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Carrignafoy Community College
Carrignafoy Community College
Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork

  • About Our School

    We welcome all, on a basis of care and respect, and encourage each one to strive for personal excellence.

Introduction to Carrignafoy Community College

Cork Education and Training Board is the patron of Carrignafoy Community College. Carrignafoy Community College is a state, co-educational, multi-denominational school underpinned by the core values of:


•  Excellence in Education;

•  Care;

•  Equality;

•  Community; 

•  Respect. 


Carrignafoy Community College opened on its current site in 1979, but has been part of a long tradition of education provision in Cobh dating back to 1905. In 1930 the Cobh Technical Instruction Committee was absorbed into the County Cork Vocational Education Committee. Significant growth in numbers and provision over the years led ultimately to the opening of the current building, and as a fully-functional community college under the auspices of the Cork Education and Training Board and offering the full range of subject and programme choice, further growth and an extension of the school building is anticipated in the coming years.

About Our School

Students at Carrignafoy Community College follow the Junior Cycle curriculum for their initial three years. Transition Year (Fourth Year) is optional, and the school offers the traditional Leaving Certificate programme, the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) and the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA). Level 1 and Level 2 Learning Programmes are also provided as required. We aim for academic excellence but also seek to develop fully each student’s intellectual and physical potential. We hope each student leaves our school capable of taking his/her place in the world and in society with an outlook that is emotionally, socially and intellectually developed.

We have also developed strong links with the local community over the years, and our students enjoy multiple benefits as a result of these links.

Carrignafoy Community College can offer support to its students through the School Completion Programme and our Home School Liaison Co-ordinator, along with the various academic and pastoral supports available.

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