The Intermediate School
Laharn, Killorglin, Co. Kerry · V93 NV09 · Roll number 61360B
The Intermediate School is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Killorglin. Every school in and around Killorglin →
What stands out about The Intermediate School
- 711 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 711 pupils, 48% more than the 480 of 2019/20.
- 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 Named Individual; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26The Intermediate School had 711 pupils in 2025/26, against 593 in 2015/16 (+20%). Girls are 50% of them. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for The Intermediate 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 The Intermediate 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 The Intermediate 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 The Intermediate School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to The Intermediate 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: The Intermediate School has grown by 48% since 2019/20. All the schools around Killorglin together changed by +18%.
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, 2 have more pupils than The Intermediate School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +48%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intermediate School | 711 | +48% | Catholic | English | ||
| Community College Killorglin | 285 | −7% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 712 | +16% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| C.B.S. Secondary School | 801 | +26% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 517 | −9% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | 312 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 19 km | |
| Killarney Community College | 469 | +26% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
The other 19 post-primary schools in Co. Kerry
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Brendan's College | 871 | +14% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| St. Brigid's Secondary School | 789 | +25% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Gleann Lí Post Primary School | 279 | +29% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk | 1,322 | +5% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Meanscoil Nua an Leith Triuigh | 160 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph | 211 | −14% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Castleisland Community College | 452 | +80% | Multi-denominational | English | 27 km | |
| Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa | 179 | −9% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine | 646 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 441 | +13% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 32 km | |
| Causeway Comprehensive School | 646 | +35% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 34 km |
| Coláiste Íde | 123 | +23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 35 km | |
| Coláiste na Sceilge | 543 | +6% | Inter-denominational | Irish stream | 36 km | |
| Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra | 367 | −6% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 341 | +8% | Catholic | English | 43 km | |
| Coláiste na Ríochta | 178 | +109% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 44 km |
| St. Michael's College | 347 | +37% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St. Joseph's Secondary School | 349 | +9% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Tarbert Comprehensive School | 546 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 59 km |
Living in Killorglin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V93 Eircode area
Housing in Killorglin →The median sale price rose from €284,000 in 2023 to €330,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V93 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Killorglin
Cost of living in Killorglin →New tenancies in Killorglin averaged €1,143 a month in 2025, against €1,108 in 2024 (+3%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Killorglin, V93 NV09
Post-primary schools near The Intermediate School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about The Intermediate School
Is The Intermediate 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 The Intermediate School have?
711 pupils in 2025/26. That is +48% since 2019/20.
Does The Intermediate School teach through Irish?
No: The Intermediate School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs The Intermediate School?
The Intermediate School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Named Individual.
How do pupils get a place at The Intermediate 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 The Intermediate School?
The nearest are Community College Killorglin (1.1 km), Presentation Secondary School (7 km) and C.B.S. Secondary School (19 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 Killorglin; 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).