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St Peter's Community School

St Peter's Community School is a secondary school in Cork. 354 pupils, Inter-denominational ethos, 2 special classes.

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The facts

TypeSecondary school
GenderMixed
EthosInter-denominational
PatronCork ETB & Religious Sisters of Mercy
FeesFree
Enrolment354 (171 boys, 183 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number91391H
EircodeT12DX46
AddressPassage West, Co Cork

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.

Places in the coming year72

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

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:

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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: Passage West. 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 T12 (Cork Southside) was €419,975 in 2025. That is up 42.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Monkstown Urban at 3.2 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 48% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalMr Tony Mc Sweeney
Phone0214841599
Emailoffice@stpeters.ie
Local authorityCork County Council

Other schools in Passage West

How we know

DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.