Edmund Rice Secondary School
Mount St. Nicholas, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary · E32 P039 · Roll number 65270U
Edmund Rice Secondary School is one of 3 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Carrick-on-Suir. Every school in and around Carrick-on-Suir →
What stands out about Edmund Rice Secondary School
- A small post-primary school: 305 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A boys’ school.
- The smallest of the 3 post-primary schools around Carrick-on-Suir.
- 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 Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Edmund Rice Secondary School had 305 pupils in 2025/26, against 283 in 2015/16 (+8%). Its largest roll was 316, in 2024/25. Its roll rose in 5 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice Secondary School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Edmund Rice 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 takes boys only.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Edmund Rice Secondary School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Carrick-on-Suir together changed by +7%.
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 Edmund Rice Secondary School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | ||
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.9 km |
| Coláiste Cois Siúire | 167 | +28% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| St Declan's Community College | 783 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Scoil Aireagail | 204 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 19 km | |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 20 km |
The other 26 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 20 km |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 24 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 38 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 47 km |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 53 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 53 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 54 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 58 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 75 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 79 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 87 km |
Living in Carrick-on-Suir
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Homes in the E32 Eircode area
Housing in Carrick-on-Suir →The median sale price rose from €207,500 in 2023 to €250,000 in 2025 (+20%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E32 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Carrick-on-Suir
Cost of living in Carrick-on-Suir →New tenancies in Carrick-on-Suir averaged €1,063 a month in 2025, against €935 in 2024 (+14%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Carrick-on-Suir, E32 P039
Post-primary schools near Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice Secondary School
Is Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice Secondary School have?
305 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does Edmund Rice Secondary School teach through Irish?
No: Edmund Rice Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Edmund Rice Secondary School?
Edmund Rice Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Edmund Rice 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 Edmund Rice Secondary School?
The nearest are Scoil Mhuire (0.3 km), Comeragh College (0.9 km) and Coláiste Cois Siúire (12 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 Carrick-on-Suir; 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).