Cashel Community School
Dualla Road,, Cashel,, Co Tipperary. · E25 YT50 · Roll number 91497A
Cashel Community School is the only one of the post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Cashel. Every school in and around Cashel →
What stands out about Cashel Community School
- One of the larger post-primary schools: 885 pupils, against a typical 585.
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+4%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- A community school: run by a board of the local Education and Training Board and the religious or other bodies that founded it.
- Its patron is Tipperary ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers; its ethos is inter-denominational.
- The only post-primary school in Cashel or within 3 km of it.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Cashel Community School had 885 pupils in 2025/26, against 831 in 2015/16 (+6%). Girls are 49% of them. Its largest roll was 914, in 2022/23. Its roll rose in 6 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Cashel Community 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 Cashel Community 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 Cashel Community 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 Cashel Community School
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Cashel Community 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: Cashel Community School is about the size it was in 2019/20 (+4%). All the schools around Cashel together changed by −1%.
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, 2 have more pupils than Cashel Community School. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +4%; 3 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ||
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 19 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 19 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 20 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 22 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 23 km |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 38 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 42 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 42 km |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 44 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 45 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 49 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 56 km |
Living in Cashel
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E25 Eircode area
Housing in Cashel →The median sale price rose from €230,000 in 2023 to €295,000 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E25 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Cashel
Cost of living in Cashel →New tenancies in Cashel averaged €1,094 a month in 2025, against €983 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Cashel, E25 YT50
Post-primary schools near Cashel Community School
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Cashel Community School
Is Cashel Community 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 Cashel Community School have?
885 pupils in 2025/26. That is +4% since 2019/20.
Does Cashel Community School teach through Irish?
No: Cashel Community School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Cashel Community School?
Cashel Community School has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB & Congregation of Christian Brothers.
How do pupils get a place at Cashel Community 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 Cashel Community School?
The nearest are Rockwell College (6.8 km), Patrician Presentation (14 km) and Scoil Ruain (15 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 Cashel; 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).