Villiers Secondary School
North Circular Road, Limerick · V94 F983 · Roll number 64310B
Villiers Secondary School is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Farranshone. Every school in and around Farranshone →
What stands out about Villiers Secondary School
- 508 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−5%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Charges fees.
- Takes day pupils and boarders.
- 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 Board of Governors of Villiers Secondary School; its ethos is Church of Ireland.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Villiers Secondary School had 508 pupils in 2025/26, down from 602 in 2015/16 (−16%). Girls are 56% of them. 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 Villiers 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 Villiers 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 Villiers 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 Villiers Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Villiers 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Villiers Secondary School has shrunk by 5% since 2019/20. All the schools around Farranshone 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 Villiers Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −5%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | ||
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1.4 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.5 km | |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.9 km |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 3 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 3.2 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 4 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.9 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 35 km |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 53 km |
Living in Farranshone
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Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Farranshone →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Farranshone
Cost of living in Farranshone →New tenancies in Farranshone averaged €1,709 a month in 2025, against €1,520 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Farranshone, V94 F983
Post-primary schools near Villiers 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 Villiers Secondary School
Is Villiers 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 Villiers Secondary School have?
508 pupils in 2025/26. That is −5% since 2019/20.
Does Villiers Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Villiers Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Villiers Secondary School?
Villiers Secondary School has a Church of Ireland ethos. Its patron is Board of Governors of Villiers Secondary School.
How do pupils get a place at Villiers 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 Villiers Secondary School?
The nearest are Ardscoil Ris (1.2 km), Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ (1.4 km) and St Clements College (1.5 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 Farranshone; 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).