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Loreto Abbey Secondary School

Post-primary · Voluntary secondaryCatholicGirlsFee-paying

Dalkey, Co Dublin · A96 YC81 · Roll number 60130C

Loreto Abbey Secondary School is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dalkey. Every school in and around Dalkey →

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Pupils
757
September, 2025/26
Girls
Since 2019/20
+16%
from 653 pupils
Ireland: +5%
Ethos
Catholic
Patron: Loreto Education Trust
Language
English
outside the Gaeltacht
Results
Not published
none school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)
The gist

What stands out about Loreto Abbey Secondary School

  • 757 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
  • Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
  • Growing: 757 pupils, 16% more than the 653 of 2019/20.
  • A girls’ school.
  • Charges fees.
  • The largest of the 12 post-primary schools around Dalkey.
  • 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 2025/26

Loreto Abbey Secondary School had 757 pupils in 2025/26, against 594 in 2015/16 (+27%). Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.

02004006008002015/162018/192021/222025/26Pupils

Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.

No letter

No letter for Loreto Abbey Secondary School

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 Abbey Secondary School 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.

Inspections

Inspection reports on Loreto Abbey Secondary School

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 in

Getting a place at Loreto Abbey Secondary School

Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.

Families apply to Loreto Abbey Secondary School 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 charges fees, set by the school. It takes girls only.

Pupils
757
September, 2025/26
Since 2019/20
+16%
from 653 pupils

No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Loreto Abbey Secondary School has grown by 16% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dalkey together changed by +5%.

Pupils since 2019/20

Loreto Abbey+16%
The post-primary schools around Dalkey+14%
All Irish post-primary schools+15%

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

2025/26

The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.

Loreto Abbey Secondary School has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +16%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.

Loreto Abbey757
St Joseph Of Cluny270
Rathdown School364
Holy Child275
Holy Child Killiney382
Christian Brothers College549
Cabinteely512
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Loreto Abbey Secondary School757+16%CatholicEnglish
St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School270+7%CatholicEnglish1.9 km
Rathdown School364+38%Church of IrelandEnglish2 km
Holy Child Community School275+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓2.5 km
Holy Child Killiney382+9%CatholicEnglish3.1 km
Christian Brothers College549+7%CatholicEnglish3.4 km
Cabinteely Community School512+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓3.7 km
The other 177 post-primary schools in Co. Dublin
SchoolPupilsSince 2019/20EthosLanguageDEISAway
Clonkeen College635+10%CatholicEnglish4 km
St Laurence College302+17%CatholicEnglish✓4.1 km
Rockford Manor Secondary School273−1%CatholicEnglish4.3 km
Newpark Comprehensive School884+3%Church of IrelandEnglish5 km
Loreto College Foxrock660+27%CatholicEnglish5.2 km
Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School236–Multi-denominationalEnglish5.3 km
Dominican College521+19%CatholicEnglish6.5 km
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School741+246%Multi-denominationalEnglish6.6 km
Blackrock College1,041+2%CatholicEnglish6.6 km
Oatlands College623+14%CatholicEnglish7 km
Willow Park School206−0%CatholicEnglish7 km
St Raphaela's Secondary School637+12%CatholicEnglish7 km
Woodbrook College623+51%CatholicEnglish✓7.3 km
John Scottus Secondary School211+77%Inter-denominationalEnglish7.3 km
St Andrews College1,011+2%PresbyterianEnglish7.4 km
Coláiste Íosagáin488+1%CatholicAll in Irish7.4 km
Coláiste Eoin517+4%CatholicAll in Irish7.4 km
St Benildus College949+18%CatholicEnglish8.1 km
Mount Anville Secondary School726+4%CatholicEnglish8.3 km
Rosemont School307+69%CatholicEnglish8.9 km
St Michaels College731+10%CatholicEnglish9 km
Goatstown Educate Together Secondary School366–Multi-denominationalEnglish9 km
St Kilian's Deutsche Schule475+18%Inter-denominationalEnglish9 km
St. Tiernan's Community School368+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓9.3 km
Our Lady's Grove Secondary School295−3%CatholicEnglish9.3 km
The Teresian School230+16%CatholicEnglish9.4 km
Wesley College942+2%MethodistEnglish9.5 km
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School437+460%Multi-denominationalEnglish9.6 km
Marian College319−8%CatholicEnglish✓10 km
Alexandra College664+13%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Muckross Park College709+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
Ballinteer Community School415+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Gonzaga College576+4%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Conleths College339+19%CatholicEnglish11 km
Sutton Park School503+36%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
Ringsend College191+1%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓11 km
Sandford Park School Ltd437+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish11 km
Holy Faith Secondary School647+0%CatholicEnglish11 km
De La Salle College463+45%CatholicEnglish11 km
St Columba's College357+7%Church of IrelandEnglish11 km
The High School811+11%Church of IrelandEnglish12 km
Santa Sabina Dominican College754+13%CatholicEnglish12 km
Manor House School652−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh296+13%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish12 km
Stratford College189+28%JewishEnglish12 km
Catholic University School544+7%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Pauls College650+10%CatholicEnglish12 km
C.B.S. Westland Row205+52%CatholicEnglish✓12 km
Loreto College588+5%CatholicEnglish12 km
St. Fintan's High School714+1%CatholicEnglish12 km
St Louis High School690+2%CatholicEnglish12 km
St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., Rathmines500+17%CatholicEnglish12 km
Loreto High School625−5%CatholicEnglish12 km
Pobalscoil Neasáin831+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish13 km
Christian Brothers, Synge St.256−3%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary School437–Multi-denominationalEnglish13 km
Mount Temple Comprehensive School903+2%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Marino College297+21%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Presentation Community College443+26%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Josephs C.B.S.310+20%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
St Marys Secondary School320+0%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Árdscoil La Salle289+74%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Árdscoil Rís563+4%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Marys Secondary School230−16%CatholicEnglish13 km
St Patricks Cathedral Grammar School302+39%Church of IrelandEnglish13 km
Larkin Community College403+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓13 km
Our Ladys School799+5%CatholicEnglish13 km
Coláiste Éanna618+3%CatholicEnglish13 km
O'Connell School222+8%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Presentation College262+55%CatholicEnglish✓13 km
Terenure College800+16%CatholicEnglish13 km
Rockbrook Park School186+14%CatholicEnglish13 km
Mercy College Coolock402−6%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
The Donahies Community School488+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Sancta Maria College577+5%CatholicEnglish14 km
Belvedere College S.J1,011+1%CatholicEnglish14 km
St. David's College550+8%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Mount Carmel Secondary School386−4%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Chanel College451−21%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Gaelcholáiste Reachrann453+2%Inter-denominationalAll in Irish14 km
Grange Community College553+98%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Clogher Road Community College297+46%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Maryfield College527−11%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Pauls C.B.S.244+15%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Rosmini Community School139+16%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓14 km
Loreto College320−20%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
St. Colmcille's Community School727−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish14 km
C.B.S. James Street251+65%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Templeogue College637−6%CatholicEnglish14 km
Rosary College250+35%CatholicEnglish✓14 km
Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School595+1,883%Multi-denominationalEnglish14 km
Dominican College799+7%CatholicEnglish14 km
St Josephs Secondary School283+48%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Our Lady Of Mercy College407+6%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
Clonturk College968+182%Multi-denominationalEnglish15 km
Ellenfield Community College150+3%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Coolock Community College205+32%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓15 km
Scoil Chaitriona523+11%CatholicAll in Irish✓15 km
St Vincents C.B.S. Glasnevin408+13%CatholicEnglish✓15 km
St Mac Dara's Community College915+7%Inter-denominationalEnglish15 km
St. Aidan's C.B.S.725+1%CatholicEnglish15 km
Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School411+407%Multi-denominationalEnglish16 km
Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary School289−6%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Mary's Secondary School830+2%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
St Pauls Secondary School466+4%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Greenhills College186+36%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Tallaght Community School840+10%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Mercy Secondary School349+124%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Assumption Secondary School270+8%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Cabra Community College264+102%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓16 km
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís521−10%CatholicEnglish✓16 km
Coláiste Mhuire272−4%CatholicAll in Irish✓17 km
Firhouse Community College825+2%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
Trinity Comprehensive School564+15%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Declan's College651+0%CatholicEnglish17 km
St Kevins College503−6%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
Coláiste de hÍde266−11%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish✓17 km
Portmarnock Community School955+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish17 km
St Dominics College790−1%CatholicEnglish17 km
Beneavin De La Salle College585+15%CatholicEnglish✓17 km
St Michaels Secondary School646+4%CatholicEnglish✓18 km
Malahide Community School1,250+3%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Old Bawn Community School1,024+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish18 km
Kylemore College479+22%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
Kingswood Community College1,006+93%Multi-denominationalEnglish18 km
Coláiste Eoin257+43%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓18 km
St. Seton's Secondary School741–OtherEnglish✓18 km
St Marks Community School931+12%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓19 km
Mount Sackville Secondary School636−3%CatholicEnglish19 km
New Cross College417+110%CatholicEnglish✓19 km
Coláiste Bríde993+4%CatholicEnglish20 km
Edmund Rice College912+576%CatholicEnglish20 km
Killinarden Community School471−3%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School696+939%Multi-denominationalEnglish20 km
Phobailscoil Iosolde764−0%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓20 km
Moyle Park College763+3%CatholicEnglish20 km
Castleknock College771+10%CatholicEnglish20 km
Mount Seskin Community College350+8%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Coláiste Chilliain400−4%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish21 km
St Aidan's Community School561+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
Collinstown Park Community College630+11%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓21 km
The Kings Hospital732+3%Church of IrelandEnglish21 km
Coláiste Choilm421−23%CatholicEnglish21 km
Fingal Community College864+1%Inter-denominationalEnglish22 km
Loreto College655+4%CatholicEnglish22 km
Le Cheile Secondary School944+26%CatholicEnglish22 km
Deansrath Community College425+43%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
St. Kevin's Community College525+41%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Castleknock Community College1,318+13%Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
St Finians Community College671+4%Multi-denominationalEnglish✓22 km
Coláiste pobail Fóla758–Multi-denominationalEnglish22 km
Kishoge Community College937+12%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Griffeen Community College576+317%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Rath Dara Community College323+28%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓23 km
Swords Community College952+473%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Scoil Phobail Chuil Mhin1,014−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish23 km
Luttrellstown Community College1,027+15%Multi-denominationalEnglish23 km
Donabate Community College799+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Coláiste Cois Life592−27%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish24 km
Coláiste Phádraig CBS745+38%CatholicEnglish24 km
Blakestown Community School563+31%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓24 km
St Joseph's College934+6%CatholicEnglish24 km
Lucan Community College966+5%Multi-denominationalEnglish24 km
Hartstown Community School1,120−1%Inter-denominationalEnglish25 km
Adamstown Community College981+8%Multi-denominationalEnglish25 km
Holy Family Community School998+4%Inter-denominationalEnglish25 km
Coláiste Pobail Setanta1,079+2%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Eriu Community College193–Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
Hansfield ETSS867+34%Multi-denominationalEnglish26 km
St Joseph's Secondary School945+19%CatholicEnglish✓27 km
Lusk Community College1,104+61%Multi-denominationalEnglish28 km
Skerries Community College1,025+5%Inter-denominationalEnglish33 km
Ardgillan Community College1,014+6%Multi-denominationalEnglish36 km
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School824+124%Multi-denominationalEnglish37 km
Coláiste Ghlór na Mara520+63%Multi-denominationalAll in Irish37 km
Balbriggan Community College686+33%Inter-denominationalEnglish✓37 km
Loreto Secondary School1,220−5%CatholicEnglish37 km
Living nearby

Living in Dalkey

The town’s figures, not this street’s.

Median sale price
€850,500
416 sales, 2023–25, Property Price Register
Average rent
€2,886
a month, new tenancies in 2025

Homes in the A96 Eircode area

Housing in Dalkey →

The median sale price rose from €601,000 in 2023 to €685,000 in 2025 (+14%).

2023€601,000
2024€725,000
2025€685,000

New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025

New homes€602,600
Second-hand homes€688,500

Property Price Register sales in the A96 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.

Renting in Dalkey

Cost of living in Dalkey →

New tenancies in Dalkey averaged €2,886 a month in 2025, against €2,712 in 2024 (+6%).

2024€2,712
2025€2,886

Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.

Location

Directions ↗

Dalkey, A96 YC81

Nearby

Post-primary schools near Loreto Abbey Secondary School

Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.

St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
Fee-paying
270 pupils+7% since 2019/201.9 km
Rathdown School
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Church of Ireland
Fee-payingBoarding
364 pupils+38% since 2019/202 km
Holy Child Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
275 pupils+12% since 2019/202.5 km
Holy Child Killiney
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
GirlsFee-paying
382 pupils+9% since 2019/203.1 km
Christian Brothers College
Post-primary · Voluntary secondary · Catholic
BoysFee-paying
549 pupils+7% since 2019/203.4 km
Cabinteely Community School
Post-primary · Community school · Inter-denominational
DEIS
512 pupils+12% since 2019/203.7 km
Official recordInspection reports (gov.ie) ↗Department of Education school lists ↗Roll number 60130C

Questions about Loreto Abbey Secondary School

Is Loreto Abbey Secondary School 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 Abbey Secondary School have?

757 pupils in 2025/26. That is +16% since 2019/20.

Does Loreto Abbey Secondary School teach through Irish?

No: Loreto Abbey Secondary School teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.

Who runs Loreto Abbey Secondary School?

Loreto Abbey Secondary School has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Loreto Education Trust.

How do pupils get a place at Loreto Abbey Secondary School?

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 Abbey Secondary School?

The nearest are St Joseph Of Cluny Secondary School (1.9 km), Rathdown School (2 km) and Holy Child Community School (2.5 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 Dalkey; 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).