Borrisokane Community College
Borrisokane, Co Tipperary · E45 WC59 · Roll number 72370P
Borrisokane Community College is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Borrisokane. Every school in and around Borrisokane →
What stands out about Borrisokane Community College
- 723 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 723 pupils, 22% more than the 593 of 2019/20.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Borrisokane or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Borrisokane Community College had 723 pupils in 2025/26, against 572 in 2015/16 (+26%). Girls are 52% 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 Borrisokane Community 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 Borrisokane Community 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 Borrisokane Community 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 Borrisokane Community College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Borrisokane Community 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: Borrisokane Community College has grown by 22% since 2019/20. All the schools around Borrisokane 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, 1 have more pupils than Borrisokane Community College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +22%; 2 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ||
| Portumna Community School | 506 | +14% | Inter-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 16 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| St.Brendan's Community School | 875 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 18 km |
The other 25 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 37 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 40 km |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 56 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 59 km |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 66 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 70 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 77 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 77 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 78 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 87 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 87 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 87 km |
Living in Borrisokane
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E45 Eircode area
Housing in Borrisokane →The median sale price rose from €220,200 in 2023 to €300,000 in 2025 (+36%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E45 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Borrisokane →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 ↗Borrisokane, E45 WC59
Post-primary schools near Borrisokane Community College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Borrisokane Community College
Is Borrisokane Community 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 Borrisokane Community College have?
723 pupils in 2025/26. That is +22% since 2019/20.
Does Borrisokane Community College teach through Irish?
No: Borrisokane Community College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Borrisokane Community College?
Borrisokane Community College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Borrisokane Community 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 Borrisokane Community College?
The nearest are Portumna Community School (12 km), Nenagh College (16 km) and St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh (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 Borrisokane; 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).