What Arklow CBS does

Arklow CBS is a post-primary (secondary) school located on Coolgreaney Road in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. It operates under the Christian Brothers tradition of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, serving students aged 12-18 from the Arklow and surrounding County Wicklow catchment. The school delivers the standard Irish secondary education pathway — Junior Cycle (1st to 3rd Year), an optional Transition Year (TY) programme, and the Leaving Certificate (5th and 6th Year) — supplemented by the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP), an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) class for specialised support, career guidance, and a broad co-curricular offering spanning GAA, soccer, basketball, athletics, golf, music, and cultural programmes such as Gaelbhratach and Gaeltacht.

The school's underlying technology stack is conventional rather than proprietary: the website is managed via iClassCMS (developed and licensed by Bottletop Media Ltd), with Microsoft Office 365, Google Calendar, Tyro School Management, ExamRevision.ie, SumUp Store (for canteen sales), and JF Sports (for merchandise) as the principal operational integrations. No in-house AI, proprietary platform, or developer-facing API is offered. Outreach is community-led — school prospectus, open evenings (most recently 16 October 2025), Facebook and Instagram channels, and Microsoft Sway newsletters — with enrollment handled through an online application under an annual admission policy.

Arklow CBS operates as a not-for-profit, publicly-funded educational institution with revenue derived from Irish Department of Education per-capita grants rather than tuition (attendance is free at point of use under Irish law). Ancillary income streams include canteen sales, club-shop merchandise, and uniform/book costs. The school is governed by a Board of Management with a Parents' Council, and current principal Peter Somers leads a small listed staff. The entity has no subsidiaries, no external funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no commercial customers in the conventional sense; its "customers" are the enrolled students and their families drawn from a single geographic catchment.

Name

Arklow CBS

Legal name

Arklow CBS

Website

https://arklowcbs.ie

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arklow CBS is a publicly-funded Catholic secondary school in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, operating under the Christian Brothers (Edmund Rice) tradition and serving approximately 12-18 year-old students from the local catchment across Junior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate, and LCVP programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools (EDAJABAA)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Post-primary school
• Leaving certificate
• Junior cycle
• Transition year

Headquarters

HQ city

Arklow

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Education: Arklow CBS is a post-primary school funded primarily through the Irish Department of Education. As a Catholic school under the Edmund Rice tradition, additional funding and support may come from the school management board and various grant programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arklow CBS is a publicly funded Catholic secondary school in Arklow, County Wicklow, that delivers the Irish post-primary curriculum from First Year through Sixth Year. Its core offering comprises the Junior Cycle, Leaving Certificate, Transition Year, and LCVP programmes, supported by an ASD Class, career guidance, and a co-curricular programme of sports and music. Education is provided free at the point of use to enrolled students.

Product overview

Arklow CBS is a secondary school offering a single, unified educational programme providing secondary education from First Year through Sixth Year. The core offering consists of Junior Cycle (First to Third Year) and Leaving Certificate programmes (Fifth and Sixth Year), supplemented by optional programmes including Transition Year, LCVP, and an ASD Class. The school also provides extensive co-curricular activities encompassing sports (GAA, soccer, basketball, athletics, golf), music programmes, and career guidance services. Online services include an e canteen for food ordering. The institution operates under the iClassCMS platform for website and content management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary Education Programmes (Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate) Core secondary school education from First Year through Sixth Year, delivering the Irish Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate curricula with a broad subject offering for students aged 12-18 in the Arklow/County Wicklow catchment area.
• Transition Year Programme One-year optional programme between Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate focused on personal development, work experience, cultural exposure, and international trips including the Châteaudun exchange.
• Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) Vocational programme linking Leaving Certificate subjects to career destinations, including enterprise education, work experience components, and initiatives such as the LCVP/TY Christmas Trade Fair.
• ASD Class Specialised Autism Spectrum Disorder class providing tailored educational support for students with autism within the Arklow CBS school environment.
• Co-Curricular Sports Programme Extensive school sports offering including GAA (Gaelic football, hurling), soccer, basketball, athletics, and golf, with training and inter-school competitions including Wicklow Post Primary championships.
• Music Programme Music education including instrumental tuition and performance opportunities, highlighted by the annual Summer Concert.
• Career Guidance Services Guidance counselling service providing students with information on third-level courses, CAO applications, and career research resources, including access to accesscollege.ie.
• Online Canteen Online food ordering service for students, powered by the SumUp Store platform and accessible via the school's website menu.

Quantifiable outcome

• Majority of students progress to universities and third-level institutions in Ireland and abroad
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Arklow Tidy TownsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArklow CBS partnered with Arklow Tidy Towns for Transition Year projects. The collaboration included a Geography class project in 2021 and a joint initiative to revitalize the South Green Playground. Arklow Tidy Towns contributed preparation work, planter and fencing construction, and mural installation support. Notable volunteers included Adrian Cadden and Sandra Duffy.
• Lycée Professionnel Jean Félix PaulsenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArklow CBS maintains an exchange partnership with Lycée Professionnel Jean Félix Paulsen in Châteaudun, France. In February 2020, eight TY students traveled to France and attended classes at the vocational school, participating in programs including Sports, Electricity, Engineering, Retail Business, Marketing, Administration and English. The partnership includes town twinning activities with the Châteaudun-Arklow twinning group.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CBC Monkstown: Christian Brothers school in the Edmund Rice Schools Trust operating as an independent secondary school for boys in south Dublin. Closest comparable in terms of trust affiliation, single-sex Catholic tradition, Leaving Certificate curriculum, and co-curricular GAA emphasis.
• Rockwell College: Catholic boarding and day secondary school in County Tipperary with Holy Faith and Christian Brothers heritage. Comparable as an Irish religious-order secondary school offering Junior Cycle, Leaving Certificate, and Transition Year.
• Ardscoil Rís (Limerick): Catholic secondary school for boys in Limerick city under the Edmund Rice/Christian Brothers tradition. Comparable CBS secondary school offering Junior Cycle, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate with strong GAA.
• Glenstal Abbey School: Independent Catholic boarding and day secondary school in County Limerick run by the Benedictine monks. Comparable as a small, faith-based, broad-curriculum Irish secondary school with strong co-curricular and international programme emphasis.
• St. Flannan's College: Catholic secondary school in Ennis, County Clare, operated under the Diocese tradition. Comparable as an Irish diocesan/religious order secondary school offering the standard Junior Cycle, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate programmes.
• Blackrock College: Long-established CBS (Christian Brothers School) under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in south Dublin, offering Junior Cycle, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate with a strong GAA tradition. Direct analogue in mission, curriculum, and sporting culture.
• Presentation Brothers College (PBC Cork): Catholic secondary school in Cork city run by the Presentation Brothers. Comparable as a religious-order, single-sex secondary school with a strong GAA tradition and Leaving Certificate focus.
• Mount Sion CBS: Christian Brothers secondary school in Waterford city under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Comparable CBS secondary school with Leaving Certificate programme, co-curricular sport, and similar community-anchored operating model.
• Templeogue College: Christian Brothers secondary school (CBC) under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in Dublin 6W. Directly comparable in trust affiliation, curriculum, and co-curricular sporting profile to Arklow CBS.
• Cistercian College Roscrea: Catholic independent boarding and day secondary school for boys in County Tipperary offering Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate. Comparable as a faith-based single-sex secondary school with broad co-curricular programme and a national draw.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cbsarklow
• Instagraminstagram.com/arklow_cbs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arklow-cbs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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