Rockwell College
Cashel, Co Tipperary · E25 ED60 · Roll number 65300D
Rockwell College is one of 0 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Rosegreen. Every school in and around Rosegreen →
What stands out about Rockwell College
- 455 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- About as many pupils as in 2019/20 (−8%).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Charges fees.
- Takes day pupils and boarders.
- 158 girls and 297 boys: more of one than the other.
- 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 The Spiritan Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
- Outside Rosegreen’s outline, 3.7 km away; listed with Rosegreen, the nearest town in its county.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Rockwell College had 455 pupils in 2025/26, down from 478 in 2015/16 (−5%). Girls are 35% of them. Its largest roll was 541, in 2021/22. Its roll rose in 3 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Rockwell 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 Rockwell 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 Rockwell 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 Rockwell College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Rockwell 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.
It charges fees, set by the school. It takes boarders as well as day pupils.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Rockwell College has shrunk by 8% since 2019/20. All the schools around Rosegreen together changed by +5%.
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, 3 have more pupils than Rockwell College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −8%; 6 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | ||
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.8 km | |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 8.7 km | |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 18 km |
The other 23 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 18 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 26 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 26 km |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 35 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 36 km |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 38 km | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 45 km |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 50 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 50 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 56 km |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 56 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 62 km |
Living in Rosegreen
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the E25 Eircode area
Housing in Rosegreen →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 Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Rosegreen →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 Rosegreen, E25 ED60
Post-primary schools near Rockwell College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Rockwell College
Is Rockwell 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 Rockwell College have?
455 pupils in 2025/26. That is −8% since 2019/20.
Does Rockwell College teach through Irish?
No: Rockwell College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Rockwell College?
Rockwell College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is The Spiritan Education Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Rockwell 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 Rockwell College?
The nearest are Cashel Community School (6.8 km), Colaiste Dun Iascaigh (8.7 km) and Patrician Presentation (13 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 Rosegreen; 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).