Coláiste Naomh Cormac
Kilcormac, Co Offaly · R42 R726 · Roll number 72520I
Coláiste Naomh Cormac is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Kilcormac. Every school in and around Kilcormac →
What stands out about Coláiste Naomh Cormac
- A small post-primary school: 316 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 316 pupils, 36% more than the 232 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Laois & Offaly ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Kilcormac or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Coláiste Naomh Cormac had 316 pupils in 2025/26, against 170 in 2015/16 (+86%). Girls are 49% of them. Its roll rose in 9 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Coláiste Naomh Cormac
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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac 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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac
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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Coláiste Naomh Cormac 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: Coláiste Naomh Cormac has grown by 36% since 2019/20. All the schools around Kilcormac together changed by +24%.
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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +36%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Naomh Cormac | 316 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Gallen Community School | 441 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Killina Presentation Secondary School | 759 | +53% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Clonaslee College | 236 | −3% | Multi-denominational | English | 14 km | |
| St.Brendan's Community School | 875 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Banagher College | 556 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| Colaiste Choilm | 699 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 5 post-primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullamore College | 742 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 571 | −4% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ardscoil Chiaráin Naofa | 333 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Oaklands Community College | 733 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 47 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 1,035 | +18% | Catholic | English | 47 km |
Living in Kilcormac
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R42 Eircode area
Housing in Kilcormac →The median sale price rose from €180,000 in 2023 to €240,000 in 2025 (+33%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R42 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Kilcormac →New tenancies in Co. Offaly averaged €1,198 a month in 2025, against €1,089 in 2024 (+10%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Kilcormac, R42 R726
Post-primary schools near Coláiste Naomh Cormac
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Coláiste Naomh Cormac
Is Coláiste Naomh Cormac 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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac have?
316 pupils in 2025/26. That is +36% since 2019/20.
Does Coláiste Naomh Cormac teach through Irish?
No: Coláiste Naomh Cormac teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Coláiste Naomh Cormac?
Coláiste Naomh Cormac has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Laois & Offaly ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Coláiste Naomh Cormac?
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 Coláiste Naomh Cormac?
The nearest are Gallen Community School (12 km), Killina Presentation Secondary School (13 km) and Clonaslee College (14 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 Kilcormac; 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).