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Kilcullen, Co Kildare · R56 E673 · Roll number 61690W
Cross And Passion College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilcullen. Every school in and around Kilcullen →
What stands out about Cross And Passion College
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 843 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+1%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Kilcullen or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cross And Passion College had 843 pupils in 2025/26, against 746 in 2015/16 (+13%). Girls are 47% of them. Its largest roll was 844, in 2023/24. Its roll rose in 7 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cross And Passion College
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 Cross And Passion College 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 Cross And Passion College
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 Cross And Passion College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cross And Passion College 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: Cross And Passion College is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+1%). All the schools around Kilcullen together changed by −1%.
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 Cross And Passion College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +1%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross And Passion College | 843 | +1% | Catholic | English | ||
| Curragh Community College | 288 | +112% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.1 km |
| Holy Family Secondary School | 789 | +11% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| Patrician Secondary School | 932 | +5% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| St Conleth's Community College | 752 | +37% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.9 km |
| Newbridge College | 923 | +4% | Catholic | English | 7.2 km | |
| Piper's Hill College | 1,049 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
The other 22 post-primary schools in Co. Kildare
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara | 401 | +8% | Catholic | All in Irish | 11 km | |
| Meánscoil Iognáid Ris | 1,013 | +0% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Coláiste Naomh Mhuire | 1,076 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Kildare Town Community School | 1,014 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Naas Community College | 928 | +95% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| St Farnan's Post Primary School | 676 | +50% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Scoil Mhuire Community School | 1,189 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin | 751 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 843 | +68% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Clongowes Wood College | 421 | −6% | Catholic | English | 21 km | |
| Athy Community College | 646 | +51% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 21 km |
| Árdscoil na Trionóide | 894 | +4% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Colaiste Lorcain | 334 | −18% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| St Wolstan's Community School | 846 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Salesian College | 880 | +25% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Celbridge Community School | 712 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad | 154 | – | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 30 km | |
| Maynooth Post Primary School | 1,018 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Scoil Dara | 828 | −10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Chiaráin | 676 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Maynooth Community College | 1,013 | +66% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Confey Community College | 934 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 32 km |
Living in Kilcullen
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R56 Eircode area
Housing in Kilcullen →The median sale price rose from €350,000 in 2023 to €428,500 in 2025 (+22%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R56 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Kilcullen
Cost of living in Kilcullen →New tenancies in Kilcullen averaged €1,483 a month in 2025, against €1,463 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
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Kilcullen, R56 E673
Post-primary schools near Cross And Passion College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Cross And Passion College
Is Cross And Passion College 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 Cross And Passion College have?
843 pupils in 2025/26. That is +1% since 2019/20.
Does Cross And Passion College teach through Irish?
No: Cross And Passion College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cross And Passion College?
Cross And Passion College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Cross And Passion College?
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 Cross And Passion College?
The nearest are Curragh Community College (6.1 km), Holy Family Secondary School (6.6 km) and Patrician Secondary School (6.8 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 Kilcullen; 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).