Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ, South Circular Road, Limerick · V94 D2Y5 · Roll number 64260M
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ is one of 12 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Dock. Every school in and around Dock →
What stands out about Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
- 746 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 746 pupils, 19% more than the 625 of 2019/20.
- 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 Le Chéile Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ had 746 pupils in 2025/26, against 624 in 2015/16 (+20%). Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
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 Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ 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 Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
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 Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ 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.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ has grown by 19% since 2019/20. All the schools around Dock together changed by −1%.
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.
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ has more pupils than any of the 6 nearest post-primary schools. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +19%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ | 746 | +19% | Catholic | English | ||
| Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ | 315 | −23% | Catholic | All in Irish | 0.1 km | |
| St Clements College | 411 | −19% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.1 km |
| Ardscoil Ris | 728 | −3% | Catholic | English | 1.2 km | |
| Coláiste Nano Nagle | 365 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Colaiste Mhichil | 349 | +6% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.3 km |
| Villiers Secondary School | 508 | −5% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.4 km |
The other 21 post-primary schools in Co. Limerick
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent College Comprehensive | 922 | +5% | Inter-denominational | English | 2 km | |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | 606 | −7% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | 2.3 km | |
| Ardscoil Mhuire | 591 | +4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.4 km |
| Thomond Community College | 597 | +13% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 2.7 km |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 3.5 km | |
| Mungret Community College | 991 | +175% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.2 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 4.3 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 6.7 km | |
| Salesian Secondary College | 746 | +5% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| Colaiste Chiarain | 821 | +21% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 15 km |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| Colaiste Mhuire | 269 | −32% | Inter-denominational | English | 23 km | |
| John The Baptist Community School | 960 | −12% | Inter-denominational | English | 24 km | |
| Colaiste na Trocaire (Mercy Community College) | 537 | +9% | Inter-denominational | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa | 518 | −19% | Catholic | English | 27 km | |
| Coláiste Iósaef | 505 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 28 km |
| Scoil Pól | 715 | +40% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Desmond College | 539 | +38% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 36 km |
| Scoil Mhuire & Íde | 754 | +6% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Hazelwood College | 562 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 39 km | |
| Coláiste Íde agus Iosaef | 669 | −1% | Multi-denominational | English | 54 km |
Living in Dock
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Dock →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Dock
Cost of living in Dock →New tenancies in Dock averaged €1,709 a month in 2025, against €1,520 in 2024 (+12%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Dock, V94 D2Y5
Post-primary schools near Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ
Is Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ 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 Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ have?
746 pupils in 2025/26. That is +19% since 2019/20.
Does Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ teach through Irish?
No: Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ?
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Le Chéile Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ?
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 Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ?
The nearest are Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ (0.1 km), St Clements College (0.1 km) and Ardscoil Ris (1.2 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 Dock; 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).