St. Jarlath's College

What St. Jarlath's College does

St. Jarlath's College is a voluntary Catholic co-educational secondary school located on Bishop Street in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, founded in 1800 by Oliver Kelly under the patronage of Archbishop Edward Dillon of Tuam. It operates as a non-profit institution under the trusteeship of the Archbishop of Tuam (Roll Number 68074M; Charity Number 20202100) and is led by President John Kelly with two Deputy Principals, Karol Mortimer and Aoife Gilmore. The school delivers the Irish national secondary curriculum across a three-year Junior Cycle, an optional Transition Year and a two-year Senior Cycle leading to the Leaving Certificate, supplemented by an optional Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP).

The school's underlying technology stack is built entirely on commodity third-party platforms: the public website is powered by iClassCMS, learning management and communication run on Microsoft 365 / Teams, the student information and parent-comms layer is the Compass portal (web + iOS/Android apps), and exam preparation is delivered through Studyclix Plus. Ancillary operational services are outsourced to Get Fresh Catering (canteen pre-ordering) and Lockerfix (locker management). The school uses no proprietary technology platform; its product surface is the educational programme itself, delivered on-site.

St. Jarlath's is funded primarily through the Irish Department of Education under the national free education scheme, with ancillary revenue from a mandatory Student Services Fund of €120 per student per year (covering Microsoft 365 access, Studyclix Plus, printing, lockers, sports equipment, ID cards, CAT4/PPAD-E testing and 24-hour personal accident insurance) bundled into Transition Year fees. The school is tuition-free at the point of use. Admissions are run via a community-led motion — annual Open Evenings, a video tour, prospectus, hard-copy application forms and word-of-mouth within the Tuam / County Galway catchment — with no commercial go-to-market function.

Name

St. Jarlath's College

Legal name

St. Jarlath's College

Website

https://jarlaths.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1800

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

St. Jarlath's College is a voluntary Catholic co-educational secondary school in Tuam, County Galway, founded in 1800, delivering the Irish Junior Cycle, Transition Year and Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate) to local students under the Archbishop of Tuam's trusteeship and state funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic schooling
• Junior cycle
• Leaving certificate
• Transition year

Headquarters

HQ city

Tuam

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, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. State-Funded Secondary Education: St. Jarlath's College is a voluntary Catholic secondary school operating under the Irish free education scheme. Core tuition is state-funded via the Department of Education. Revenue for ancillary services is derived from the Student Services Fund (€120 per student annually, included in TY fees) and book scheme contributions. No commercial product revenue streams are generated.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Jarlath's College delivers state-funded Catholic co-educational secondary education in Tuam, County Galway, organised across the three-year Junior Cycle, the optional Transition Year, and the two-year Senior Cycle leading to the Leaving Certificate. Around this academic core it bundles pastoral care, careers guidance, SEN support, a Student Services Fund (covering Microsoft 365, Studyclix Plus, lockers, ID cards and personal accident insurance), a broad extra-curricular programme and an extensive competitive sports programme. The school operates as a single non-profit institution under the trusteeship of the Archbishop of Tuam and does not sell discrete commercial products or charge tuition fees.

Product overview

St. Jarlath's College is a Voluntary, Catholic, co-educational secondary school founded in 1800, operating as a single unified educational institution rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The school's primary digital products include its official website (jarlaths.ie, built on iClassCMS) and the Compass School Management Platform for student information and parent communication. Core educational offerings span the Junior Cycle Programme (1st-3rd Year), Transition Year Programme, Senior Cycle Programme (5th-6th Year leading to Leaving Certificate), and the optional Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP). Supporting services include comprehensive Student Support Services encompassing Pastoral Care, Student Leadership (Monitors, Student Council), a wide range of Extra-Curricular Activities (Opera, Choir, Debating, Gaisce, Green School, Chess, Science Club), and an extensive Sports Programme (Gaelic football, rugby, basketball, hurling, soccer, volleyball, athletics, and more). Additional services include the After School Study facility, End of Year Awards Day, and the Student Services Fund providing ID cards, email, lockers, and insurance. The school integrates with third-party platforms including Compass, Microsoft 365/Teams, Studyclix, Get Fresh Catering, and Lockerfix.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior Cycle Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• Record 12 All-Ireland Hogan Cup titles in Gaelic football — the most of any school in the competition's history
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)minorOthersAMD Dublin hosted the TeenTurn Technovation Competition in which St. Jarlath's College students (Selin Buyukdag, Christine Gordon, Lia Mae Coen, Ciara Hynes, Lainey Tighe, Maeve Gildea) participated, creating apps and business plans judged by a panel.
• Volleyball IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolleyball Ireland organised the Galway Blitz tournament hosted at the Kingfisher Club, University of Galway. St. Jarlath's College's 1st and 2nd year volleyball team participated, marking the school's first year playing volleyball.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• St. Flannan's College: Catholic voluntary secondary school in Ennis, Co. Clare, with a strong GAA tradition. Comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, Leaving Certificate focus, and shared Western-Ireland sporting culture.
• Clongowes Wood College: Jesuit Catholic voluntary secondary boarding/day school in Co. Kildare. Comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, long heritage (1814), state-curriculum delivery with Leaving Certificate focus, and broad extracurricular offering.
• Coláiste Iognáid (The Jes): Jesuit Catholic voluntary secondary school in Galway city serving boys. Directly comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, sport-heavy GAA tradition, and shared Western-Ireland catchment with St. Jarlath's.
• Blackrock College: Prestigious Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin under Holy Ghost Fathers trusteeship. Comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, strong sporting tradition (rugby focus), and broad academic and extracurricular offering.
• Glenstal Abbey School: Benedictine Catholic boarding/day secondary school in Murroe, Co. Limerick. Comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, Leaving Certificate delivery, and emphasis on pastoral and community formation.
• Presentation Brothers College, Cork: Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys in Cork city under Edmund Rice/Presentation Brothers trusteeship. Comparable in faith-based ethos, voluntary secondary model, strong sporting tradition, and broad academic offering.
• Calasanctius College: Co-educational secondary school in Oranmore, Co. Galway. Comparable as a Galway-area secondary competitor serving the same broader catchment, with similar Leaving Certificate programme delivery.
• Presentation College, Headford: Catholic secondary school located in Headford, immediately adjacent to the Tuam catchment. Directly comparable as a local-faith-based secondary competitor for the same North Galway / East Mayo student pool.
• St. Raphael's College, Loughrea: Catholic co-educational secondary school in Loughrea, Co. Galway. Comparable in faith-based ethos, shared Galway-area catchment, and co-educational Leaving Certificate delivery.

Regional players

• Coláiste na Coiribe (Galway Community College): Co-educational secondary school in Galway city operated under the ETB framework. Comparable as a Galway-area secondary competitor serving overlapping catchment, though non-denominational and a different governance model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stjarlaths
• Facebookfacebook.com/stjarlathscollege
• Instagraminstagram.com/stjarlathsty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st.-jarlath's-college

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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