St. Mary's CBS

What St. Mary's CBS does

St. Mary's CBS is a voluntary Catholic secondary school for boys located on Mill Park Road, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Founded in 1857 originally as a Christian Brothers' School, the institution has operated under the patronage of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust since the trust's formation and is governed by a Board of Management chaired by Eleanor Farrell, with Brendan O'Sullivan serving as Principal. The school delivers the standard Irish secondary curriculum — Junior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate, and Leaving Certificate Applied — alongside a broad extra-curricular programme covering hurling, Gaelic football, soccer, rugby, basketball, rowing, and athletics.

The school's operating infrastructure rests on commodity third-party technology rather than proprietary platforms: Microsoft Teams and Office 365 for teaching, communication, and remote learning; VS Ware as the student information system and parent portal; a 1:1 student devices programme; and a school app for notifications. Curricular technology exposure includes age-appropriate coding instruction (Scratch 3, HTML/CSS, Microbit, Python 3) delivered partly through partnerships with CSinc and TU Dublin. The institution holds a Green Flag under the Green Schools Programme and operates from a campus comprising three interconnected buildings, the newest of which (Áras Kerrigan) was completed in 2016.

As a non-profit voluntary secondary school, St. Mary's CBS is funded primarily through Department of Education and Skills capitation grants routed via the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, with ancillary income from Transition Year activity fees (€450 per student in 2018-19) and minor facility hire (e.g., astro turf bookings). The school is registered as a charity (Registered Charity Number 20205075) and does not generate commercial revenue in the conventional sense. Its customer base consists of approximately 550–700 boys drawn from the Enniscorthy catchment area, with 141 first-year students recorded for the 2020 academic year. There is no fund-raising history, no M&A activity, and no equity ownership structure.

Name

St. Mary's CBS

Legal name

St. Mary's CBS

Website

https://stmaryscbs.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1857

Operating status

Operating

Short description

St. Mary's CBS is a voluntary Catholic secondary school for boys in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland, founded in 1857 and operating under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. It delivers Junior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied programmes to roughly 550–700 students annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJABAC

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

SECONDARYEDAJABAK

Single-Sex (Boys/Girls) Private Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic schooling
• Boys secondary school
• Edmund Rice education
• Leaving Certificate program

Headquarters

HQ city

Enniscorthy

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a voluntary secondary school under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust and receiving Department of Education and Skills support, St. Mary's CBS is primarily funded through government educational grants and subsidies rather than commercial revenue generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

St. Mary's CBS Enniscorthy is a Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys delivering the Irish secondary school curriculum under the patronage of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The school offers the Junior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate, and Leaving Certificate Applied programmes, supplemented by guidance counselling, pastoral care, religious education, sports, and extra-curricular activities. Educational services are delivered on a single campus in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, with a 1:1 student device programme and Microsoft Teams used to support teaching, learning, and parent communication.

Product overview

St. Mary's CBS is an Edmund Rice secondary school offering a comprehensive educational program. The institution provides secondary education services across multiple programs including Junior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate, and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA). The school functions as a single educational institution rather than a product company with distinct product modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior Cycle Programme Three-year lower secondary education programme following the national Junior Cycle framework for boys enrolled at St. Mary's CBS, delivered through subjects, classroom-based assessments (CBAs), and final examination.
• Transition Year Programme Optional one-year Transition Year programme between the Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate, including work experience, enterprise activities (e.g., Wexford Enterprise Awards, Junk Kouture), coding and computer science modules, and personal development activities; activity fee of €450 for TY 2018-19 (excluding the TY tour).
• Leaving Certificate Programme Two-year upper secondary Leaving Certificate programme preparing students for state examinations and progression to third-level education through the CAO, with subject choice and career guidance support.
• Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) Programme Alternative two-year Leaving Certificate Applied programme emphasising continuous assessment, vocational modules, and practical learning, offered alongside the traditional Leaving Certificate.
• Guidance and Counselling Service Guidance counselling (educational/vocational guidance) and psychotherapist services supporting students with subject choice, CAO applications, and mental health and wellbeing throughout their time at the school.

Quantifiable outcome

• All-Ireland 110m Hurdle Champion (Darra Casey, 2019)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Edmund Rice Schools TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Mary's CBS is under the patronage of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The school operates according to the Edmund Rice Schools Trust Charter, which defines the values of quality teaching and learning, care, equality, leadership, and faith at the heart of Edmund Rice Education. The network includes 96 secondary and primary level Catholic schools across Ireland working with over 37,000 children and young people.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Belvedere College SJ: Dublin-based Jesuit boys' secondary school. Comparable as a longer-established, urban, faith-based boys' secondary school with similar academic and extracurricular breadth, though operating under Jesuit rather than Edmund Rice patronage.
• Blackrock College: Dublin-based Holy Ghost Fathers boys' secondary school with a particularly strong sporting tradition. Relevant peer for the sporting and all-boys dimension of St. Mary's CBS, though it sits in a different urban market and operates under a different religious order.
• Presentation Brothers College: Cork-based Catholic boys' secondary school under Presentation Brothers trusteeship. Comparable as a faith-based boys' school in a provincial Irish city, sharing similar sporting and curricular traditions, though under a different religious order.
• Gonzaga College SJ: Dublin-based Jesuit boys' secondary school. Comparable as a faith-based, boys-only secondary school with similar pastoral and academic structures, though in an urban market.
• Clongowes Wood College SJ: Kildare-based Jesuit boys' boarding secondary school. Comparable as a Catholic boys' secondary school with a strong extra-curricular and sporting tradition, though it operates a residential model not available at St. Mary's CBS.

Direct peers

• CBS Naas: Co. Kildare Christian Brothers secondary school under Edmund Rice patronage. Comparable as a provincial CBS with a similar enrollment size profile to St. Mary's CBS Enniscorthy.
• Synge Street CBS: Dublin-based Christian Brothers secondary school also under Edmund Rice Schools Trust patronage. Closely comparable as an urban, all-boys, faith-based CBS operating the same charter and governance framework as St. Mary's CBS.
• St. Flannan's College: Ennis-based CBS under Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Direct peer as a provincial, all-boys, Catholic secondary school operating the same trustee framework and similar curricular offerings.
• Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh: Cork-based Edmund Rice secondary school for boys. Highly comparable CBS operating under the same trustee, with overlapping curricular, pastoral, and extracurricular models — a direct reference point for St. Mary's CBS's programme design.
• C.B.S. Mullingar: Mullingar-based Edmund Rice Christian Brothers secondary school. Comparable as a mid-sized provincial CBS under shared trust governance, with similar sporting and extracurricular traditions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/@CBS_Enniscorthy
• Instagraminstagram.com/stmaryscbs_enniscorthy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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