Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
Corville Road, Roscrea, Co Tipperary · E53 V449 · Roll number 76069P
Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Roscrea. Every school in and around Roscrea →
What stands out about Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
- 594 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (+13%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- 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.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is inter-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré had 594 pupils in 2025/26, down from 659 in 2015/16 (−10%). Girls are 51% of them. 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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré 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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré 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: Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré has grown by 13% since 2019/20. All the schools around Roscrea together changed by +4%.
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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +13%; 4 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.4 km | |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St Fergal's College | 383 | +27% | Multi-denominational | English | 18 km | |
| St.Brendan's Community School | 875 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Mountrath Community School | 789 | +6% | Inter-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 23 km |
The other 26 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 29 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 30 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 43 km |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 49 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 54 km |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 59 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 64 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 67 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 67 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 72 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 72 km |
Living in Roscrea
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E53 Eircode area
Housing in Roscrea →The median sale price rose from €172,500 in 2023 to €200,000 in 2025 (+16%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the E53 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Roscrea
Cost of living in Roscrea →New tenancies in Roscrea averaged €825 a month in 2025, against €816 in 2024 (+1%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Roscrea, E53 V449
Post-primary schools near Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré
Is Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré 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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré have?
594 pupils in 2025/26. That is +13% since 2019/20.
Does Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré teach through Irish?
No: Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré?
Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré has a inter-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré?
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 Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré?
The nearest are Cistercian College (4.4 km), Our Ladys Secondary School (18 km) and St Fergal's College (18 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 Roscrea; 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).