Meánscoil Iognáid Rís

What Meánscoil Iognáid Rís does

Meánscoil Iognáid Rís (trading as Naas CBS) is an all-boys Catholic voluntary secondary school located on Corban's Lane in Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Founded in 1871 by three Christian Brothers, the school operates under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust and is governed by a Board of Management. It delivers the standard Irish secondary curriculum across three programmes — Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate) covering 16 subject areas, and a Transition Year programme (in operation since 1994) — supported by learning support services and more than 75 extra-curricular activities. The school reports enrollment exceeding 1,014 students drawn from a catchment area spanning Naas town and surrounding County Kildare rural communities.

The school's technology stack is standard educational-sector infrastructure: a WordPress website hosted on Litespeed with Wordfence security and Complianz consent management, Google Workspace (Forms, Slides, Drive), YouTube for media, Google Maps for location, Google Analytics for tracking, and VSware as the student information system for reports, attendance, and student records. A School App is deployed for parents and students, integrating VSware for reporting, payment processing, and newsletter subscription. The institution is GDPR-compliant and maintains Child Safeguarding procedures.

The business model is non-commercial. As a voluntary secondary school participating in the Irish Free Education Scheme, tuition is provided at no cost to students. Revenue is derived from Department of Education and Youth grants (including capitation and teacher payroll), the Post-Primary Schoolbooks Scheme, and voluntary community contributions (notably a €350k community fundraiser toward the €1.2m All-Weather Multi-Sport Facility). The school is not privately owned; it operates under a non-profit foundation governance structure with no equity investors, no public listing, and no commercial product pricing.

Name

Meánscoil Iognáid Rís

Legal name

Naas CBS Meánscoil Iognáid Rís

Website

https://naascbs.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1871

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Meánscoil Iognáid Rís (Naas CBS) is an all-boys Catholic voluntary secondary school in Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Founded in 1871 under Edmund Rice Schools Trust trusteeship, it serves over 1,014 students through Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, and Transition Year programmes free of charge under the Irish Free Education Scheme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Catholic boys school
• Junior cycle programme
• Senior cycle programme
• Transition year programme

Headquarters

HQ city

Naas

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Meánscoil Iognáid Rís provides Catholic voluntary secondary education to boys in Naas, County Kildare, delivering the Irish state-approved Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate) programmes together with an optional Transition Year. Teaching is delivered by qualified secondary teachers in line with national curricula, and the school complements its academic offering with a broad programme of sport, music, debating, charity, and other extracurricular activities.

Product overview

Meánscoil Iognáid Rís is an all-boys Catholic secondary school offering a unified educational service across three cycles: Junior Cycle (JCT), Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate), and Transition Year Programme. The core educational products include formal curriculum delivery across 16+ subjects, special education support services, and over 75 extra-curricular activities spanning sports, arts, and environmental programmes. Digital support is provided through a School App (with VSWare integration for reporting) and a website portal. The school operates under Edmund Rice Schools Trust trusteeship and has an enrollment exceeding 1,014 students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior Cycle Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully runs Transition Year programme since 1994
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Edmund Rice Schools TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust (formerly the Irish Christian Brothers). The Trust holds in trust all Christian Brother schools in the Republic of Ireland. The Trust's vision is to promote full personal and social development in caring Christian communities of learning and teaching. Key elements include nurturing faith, Christian spirituality, promoting partnership, excellence in teaching and learning, creating caring communities, and inspiring transformational leadership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Belvedere College: Jesuit voluntary secondary school in Dublin, single-gender (boys), offering Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, and Transition Year; while trustee body differs, the faith-based, all-boys, fee-supported (within free scheme) model is closely comparable to Naas CBS.
• St. Fergal's College, Wicklow: Catholic voluntary secondary school under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in Wicklow serving boys at Junior and Senior Cycle; similar trustee governance, catchment-area model, and curricular offerings make it a strong direct peer.
• Drimnagh Castle CBS: Edmund Rice Schools Trust secondary school serving boys in Dublin with Junior and Senior Cycle programs; operates the same trustee-governed, Catholic, single-gender model as Naas CBS and competes for similar student profiles.
• Coláiste Eoin (Finglas): CBS secondary school in Dublin under ERST providing Junior and Senior Cycle education to boys; matches Naas CBS on trust affiliation, single-gender model, and curriculum structure.
• Coláiste Mhuire (CBS Mullingar): Christian Brothers secondary school under ERST in the midlands region offering the full Junior/Senior Cycle and Transition Year to boys; comparable in scale and CBS operating model to Naas CBS.
• Synge Street CBS: Dublin-based CBS secondary school under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust offering Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, and Transition Year to boys; the shared CBS/ERST operating model, single-gender structure, and faith-based ethos make it directly comparable to Naas CBS.
• Blackrock College: Catholic voluntary secondary school in Dublin operated under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust as a Christian Brothers school; all-boys secondary education with shared ethos, governance structure, and curricular framework makes it the closest direct peer to Naas CBS.

Regional players

• Castletroy College: CBS secondary school in Limerick under ERST, operating the same Catholic, all-boys model but in the Munster region rather than Leinster; relevant regional comparable for benchmarking CBS secondary operations outside Naas CBS's catchment.
• Newbridge College: Co-educational Catholic secondary school in Newbridge, County Kildare, geographically proximate to Naas CBS and competing for students across the same Kildare catchment area; relevant for comparing Catholic secondary offerings within the shared local market.
• Celbridge Community School: Co-educational secondary school located in Celbridge, County Kildare, drawing from the same county-level catchment as Naas CBS; competes for the same local student pool with a co-ed alternative model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CBSNaas
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Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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