Christ King Girls Sec School

What Christ King Girls Sec School does

Christ King Girls' Secondary School is a state-aided Catholic voluntary secondary school located on South Douglas Road in Cork, Ireland, operating under the trusteeship of CEIST (Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust). The school serves over 750 female students aged approximately 12-18 across First Year through Sixth Year, delivering the Irish Junior Cycle, optional Transition Year, and Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate) curricula. Its heritage traces to the Presentation Order founded by Nano Nagle in 1775, and it has been operating its current school for more than 50 years.

The school's core educational offerings include a three-tiered Additional Educational Needs (AEN) support programme, a Learning to Learn study skills curriculum across Junior Cycle, a Transition Year programme with international exchange components, and an extensive extracurricular portfolio spanning sports (camogie, football, soccer, athletics, basketball, hockey), music, drama, and STEM. Technology infrastructure is built on standard third-party platforms: VSware for student information management, Squarespace for the school's website, Mailerlite for email newsletters, and TicketSource for event ticketing. Notable operational partnerships include a ~30-year French Exchange with School Saint Sauveur in Redon and the STEM Passport for Inclusion programme with RDI Hub Killorglin.

The school's business model is that of a non-profit educational institution funded primarily by the Irish Department of Education through per-capita and capitation grants, supplemented by the School Book Scheme and community fundraising. Governance is provided by a Board of Management under CEIST, with the current Principal Richel Long, Deputy Principal Dr. Caroline O'Sullivan-Ryan, and Acting Deputy Principal Aoife Ronan. The institution does not generate revenue from tuition in the conventional sense, does not publish financial data, and operates as a state-aided provider within a regulated educational framework.

Name

Christ King Girls Sec School

Legal name

Christ King Girls' Secondary School

Website

https://christkingschool.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Christ King Girls' Secondary School is a state-funded Catholic girls' secondary school in Cork, Ireland, serving over 750 students aged 12-18 under CEIST trusteeship, delivering the Irish Junior Cycle, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate curricula with extensive extracurricular programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Catholic girls secondary education
• Secondary school curriculum
• Transition Year programme
• Student leadership development
• Additional educational needs support

Headquarters

HQ city

Cork

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Christ King Girls' Secondary School delivers a comprehensive Catholic faith-based secondary education for girls aged 12-18 across six years (First Year through Sixth Year), including the Junior Cycle, an optional Transition Year, and the Senior Cycle preparing students for the Leaving Certificate. The school supplements its core curriculum with targeted support services such as the Additional Educational Needs programme (three-tier Continuum of Support), the Learning to Learn study skills programme, student leadership pathways, faith development, and overseas learning opportunities including a long-running French Exchange. Administrative and parental engagement is enabled through the VSware student information system.

Product overview

Christ King Girls' Secondary School operates as a traditional secondary educational institution offering a comprehensive curriculum from First Year through Sixth Year, including Junior Cycle, optional Transition Year programme, and Senior Cycle. The school provides educational services through its main website platform (built on Squarespace) and a suite of administrative and support services including VSWare for student information management. Core educational offerings encompass the AEN Support Programme with three-tiered intervention levels, the Learning to Learn study skills programme across Junior Cycle, and the Transition Year Programme with international exchange opportunities. The school fosters student development through dedicated Leadership, Faith, and Creative programmes, complemented by extensive extracurricular activities including sports teams, drama productions, music ensembles, and subject-specific clubs. Administrative services include the Book Scheme for textbook provision and Lunch Time Clubs for daily student activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary Education Curriculum (Junior Cycle, Transition Year and Senior Cycle) Comprehensive Catholic secondary school curriculum from First Year through Sixth Year for girls aged 12-18 in Cork, covering the Junior Cycle, an optional Transition Year, and Senior Cycle preparation for the Leaving Certificate examinations.
• Additional Educational Needs (AEN) Support Programme A comprehensive support programme for students with additional educational needs operating on a three-level Continuum of Support framework (Support For All, Support For Some, Support For A Few), offering differentiated teaching, team teaching, in-class support, small group tuition, and assistive technology for students at Christ King.
• Learning to Learn Programme Structured study skills development programme spanning Junior Cycle years, including modules on transitioning to secondary school, identifying learning styles, goal-setting, memory techniques, and exam preparation strategies for Christ King students.
• Transition Year Programme Optional one-year programme between Junior and Senior Cycle offering work experience, overseas trips including the French Exchange with School Saint Sauveur in Redon, enterprise activities such as TY mini-company, and personal development opportunities including the Gaisce Bronze Award.
• Overseas Learning Opportunities International educational experiences including the French Exchange programme with School Saint Sauveur in Redon, France (running for nearly 30 years), ski trips to Lavarone, Barcelona and London school tours, Kolkata HOPE Immersion Programme, and Transition Year tours.
• School Book Scheme Book rental scheme providing textbooks to students for an annual fee, with stationery lists and book agreements available for all year groups from First Year through Sixth Year at Christ King.
• Lunch Time Clubs Daily scheduled extracurricular activities running from 1.10pm to 1.40pm, offering Christ King students opportunities for skill development, social interaction, and personal interests beyond the curriculum.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple Munster Schools Athletics Championships and All-Ireland qualifications
• +4 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CEIST (Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust)coreOthersChrist King Girls' Secondary School is a CEIST school, part of the Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust network. The school operates under CEIST values: Promoting Spiritual and Human Development, Achieving Quality in Teaching and Learning, Showing Respect for Every Person, Creating Community, and Being Just and Responsible. Sr. Mary Dineen represents the Presentation Order connection.
• VSwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationVSware is the school administration system used by Christ King. Parents access academic reports, attendance, and behaviour information through this platform. The school has a dedicated VSware portal (ckss.vsware.ie) for student information management.
• School Saint Sauveur, Redon (France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school maintains a French Exchange programme with School Saint Sauveur in Redon, France. This partnership has been running for nearly 30 years, with teachers Mr Lonergan and Ms McQuinn coordinating the exchanges.
• RDI Hub KillorglinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerForty Transition Year students engaged in the STEM Passport for Inclusion programme at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, learning about computational thinking, data science, and coding with BBC MicroBit.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Scoil Mhuire gan Smál: Catholic girls' secondary school in Ballincollig, Cork. Comparable in faith-based, single-sex ethos and serves an overlapping Cork suburban catchment, competing for similar families.
• Mount Mercy College: Catholic coeducational secondary school in Cork city under the Mercy Sisters/CEIST tradition. Directly comparable as a Cork-based, CEIST-affiliated secondary school competing for the same catchment families.
• Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh: Catholic secondary school in Cork (Bishopstown) under CEIST trusteeship. Comparable in faith-based ethos and competing for Cork-area families at the secondary level.
• Regina Mundi College: Catholic girls' secondary school in Cork under CEIST. Directly comparable in single-sex, faith-based model and proximate geographic competition.
• Ursuline Secondary School: Catholic secondary school in Blackrock, Cork. Comparable in faith-based model and Cork-city catchment, offering parallel academic and extracurricular programmes.
• St. Angela's College: Catholic secondary school in Cork serving girls. Comparable in faith-based, single-sex positioning and overlaps with Christ King in extracurricular and academic programming.
• Presentation Secondary School, Cork: Catholic girls' secondary school in Cork sharing the Presentation Order heritage that Christ King also inherits through CEIST. Closest direct peer in ethos, single-sex model, and geographic catchment.

Regional players

• Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan: Catholic girls' secondary school in north Dublin under the Loreto Order. Comparable in faith-based, single-sex positioning and academic programming but operates in a different geographic market.

Others

• VSware: Irish-based student information system provider used by Christ King. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor — relevant for understanding the school's technology stack and adjacent vendor relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Dominican College, Dublin: Catholic girls' secondary school in Dublin under the Dominican Order. Comparable in faith-based, single-sex ethos and curricular structure but serves a different (Dublin) catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christ-king-girls-sec-school

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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