Patrician Academy
Patrician Academy is a secondary school boys only in Cork. 568 pupils, Catholic ethos, 6 special classes, 1.7 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Bishop of Cloyne |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 568 (568 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 62330U |
| Eircode | P51YK80 |
| Address | Mallow, Co Cork |
Getting in
Competitive. 153 applications for 90 places — 1.7 applicants per place, and 47 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 90 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 90 |
| Applications last year | 153 |
| Waiting list | 47 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 21 October 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 14 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 14 November 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
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
6 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- 1 × Moderate General Learning Disability
- 1 × Mild General Learning Disability
- 1 × Autism Inclusion Class
1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 5 classes last year.
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: Mallow. 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 P51 (Mallow) was €265,000 in 2025. That is up 59.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Mallow North Urban at -0.58 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 40% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Elaine O' Regan |
|---|---|
| Phone | 02221884 |
| admin@patricianacademy.com | |
| Local authority | Cork County Council |
Other schools in Mallow
- Ballyclough Mixed N S Primary school, Cork
- Burnfort N S Primary school, Cork
- Convent Girls Senior National School Primary school, Cork
- Davis College Secondary school, Cork
- Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis Primary school, Cork
- Killavullen N S Primary school, Cork
- Mallow Community National School Primary school, Cork
- S N Dhrom Athain Primary school, Cork
- S N Iosagain Primary school, Cork
- S N Moing Na Miol Primary school, Cork
- S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School Primary school, Cork
- S N Rathain Primary school, Cork
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.