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St Peter's College

St Peter's College is a secondary school boys only in Wexford. 782 pupils, Catholic ethos, 1 special class, oversubscribed last year.

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The facts

TypeSecondary school
GenderBoys only
EthosCatholic
PatronBishop of Ferns
FeesFree
Enrolment782 (782 boys, 0 girls) 2025/26
Language of instructionEnglish Medium School
Roll number63650U
EircodeY35P8WT
AddressSummerhill, Wexford

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were places.

Places in the coming year138
Places last year138
Applications last year311
Applications open01 October 2025
Applications close22 October 2025

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

1 special class sanctioned for 26/27:

This is the school's first special class.

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: Wexford. 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 Y35 (Wexford) was €310,000 in 2025. That is up 72.2% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Wexford No. 1 Urban at -5.26 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 34% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

PrincipalMr John Banville
Phone0539142071
Emailoffice@stpeterscollege.ie
Local authorityWexford County Council

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How we know

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