Photo: Guliolopez · CC BY-SA 4.0Turner's Cross has 3 fee-paying secondary schools in and around it
Around Turner's Cross, 44% of schools are in DEIS, above both Co. Cork’s towns (35%) and Irish towns (35%). 24,127 pupils go to the 46 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 7 special schools in or within 3 km of Turner's Cross. These schools are described rather than graded, because Ireland publishes no school results and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them.
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 Turner's Cross’s schools
Fee-paying secondary schools
Several of the secondary schools within reach charge fees; the others are free. Fee-paying schools are listed with the rest below, each with its own page. Fee-paying: Christian Brothers College (919), Presentation Brothers College (692) and Scoil Mhuire (432). Every school ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 37 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: Presentation Secondary School (0.3 km), Coláiste Éamann Rís (0.8 km) and Christ King Girls' Secondary School (0.8 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
The 77 schools in and around Turner's Cross
Each school in or within 3 km of Turner's Cross links to a page of its own. Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
Show all 46 primary schools
Where the 77 schools in and around Turner's Cross 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 Turner's Cross’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.
Teaching through Irish in and around Turner's Cross
Schools by the language they teach in; the black tick is Ireland’s share.
7 of Turner's Cross’s 77 schools teach every subject through Irish: Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Coláiste Daibhéid and Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu.
Who Turner's Cross’s schools serve
How the area’s pupils divide, against 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 Turner's Cross | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 36% | 18% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Girls | 51% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 62% | 33% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 18% | 7% | 6% |
36% of the pupils around Turner's Cross are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (18% in Co. Cork). Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at single-sex schools stand out most: 62% against 29%. The largest DEIS school here is Coláiste Éamann Rís, with 811 pupils.
Each of the 77 schools
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 Turner's Cross’s schools
Ethos as listed for 2025/26: each bar splits the schools by who runs them.
60 of Turner's Cross’s 77 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Bishop of Cork & Ross (41), CEIST (5) and Edmund Rice Schools Trust (4). 34 of the 77 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 18 patrons of Turner's Cross’s schools
Patrons own the schools and set their ethos; boards of management run them day to day.
The schools around Turner's Cross answer to 18 patrons, and Bishop of Cork & Ross leads with 41 of the 77 schools and 44% of their pupils. 6 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 3.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop of Cork & RossScoil Nioclais, S.N. Naomh Antaine, Bunscoil Chriost Ri, Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu, Scoil Naomh Caitriona, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal B, St Columbas, Scoil Naomh Brid C, Douglas B, S.N. Barra Naofa Cailini, Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Muire Gan Smal C, North Presentation Primary School, Gaelscoil Peig Sayers, S.N. Barra Naofa Bhuach, Scoil Colmcille, Scoil Padre Pio, S N an Spioraid Naomh C, Gaelscoil Ui Riada, S.N. B Togher Cork, S.N. Athair Maitiu C, Ballintemple, Greenmount Monastery, Scoil Aiseiri Chriost, Scoil Iosagain, St Patricks College, Our Lady of Lourdes, S.N. Iosef Naofa, St Vincents Convent, Scoil Mhuire Fatima Boys Senior, Scoil Mhuire ar Chnoc hAoine, Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Scoil Maria Assumpta, St Patricks B, S.N. Padraig Naofa C, S.N. Bhreanndain C, Realt na Maidine, S.N. Mharcuis B, S.N. Padraig Naofa, School of the Divine Child, St Kevins School | Catholic | 41 | 10,716 |
| CEISTMount Mercy College, Christ King Girls', St Aloysius School, Presentation, Nano Nagle College | Catholic | 5 | 2,185 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustChristian Brothers College, Coláiste Éamann Rís, Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North Monastery | Catholic | 4 | 2,691 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COISt Lukes N.S. Douglas, Scoil Naomh Micheal, St Lukes Mxd, S.N. Barra Naofa | Church of Ireland | 4 | 476 |
| Presentation Brothers Schools TrustColáiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Presentation Brothers College, Coláiste Chríost Rí | Catholic | 3 | 1,909 |
| Cork ETB & Bishop of Cork and RossDouglas, Mayfield, Bishopstown | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1,273 |
| Educate TogetherDouglas Rochestown Educate Together, Cork Educate Together, South Lee Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 3 | 1,071 |
| Bishop of Cork & Ross & COPE FoundationSt Bernadettes Spec Sch, St Paul's School, Scoil Eanna | Catholic | 3 | 290 |
| Cork ETBTerence Mac Swiney, Coláiste Daibhéid | Inter-denominational, Multi-denominational | 2 | 453 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt. Angela's College | Catholic | 1 | 606 |
| Regina Mundi (Cork) LtdRegina Mundi College | Catholic | 1 | 564 |
| Bishop of Cork, Cloyne & Ross COI/ Cork ETBAshton School | Church of Ireland | 1 | 539 |
| Named IndividualScoil Mhuire | Catholic | 1 | 432 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaGaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn | Multi-denominational | 1 | 393 |
| Religious Sisters of CharitySt Vincent's | Catholic | 1 | 283 |
| Cork School ProjectCork Educate Together | Multi-denominational | 1 | 193 |
| COPE FoundationScoil Aislinn | Other | 1 | 36 |
| CEO of Cork University HospitalCork University Hos School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 17 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Turner's Cross
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. The 3 fee-paying schools here set their own fees and admissions.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
17 schools here have grown by 5% or more since 2019/20, 31 have shrunk by as much, out of 69; across Ireland: +5%.
All 69 schools
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.
Inspection reports for Turner's Cross’s schools
Reports from the Department of Education’s Inspectorate, every school’s linked and none rated
The Inspectorate inspects schools in several ways: a whole-school evaluation covers teaching, learning and how the school is led; a subject inspection looks at one subject; a follow-through checks on earlier advice. Reports go on gov.ie with the school’s reply.
Reports say what inspectors found and what should improve, without an overall grade, so none appears here; each of the 77 schools below links its own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Turner's Cross
Every post-primary school within 10 km of the town; families choose and apply to each, at about twelve
37 post-primary schools are within 10 km of Turner's Cross: 23 voluntary secondary schools, 7 ETB schools, 6 community schools and one comprehensive school. 14 of them are single-sex, 8 for girls and 6 for boys. Fees are charged at 3 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 4 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 190 | 0.3 km |
| Coláiste Éamann RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 811 | 0.8 km |
| Christ King Girls' Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 700 | 0.8 km |
| Coláiste Chríost RíVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 502 | 1 km |
| Coláiste DaibhéidETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 151 | 1.3 km |
| St Aloysius SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 323 | 1.5 km |
| Presentation Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 692 | 1.8 km |
| Ashton SchoolComprehensive · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 539 | 1.9 km |
| Regina Mundi CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 564 | 2.1 km |
| Scoil MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 432 | 2.2 km |
| St. Angela's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 606 | 2.2 km |
| Douglas Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Boys | – | 605 | 2.2 km |
All 37 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 919 | 2.3 km |
| Cork Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 403 | 2.5 km |
| St Vincent's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 283 | 2.6 km |
| North Monastery Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 271 | 2.8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 690 | 2.9 km |
| Coláiste an Spioraid NaoimhVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 715 | 3 km |
| Mount Mercy CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 811 | 3 km |
| St Patricks CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 218 | 3.1 km |
| Terence Mac Swiney Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 302 | 3.1 km |
| Nano Nagle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 161 | 3.3 km |
| Bishopstown Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 306 | 3.6 km |
| Mayfield Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 362 | 3.9 km |
| Ursuline College BlackrockVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 352 | 4.2 km |
| St Aidan's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 309 | 4.3 km |
| Nagle Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 315 | 5 km |
| Colaiste An PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, Boarding | 578 | 6.5 km |
| St Francis Capuchin CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 730 | 6.9 km |
| Coláiste ChoilmETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Irish stream | 1,357 | 7.3 km |
| Scoil Mhuire gan SmalVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 1,124 | 8 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Charraig Ui LeighinETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 302 | 8 km |
| Glanmire Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,141 | 8.1 km |
| Ballincollig Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 987 | 8.8 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School BallincolligVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 254 | 8.9 km |
| St Peter's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 354 | 9.4 km |
| Carrigaline Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,072 | 9.4 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Turner's Cross
7 special schools serve the area: St Kevins School, Scoil Aislinn, Cork University Hos School, School of the Divine Child (Scoil an Linbh Íosa), Scoil Eanna, St Paul's School and St Bernadettes Spec Sch, 399 pupils between them. 35 of the 46 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.
Turner's Cross beside the 96 other Irish towns of 5,000 to 9,700 people
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km, listed by population: Ireland publishes no results, so none is ranked
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donabate | 9,669 | 6 | 2,087 | 1 | 0% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 53 | 15,799 | 4 | 36% | 0.3 km |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 46 | 16,583 | 5 | 39% | 1 km |
| Temple Bar | 7,276 | 116 | 27,705 | 10 | 51% | 0.5 km |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 8 | 2,648 | 1 | 38% | 0.6 km |
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | 77 | 24,127 | 7 | 44% | 0.3 km |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 75 | 23,775 | 7 | 47% | 0.3 km |
| Dunboyne | 7,155 | 14 | 7,600 | 1 | 7% | 0.3 km |
| Buncrana | 6,971 | 7 | 2,583 | 2 | 43% | 0.6 km |
| Westport | 6,872 | 10 | 2,121 | 1 | 20% | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||||
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 32 | 10,210 | 4 | 19% | 3.7 km |
Among the 96 other towns, 20 have more pupils at their schools than Turner's Cross does. Teaching through Irish is on offer within 3 km in 86 of the 97.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Turner's Cross
Every school in or within 3 km of the town each September, counted where it stands today.
The schools in and around Turner's Cross had 23,875 pupils in 2015/16 and 24,127 in 2025/26. Coláiste Éamann Rís grew most: +149% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Turner's Cross
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 Turner's Cross
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner's Cross | 77 | 24,127 | 7 | 44% | 0.3 km |
| South Gate 1.1 km | 75 | 23,775 | 7 | 47% | 0.3 km |
| Togher 1.2 km | 60 | 20,680 | 6 | 45% | 1 km |
| Glasheen 1.4 km | 66 | 21,351 | 6 | 50% | 1.1 km |
| Tramore 1.5 km | 75 | 22,562 | 7 | 48% | 0.7 km |
| Gillabbey 1.6 km | 72 | 22,124 | 6 | 50% | 0.7 km |
| Cork City Centre 1.8 km | 77 | 23,441 | 7 | 48% | 0.5 km |
Pupils around Turner's Cross: +0% since 2019/20. Among the neighbours, Tramore led (+1%) and Glasheen trailed (−1%).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Turner's Cross 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 Turner's Cross
How many schools are there in Turner's Cross?
In Turner's Cross or within 3 km of it: 46 primary schools, 24 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 24,127 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Turner's Cross that teach through Irish?
Yes, 7: Gaelscoil an Teaghlaigh Naofa, Coláiste Daibhéid and Scoil an Athair Tadhg O Murchu teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Turner's Cross?
3 of the 24: Presentation Brothers College, Scoil Mhuire and Christian Brothers College. The others are free.
What is the best school in Turner's Cross?
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 Turner's Cross?
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).