Loreto College
Crumlin Road, Dublin 12 · D12 E196 · Roll number 60800V
Loreto College is one of 37 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Crumlin. Every school in and around Crumlin →
What stands out about Loreto College
- A small post-primary school: 320 pupils, against a typical 585.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Smaller than it was: 320 pupils, 20% fewer than the 400 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- A girls’ school.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Loreto Education Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Loreto College had 320 pupils in 2025/26, down from 446 in 2015/16 (−28%). Its roll rose in 1 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Loreto College
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Loreto College is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Loreto College
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Loreto College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Loreto College directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It takes girls only. It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Loreto College has shrunk by 20% since 2019/20. All the schools around Crumlin together changed by +6%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Loreto College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by −20%; 5 of the 5 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto College | 320 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Clogher Road Community College | 297 | +46% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| C.B.S. James Street | 251 | +65% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Rosary College | 250 | +35% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School | 289 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| Presentation College | 262 | +55% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 1.5 km |
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Secondary School | 349 | +124% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.8 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St. | 256 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School | 302 | +39% | Church of Ireland | English | 2 km | |
| St Louis High School | 690 | +2% | Catholic | English | 2 km | |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines | 500 | +17% | Catholic | English | 2.1 km | |
| Presentation Community College | 443 | +26% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| Assumption Secondary School | 270 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid Rís | 521 | −10% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.5 km |
| Stratford College | 189 | +28% | Jewish | English | 2.7 km | |
| St Pauls C.B.S. | 244 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Josephs Secondary School | 283 | +48% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.8 km |
| Terenure College | 800 | +16% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Catholic University School | 544 | +7% | Catholic | English | 2.8 km | |
| Loreto College | 588 | +5% | Catholic | English | 2.9 km | |
| Templeogue College | 637 | −6% | Catholic | English | 3 km | |
| The High School | 811 | +11% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.1 km | |
| Mount Carmel Secondary School | 386 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.1 km |
| Sandford Park School Ltd | 437 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | 3.3 km | |
| Our Ladys School | 799 | +5% | Catholic | English | 3.3 km | |
| St Pauls Secondary School | 466 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.3 km |
| Gonzaga College | 576 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Greenhills College | 186 | +36% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| C.B.S. Westland Row | 205 | +52% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 3.5 km |
| Larkin Community College | 403 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 3.6 km |
| Belvedere College S.J | 1,011 | +1% | Catholic | English | 3.7 km | |
| Muckross Park College | 709 | +0% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| St Conleths College | 339 | +19% | Catholic | English | 3.8 km | |
| Alexandra College | 664 | +13% | Church of Ireland | English | 3.8 km | |
| Kylemore College | 479 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4 km |
| Coláiste Mhuire | 272 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 4 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community College | 915 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 4.1 km | |
| St Declan's College | 651 | +0% | Catholic | English | 4.1 km | |
| St. Seton's Secondary School | 741 | – | Other | English | ✓ | 4.1 km |
| Loreto High School | 625 | −5% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| De La Salle College | 463 | +45% | Catholic | English | 4.3 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh | 296 | +13% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 4.3 km | |
| Cabra Community College | 264 | +102% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.3 km |
| O'Connell School | 222 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.4 km |
| St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin | 408 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.5 km |
| St Dominics College | 790 | −1% | Catholic | English | 4.7 km | |
| Coláiste de hÍde | 266 | −11% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Marian College | 319 | −8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 4.7 km |
| Tallaght Community School | 840 | +10% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 4.8 km |
| Coláiste Éanna | 618 | +3% | Catholic | English | 4.8 km | |
| The Teresian School | 230 | +16% | Catholic | English | 4.9 km | |
| Sancta Maria College | 577 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| Ringsend College | 191 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.1 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 636 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary School | 295 | −3% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| St Mary's Secondary School | 830 | +2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.4 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule | 475 | +18% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.4 km | |
| St Michaels College | 731 | +10% | Catholic | English | 5.5 km | |
| Scoil Chaitriona | 523 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 5.5 km |
| Kingswood Community College | 1,006 | +93% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.6 km | |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde | 764 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School | 437 | +460% | Multi-denominational | English | 5.7 km | |
| Rosmini Community School | 139 | +16% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| St Josephs C.B.S. | 310 | +20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 5.7 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School | 366 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| St. Colmcille's Community School | 727 | −0% | Inter-denominational | English | 5.8 km | |
| Marino College | 297 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.8 km |
| Dominican College | 799 | +7% | Catholic | English | 5.9 km | |
| Ballinteer Community School | 415 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 5.9 km |
| Edmund Rice College | 912 | +576% | Catholic | English | 6.2 km | |
| Coláiste Bríde | 993 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.3 km | |
| St Kevins College | 503 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.3 km |
| Castleknock College | 771 | +10% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Árdscoil Rís | 563 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| St Michaels Secondary School | 646 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.4 km |
| Clonturk College | 968 | +182% | Multi-denominational | English | 6.4 km | |
| Mount Anville Secondary School | 726 | +4% | Catholic | English | 6.4 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 257 | +43% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.5 km |
| Mount Temple Comprehensive School | 903 | +2% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.6 km | |
| Maryfield College | 527 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.6 km | |
| St. Tiernan's Community School | 368 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Beneavin De La Salle College | 585 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 6.6 km |
| Collinstown Park Community College | 630 | +11% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 6.7 km |
| The Kings Hospital | 732 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 6.7 km | |
| Moyle Park College | 763 | +3% | Catholic | English | 6.7 km | |
| St. Aidan's C.B.S. | 725 | +1% | Catholic | English | 6.8 km | |
| Wesley College | 942 | +2% | Methodist | English | 6.9 km | |
| Firhouse Community College | 825 | +2% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste Eoin | 517 | +4% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste Íosagáin | 488 | +1% | Catholic | All in Irish | 6.9 km | |
| St Andrews College | 1,011 | +2% | Presbyterian | English | 6.9 km | |
| Coláiste Chilliain | 400 | −4% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 7 km | |
| Old Bawn Community School | 1,024 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | 7.1 km | |
| Ellenfield Community College | 150 | +3% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| New Cross College | 417 | +110% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.1 km |
| St Benildus College | 949 | +18% | Catholic | English | 7.1 km | |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School | 411 | +407% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.3 km | |
| Willow Park School | 206 | −0% | Catholic | English | 7.3 km | |
| St Columba's College | 357 | +7% | Church of Ireland | English | 7.3 km | |
| Trinity Comprehensive School | 564 | +15% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| St Marks Community School | 931 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.4 km |
| Holy Faith Secondary School | 647 | +0% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Rockbrook Park School | 186 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.5 km | |
| Oatlands College | 623 | +14% | Catholic | English | 7.6 km | |
| St. Kevin's Community College | 525 | +41% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 7.6 km |
| Blackrock College | 1,041 | +2% | Catholic | English | 7.7 km | |
| Our Lady Of Mercy College | 407 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.7 km |
| Castleknock Community College | 1,318 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | 7.8 km | |
| St. David's College | 550 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 7.8 km |
| Dominican College | 521 | +19% | Catholic | English | 7.8 km | |
| St Raphaela's Secondary School | 637 | +12% | Catholic | English | 8 km | |
| Deansrath Community College | 425 | +43% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.2 km |
| Le Cheile Secondary School | 944 | +26% | Catholic | English | 8.3 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 320 | +0% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 8.4 km |
| St Pauls College | 650 | +10% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Kishoge Community College | 937 | +12% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Griffeen Community College | 576 | +317% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.5 km | |
| Killinarden Community School | 471 | −3% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 8.9 km |
| Luttrellstown Community College | 1,027 | +15% | Multi-denominational | English | 8.9 km | |
| Chanel College | 451 | −21% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Rosemont School | 307 | +69% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| St Aidan's Community School | 561 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9 km |
| Mercy College Coolock | 402 | −6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 9.1 km |
| Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin | 1,014 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 9.2 km | |
| Coolock Community College | 205 | +32% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.3 km |
| Mount Seskin Community College | 350 | +8% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.4 km |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 884 | +3% | Church of Ireland | English | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Cois Life | 592 | −27% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 9.4 km | |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBS | 745 | +38% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Rath Dara Community College | 323 | +28% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 9.7 km |
| Manor House School | 652 | −5% | Catholic | English | 9.9 km | |
| St Joseph's College | 934 | +6% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Rockford Manor Secondary School | 273 | −1% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Blakestown Community School | 563 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 10 km |
| Loreto College Foxrock | 660 | +27% | Catholic | English | 10 km | |
| Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School | 741 | +246% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Lucan Community College | 966 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Coláiste pobail Fóla | 758 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Árdscoil La Salle | 289 | +74% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Hartstown Community School | 1,120 | −1% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| The Donahies Community School | 488 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 11 km |
| Christian Brothers College | 549 | +7% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Adamstown Community College | 981 | +8% | Multi-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Clonkeen College | 635 | +10% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School | 595 | +1,883% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Coláiste Pobail Setanta | 1,079 | +2% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Eriu Community College | 193 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Hansfield ETSS | 867 | +34% | Multi-denominational | English | 12 km | |
| Grange Community College | 553 | +98% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann | 453 | +2% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 12 km | |
| Holy Child Community School | 275 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 12 km |
| Cabinteely Community School | 512 | +12% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 13 km |
| Rathdown School | 364 | +38% | Church of Ireland | English | 13 km | |
| Pobalscoil Neasáin | 831 | +7% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School | 270 | +7% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School | 236 | – | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| Holy Family Community School | 998 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Marys Secondary School | 230 | −16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St. Fintan's High School | 714 | +1% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| St Laurence College | 302 | +17% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 14 km |
| Loreto College | 655 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Loreto Abbey Secondary School | 757 | +16% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Coláiste Choilm | 421 | −23% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| Sutton Park School | 503 | +36% | Church of Ireland | English | 15 km | |
| Santa Sabina Dominican College | 754 | +13% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School | 696 | +939% | Multi-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Holy Child Killiney | 382 | +9% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Malahide Community School | 1,250 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 15 km | |
| Fingal Community College | 864 | +1% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Portmarnock Community School | 955 | +3% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Swords Community College | 952 | +473% | Multi-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| St Finians Community College | 671 | +4% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 16 km |
| John Scottus Secondary School | 211 | +77% | Inter-denominational | English | 16 km | |
| Woodbrook College | 623 | +51% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 17 km |
| Donabate Community College | 799 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 21 km | |
| Lusk Community College | 1,104 | +61% | Multi-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| St Joseph's Secondary School | 945 | +19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 25 km |
| Skerries Community College | 1,025 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 30 km | |
| Ardgillan Community College | 1,014 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Bremore Educate Together Secondary School | 824 | +124% | Multi-denominational | English | 31 km | |
| Coláiste Ghlór na Mara | 520 | +63% | Multi-denominational | All in Irish | 31 km | |
| Balbriggan Community College | 686 | +33% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 32 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 1,220 | −5% | Catholic | English | 32 km |
Living in Crumlin
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the D12 Eircode area
Housing in Crumlin →The median sale price rose from €393,800 in 2023 to €466,000 in 2025 (+18%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the D12 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Crumlin
Cost of living in Crumlin →New tenancies in Crumlin averaged €2,076 a month in 2025, against €1,945 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Crumlin, D12 E196
Post-primary schools near Loreto College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Loreto College
Is Loreto College a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Loreto College have?
320 pupils in 2025/26. That is −20% since 2019/20.
Does Loreto College teach through Irish?
No: Loreto College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Loreto College?
Loreto College has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Loreto Education Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Loreto College?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Loreto College?
The nearest are Clogher Road Community College (0.3 km), C.B.S. James Street (1.3 km) and Rosary College (1.4 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Crumlin; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).