Presentation Convent
Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth · A92 E296 · Roll number 00851C
Presentation Convent is one of 19 primary schools in or within 3 km of Drogheda. Every school in and around Drogheda →
What stands out about Presentation Convent
- One of the larger primary schools: 385 pupils, against a typical 131.
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 385 pupils, 37% more than the 282 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.
- 243 girls and 142 boys: more of one than the other.
- Its patron is the Archbishop of Armagh; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Presentation Convent had 385 pupils in 2025/26, against 321 in 2015/16 (+20%). Girls are 63% of them. Its roll rose in 4 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Presentation Convent
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 Presentation Convent 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 Presentation Convent
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 Presentation Convent
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Presentation Convent directly. Children can start once they are four and must be in school by six; 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 is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Presentation Convent has grown by 37% since 2019/20. All the schools around Drogheda together changed by +7%.
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 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 primary schools, 1 have more pupils than Presentation Convent. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +37%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Convent | 385 | +37% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa | 353 | −20% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.3 km |
| Aston Village Educate Together National School | 375 | −11% | Multi-denominational | English | 0.9 km | |
| St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School | 575 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.1 km |
| S.N. Aonghusa | 147 | −27% | Catholic | All in Irish | 1.4 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre Sn | 359 | +25% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 1.4 km |
| S.N. Naomh Peadar | 92 | −2% | Church of Ireland | English | 1.6 km |
The other 62 primary schools in Co. Louth
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomh Seosamh | 293 | +0% | Catholic | English | 2.2 km | |
| S.N. Ard Mhuire C | 315 | +5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.3 km |
| St Marys Parish Primary School | 967 | −13% | Catholic | English | 2.5 km | |
| Le Cheile Educate Together NS | 383 | −12% | Multi-denominational | English | 2.8 km | |
| Rathmullan N.S. | 373 | −9% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| St Pauls Senior N.S. | 466 | −4% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 2.9 km |
| S.N. Muire Gan Smal | 201 | −18% | Catholic | English | 5 km | |
| S.N. Padraig | 172 | −13% | Catholic | English | 5.2 km | |
| S.N. Tulach Aluinn | 411 | −17% | Catholic | English | 5.3 km | |
| Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín | 307 | +5% | Catholic | English | 5.7 km | |
| S N Tigh an Lubhair | 192 | −9% | Catholic | English | 8.4 km | |
| Walshestown N.S. | 95 | −19% | Catholic | English | 9 km | |
| Callystown Mixed N.S. | 261 | −18% | Catholic | English | 9.5 km | |
| Scoil Naomh Fainche | 190 | −14% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| Scoil Bhride Mixed N.S. | 202 | −3% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Columcille | 151 | −13% | Catholic | English | 12 km | |
| S.N. Chaoimhin Naofa | 148 | +16% | Catholic | English | 13 km | |
| Dromin N.S. | 97 | −2% | Catholic | English | 14 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Fhionain | 100 | +1% | Catholic | English | 15 km | |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 49 | −49% | Catholic | English | 16 km | |
| Ballapousta NS | 186 | −14% | Catholic | English | 17 km | |
| S.N. Chill Sarain | 161 | −15% | Catholic | English | 18 km | |
| S N Mhuire na Trocaire | 339 | +15% | Catholic | English | 19 km | |
| Ardee Monastery | 244 | −5% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 19 km |
| Ardee Educate Together NS | 177 | +17% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 20 km |
| Dromiskin Mixed N.S. | 234 | −1% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Scoil Dairbhre Mixed | 71 | −26% | Catholic | English | 23 km | |
| Tallonstown N.S. | 276 | −15% | Catholic | English | 25 km | |
| Scoil na gCreagacha Dubha | 503 | +13% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. Francis National School | 441 | +53% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| Scoil Fhursa | 229 | −8% | Catholic | English | 26 km | |
| St. Mochta's National School | 181 | +20% | Catholic | English | 28 km | |
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S. | 285 | −5% | Catholic | English | 29 km | |
| Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan | 214 | −4% | Catholic | All in Irish | ✓ | 29 km |
| St Josephs N.S. | 574 | −2% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 29 km |
| Scoil Mhuire na nGael | 624 | −8% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Rath Corr | 56 | −16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh C | 233 | −16% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh N | 220 | −15% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. N Maolmhaodhagh B | 246 | +7% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| S.N. Muire | 187 | +10% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| Dun Dealgan N.S. | 84 | −2% | Presbyterian | English | 31 km | |
| Réalt na Mara School | 467 | +0% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| C.b.s. Primary | 524 | +13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora B | 169 | +61% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. an Tslanaitheora C | 160 | +62% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| S.N. San Nioclas | 148 | −3% | Church of Ireland | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| St Nicholas Monastery NS | 164 | −3% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Castletown Rd Convent | 191 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| Bellurgan N.S. | 112 | −13% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál | 189 | −10% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S N Talamh na Manach | 139 | +7% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| S.N. Eoin Baiste | 164 | −11% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 33 km |
| S.N. Mullach Bui | 62 | −2% | Catholic | English | 33 km | |
| S.N. Mhuire | 89 | −28% | Catholic | English | 34 km | |
| Dulargy Mixed N.S. | 150 | −23% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| Faughart Community National School | 102 | +122% | Multi-denominational | English | 35 km | |
| Scoil Phadraig Naofa | 206 | +2% | Catholic | English | 35 km | |
| St Olivers N.S. | 120 | −28% | Catholic | English | 36 km | |
| Scoil Bhride | 82 | +173% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| S.N. Bhride | 67 | −25% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| S.N. Naomh Lorcan | 69 | −13% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 40 km |
Living in Drogheda
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the A92 Eircode area
Housing in Drogheda →The median sale price rose from €333,500 in 2023 to €380,000 in 2025 (+14%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the A92 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Drogheda
Cost of living in Drogheda →New tenancies in Drogheda averaged €1,454 a month in 2025, against €1,354 in 2024 (+7%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Drogheda, A92 E296
Primary schools near Presentation Convent
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Presentation Convent
Is Presentation Convent 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 Presentation Convent have?
385 pupils in 2025/26. That is +37% since 2019/20.
Does Presentation Convent teach through Irish?
No: Presentation Convent teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Presentation Convent?
Presentation Convent has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Archbishop of Armagh.
How do pupils get a place at Presentation Convent?
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 Presentation Convent?
The nearest are Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa (0.3 km), Aston Village Educate Together National School (0.9 km) and St Brigid's and St Patrick's National School (1.1 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 Drogheda; 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).