84 km | |
| Beara Community School | 308 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 102 km |
Living in Turner's Cross
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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 YH04
Post-primary schools near Presentation 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 Presentation Secondary School
Is Presentation 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 Presentation Secondary School have?
190 pupils in 2025/26. That is −18% since 2019/20.
Does Presentation Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Presentation Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Presentation Secondary School?
Presentation Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Presentation 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 Presentation Secondary School?
The nearest are Coláiste Éamann Rís (0.8 km), Christ King Girls' Secondary School (1.1 km) and Coláiste Chríost Rí (1.2 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).