Killina Presentation Secondary School
Rahan, Tullamore, Co Offaly · R35 PX95 · Roll number 65630B
Killina Presentation Secondary School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Mucklagh. Every school in and around Mucklagh →
What stands out about Killina Presentation Secondary School
- 759 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 759 pupils, 53% more than the 496 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 CEIST; its ethos is Catholic.
- The only post-primary school in Mucklagh or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Mucklagh’s outline, 2.5 km away; listed with Mucklagh, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Killina Presentation Secondary School had 759 pupils in 2025/26, against 439 in 2015/16 (+73%). Girls are 54% 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 Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Killina Presentation 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Killina Presentation Secondary School has grown by 53% since 2019/20. All the schools around Mucklagh together changed by +34%.
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.
Killina Presentation Secondary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +53%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killina Presentation Secondary School | 759 | +53% | Catholic | English | ||
| Colaiste Choilm | 699 | +15% | Catholic | English | 7 km | |
| Tullamore College | 742 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Sacred Heart Secondary School | 571 | −4% | Catholic | English | 7.4 km | |
| Ardscoil Chiaráin Naofa | 333 | +10% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Naomh Cormac | 316 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Meán Scoil an Chlochair | 740 | +24% | Catholic | English | 13 km |
The other 5 post-primary schools in Co. Offaly
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallen Community School | 441 | +17% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Banagher College | 556 | −6% | Multi-denominational | English | 28 km | |
| St.Brendan's Community School | 875 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Oaklands Community College | 733 | −9% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 1,035 | +18% | Catholic | English | 36 km |
Living in Mucklagh
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the R35 Eircode area
Housing in Mucklagh →The median sale price rose from €254,200 in 2023 to €287,500 in 2025 (+13%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the R35 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Offaly
Cost of living in Mucklagh →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 ↗near Mucklagh, R35 PX95
Post-primary schools near Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation Secondary School
Is Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation Secondary School have?
759 pupils in 2025/26. That is +53% since 2019/20.
Does Killina Presentation Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Killina Presentation Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Killina Presentation Secondary School?
Killina Presentation Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at Killina Presentation 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 Killina Presentation Secondary School?
The nearest are Colaiste Choilm (7 km), Tullamore College (7.4 km) and Sacred Heart Secondary School (7.4 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 Mucklagh; 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).