Curriculum

Pres Ballyphehane is proud of its track record in education. The class of 2020-21 Leaving Cert results were outstanding.  20% of Pres Ballyphehane students were awarded over 500 points and 35% were awarded over 400 points. Over 83% of our students are now attending further education colleges such as UCC, MTU & Mary Immaculate College.   

The staff of Presentation Ballyphehane are focused on achieving teaching excellence through Continuous Professional Development - we have an in-house teaching and learning team committed to the highest standards of education. An academic monitor is assigned to each student sitting state exams to act as a guide and support during exam times.
As a DEIS school we have close links and support available to us from both UCC & MTU - which provide extra tuition hours and online academic support.
Our Guidance counsellor is on hand to guide and support students in terms of accessing the Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) and Disability Access Route To Education (DARE) schemes to support further education.

programmes

Presentation Secondary School provides the following programmes of education for its students:

• Junior Certificate Programme

• Transition Year Programme

• Leaving Certificate Programme

• Leaving Certificate Applied Programme

Leaving Certificate Drama, Film and Theatre Studies

Presentation Co-Ed Secondary School, Ballyphehane will be a pilot school for Leaving Certificate Drama, Film and Theatre Studies commencing in September 2025. We are one of a handful of schools in Ireland chosen to offer this new subject to our Senior Cycle students. Our state of the art dedicated theatre will be a central resource to those undertaking Leaving Certificate Drama, Film and Theatre Studies.

 This overall provision is organised as follows:

1st Year

• Irish

• English

• Maths

• History

• Religious Education

• Science

• Home Economics

 2nd & 3rd Year 

Compulsory Subjects: 

Irish, English, Maths, History, Geography, Wellbeing Programme (PE, SPHE, CSPE, Wellbeing module), Religious Education, Science, Modern Foreign Language

5th & 6th Year 

Compulsory Subjects: 

Irish, English, Maths, Religious Education, Career Guidance, SPHE, PE

Transition Year (TY)

This is an exciting one year programme available to our students immediately after Junior Certificate. It is a foundation year for Leaving Certificate.

The benefits of doing Transition Year

• A maturing year.

• A year which allows students to then pursue the Leaving Certificate with more purpose and motivation.

• The curriculum has been developed with an academic focus to provide a strong foundation for the Leaving Certificate.

• Students will make more informed decisions on subject choice.

• The year allows independent and self-directed learning, self-management skills and time management skills.

• Statistically proven that students who complete TY, attain higher points in their Leaving-Certificate.

 TY Activities