Presentation Secondary School
Ballingarry, Thurles, Co. Tipperary · E41 W627 · Roll number 65240L
Presentation Secondary School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Ballingarry. Every school in and around Ballingarry →
What stands out about Presentation Secondary School
- 365 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 365 pupils, 31% more than the 279 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- 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 Ballingarry or within 3 km of it.
- Outside Ballingarry’s outline, 1 km away; listed with Ballingarry, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Presentation Secondary School had 365 pupils in 2025/26, against 212 in 2015/16 (+72%). Girls are 46% of them. Its largest roll was 384, in 2024/25. 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 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 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 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 Presentation Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to 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.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Presentation Secondary School has grown by 31% since 2019/20. All the schools around Ballingarry together changed by +15%.
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, 4 have more pupils than Presentation Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +31%; 1 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Abhainn Rí | 706 | – | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 659 | +11% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 20 km |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 28 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 33 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 52 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 53 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 59 km |
Living in Ballingarry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E41 Eircode area
Housing in Ballingarry →The median sale price rose from €203,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+23%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E41 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Ballingarry →New tenancies in Co. Tipperary averaged €1,078 a month in 2025, against €975 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗near Ballingarry, E41 W627
Post-primary schools near 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 Presentation Secondary School
Is 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 Presentation Secondary School have?
365 pupils in 2025/26. That is +31% since 2019/20.
Does Presentation Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Presentation Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Presentation Secondary School?
Presentation Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is CEIST.
How do pupils get a place at 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 Presentation Secondary School?
The nearest are Scoil Ruain (7.8 km), Coláiste Abhainn Rí (13 km) and Patrician Presentation (16 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 Ballingarry; 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).