Bandon Grammar School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

check the notice — it lists more than one intake.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Bandon. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district P72 (Bandon) was €360,000 in 2025. That is up 75.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Ballymodan at -1.09 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 36% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Bandon

• Ballinadee N S Primary school, Cork
• Ballyheeda N S Primary school, Cork
• Bandon Primary School Primary school, Cork
• Castlealack N S Primary school, Cork
• Coláiste Na Toirbhirte Secondary school, Cork
• Gaelscoil Droichead Na Banndan Primary school, Cork
• Kilbrittain Mixed N S Primary school, Cork
• Laragh N S Primary school, Cork
• Newcestown N S Primary school, Cork
• S N An Gharrain Primary school, Cork
• S N Cnoc An Bhile Primary school, Cork
• S N Droichead Na Bandan Primary school, Cork