High third level figures for CPC

Nine out of ten students who graduated from Cross & Passion College over the last ten years have gone on to third level education, writes Brian Byrne.

That's according to figures on an interactive map of 'feeder schools' around the country as published by the Irish Times this week.

Some 40pc of graduating students chose universities for third level over the decade, and within that cohort, almost a third (29.7pc) went to Maynooth University, with 23.2pc opting for UCD, 15.3pc for DCU and 12.1pc for TCD. Other universities to which CPC students went include University of Limerick, NUI Galway and UCC.

The non-university third level choices cover a very wide range of locations which include ITs in Carlow, Dublin, Blanchardstown, Cork, Dundalk, Sligo and Letterkenny.

The current CPC enrolment total is given as 762 pupils, with the gender balance being 383 boys and 379 girls.

Founded in 1887, by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, the school was originally a boarding school for girls. Since 1986 it has been a co-educational voluntary secondary school. In 2009, the Cross and Passion College joined the Le Chéile Schools Trust, committed to Catholic Post-Primary education.