Patrician Catholic Secondary School

What Patrician Catholic Secondary School does

Patrician Catholic Secondary School is a voluntary Catholic secondary school located in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland (W12 XV38), established in 1960 under the founding intentions of the Patrician Brothers and now operating under the Le Chéile Schools Trust. The institution serves students aged approximately 12–18 from Newbridge and the surrounding hinterland, delivering the standard Irish secondary curriculum — Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, LCVP (Link Modules), and LCA — alongside a broad co-curricular programme spanning athletics, GAA, hurling, soccer, basketball, chess, debating, equestrian, the Young Scientist competition, the Gaisce President's Award, and an annual inter-school musical with Holy Family Secondary School. Day-to-day leadership sits with Principal Pat Moloney.

The school's operating stack is built on commodity, sector-standard SaaS rather than proprietary technology. Its public-facing website runs on the iClassCMS platform, with VS Ware used for student records, attendance and academic tracking, Easy Payments Plus for parental fee collection, Google Calendar embedded for staff scheduling, and Padlet deployed for digital collaboration among students and staff. There are no proprietary AI/ML systems, no native mobile applications, no APIs, and no disclosed data flywheels; the technology footprint is functional rather than differentiating.

Commercially, the school is a non-profit educational institution with two primary revenue streams — tuition and ancillary fees charged to enrolled families, and recurrent government funding channelled through the Department of Education to Le Chéile Trust schools. Specific fee levels and total income are not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition is overwhelmingly direct, via the school's website, admissions process, open days, and Facebook/Instagram channels, drawing from the Newbridge and wider Kildare catchment. The school has 16 administrative/senior staff listed in firmographic data (likely not full headcount including all teaching personnel), operates solely from its single Newbridge campus, and has no subsidiaries, M&A activity, external funding rounds, or disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Patrician Catholic Secondary School

Legal name

Patrician Secondary School

Website

https://patriciansecondary.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

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

• Secondary school education
• Catholic secondary education
• Junior senior cycle
• Transition year programs
• School extracurricular programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Newbridge

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: School fees charged to students for educational services and extracurricular activities
2. Government Funding: State funding through the Department of Education for Catholic secondary schools under Le Chéile Schools Trust

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Patrician Secondary School is a Catholic co-educational secondary school delivering the full Irish secondary curriculum — Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP), and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) — to students aged approximately 12–18 in Newbridge and the surrounding Kildare hinterland. Beyond academic instruction, the school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities (athletics, hurling, debating, music, school musical, etc.), pastoral care, guidance, and student support services, all grounded in the Patrician Brothers' educational ethos and operating under the Le Chéile Schools Trust.

Product overview

Patrician Secondary School offers educational programs including Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, LCVP (Link Modules), and LCA. The school's digital presence includes its official website built on the iClassCMS platform, the VS Ware student management system, and the Easy Payments Plus platform for fee collection. The school provides a broad and balanced curriculum under the founding intentions of the Patrician Brothers, continuing under the Le Chéile Schools Trust. The institution serves Newbridge and the surrounding hinterland since 1960, focusing on academic excellence, personal growth, and holistic development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior Cycle Programme Three-year lower-secondary education programme for students typically aged 12–15, delivered at Patrician Secondary School within the Irish national curriculum framework and Catholic ethos.
• Senior Cycle Programme Two-year upper-secondary education programme culminating in the Leaving Certificate, for students typically aged 15–18 at Patrician Secondary School.
• Transition Year Programme Optional one-year programme between Junior and Senior Cycle providing broader curriculum experience, personal development and work-exposure activities for students.
• Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) Leaving Certificate vocational Link-Modules programme combining academic Leaving Certificate subjects with vocational and enterprise modules for senior cycle students.
• Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) Two-year Leaving Certificate Applied alternative senior-cycle programme focused on practical, vocational and continuous assessment for students aged 15–18.
• Extrurricular Activities Programme School-organised extracurricular activities including athletics, badminton, basketball, chess, debating, equestrian, GAA football, hurling, soccer, school musical, Young Scientist and other clubs for enrolled students.
• Pastoral Care and Student Support Service Pastoral, guidance and student-support services (including Meitheal leadership, Guidance, Student Council, and assembly programmes) supporting student wellbeing and personal development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Strong academic performances consistently achieved
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Le Chéile Schools TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates under the Le Chéile Schools Trust umbrella, continuing the founding intentions of the Patrician Brothers. Le Chéile is a network of Catholic secondary schools. The school participates in Le Cheile Projects and collaborative initiatives.
• Holy Family Secondary SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for annual school musical productions. Students from both schools work together in performing arts, demonstrating inter-school cooperation.
• Patrician BrotherscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding religious order of the school. The school's ethos and traditions are rooted in the Patrician Brothers' educational philosophy. The school continues to honor and maintain these founding intentions.
• Feed Clubs (Hurling)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school works with local GAA feeder clubs to encourage, practice and develop student hurling skills. This partnership supports the school's hurling program from first year through senior competitions.
• Gaisce - The President's AwardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school participates in the Gaisce Award program, awarded by the President of Ireland. Students complete activities in community involvement, personal skills, physical recreation, and adventure journeys through the Carlingford Adventure Centre.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gonzaga College: Jesuit Catholic secondary school in Dublin with a national reputation. Comparable in faith-based ethos and academic emphasis, but at a substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach than Patrician.
• St Andrew's College: Large fee-charging secondary school in Dublin with a Church of Ireland heritage. Comparable in operating a broad secondary curriculum with the same Junior/Senior Cycle and Transition Year programs Patrician delivers.
• Belvedere College: Jesuit Catholic secondary school in central Dublin. Comparable in operating model (fee-charging Catholic secondary) and curriculum breadth but with a city-centre location and larger scale.
• Wesley College: Established fee-charging secondary school in Dublin with a Methodist heritage. Comparable as a non-public secondary provider delivering a broad curriculum and extensive extracurricular programs to secondary-age students.
• Terenure College: Catholic secondary school in Dublin run by the Carmelite order. Comparable in offering a broad Catholic secondary curriculum with extracurricular breadth similar to Patrician's sport and performing-arts catalog.
• Blackrock College: Larger established Catholic secondary school in Dublin with a Holy Spirit fathers tradition. Comparable in Catholic ethos and academic positioning but operates at significantly greater scale across a broader catchment.

Direct peers

• Holy Family Secondary School: Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the Newbridge area and an existing partner of Patrician for the annual school musical. It competes for the same Kildare secondary cohort and operates a similar size and ethos profile.
• Newbridge College: Fee-charging Catholic secondary school located in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Operates in the same immediate catchment area as Patrician and competes directly for students aged 12-18 in the same hinterland.

Regional players

• Clongowes Wood College: Jesuit Catholic secondary (boarding and day) school in Sallins, Co. Kildare. Comparable Catholic ethos and secondary-age offering within the same regional education market, though with a higher-fee boarding model.
• St Patrick's College, Maynooth: Located in nearby Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Comparable in operating footprint and Catholic heritage, serving the broader Kildare region from which Patrician draws its student base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/patricianssnewbridge
• Facebookfacebook.com/pssnewbridge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/patrician-catholic-secondary-school

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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