Loreto High School
Loreto High School is a secondary school girls only in Rathfarnham. 625 pupils, Catholic ethos, fee-paying, 3.04 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls only |
| Ethos | Catholic |
| Patron | Loreto Education Trust |
| Fees | Fee-paying — amount not confirmed. This school does not publish a figure we could trace to a page. |
| Enrolment | 625 (0 boys, 625 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60340N |
| Eircode | D14E521 |
| Address | Beaufort, Grange Rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 |
Getting in
Very hard. 340 applications for 112 places — 3.04 applicants per place, and 135 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 112 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 112 |
| Applications last year | 340 |
| Waiting list | 135 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 02 December 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 02 December 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 02 December 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Rathfarnham. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district D14 (Dublin 14) was €740,000 in 2025. That is up 32.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Rathfarnham-st. Enda's at 5.52 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 58% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Ms Aoife Kavanagh |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014933251 |
| Aoife.kavanagh@loretohighschool.com | |
| Local authority | South Dublin County Council |
Other schools in Rathfarnham
- Ballyroan BNS Primary school, Rathfarnham
- Ballyroan GNS Primary school, Rathfarnham
- Coláiste Éanna Secondary school, Rathfarnham
- De La Salle College, Churchtown Secondary school, Churchtown
- Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna Primary school, Templeogue
- Our Lady's Secondary School Secondary school, Templeogue
- Rathfarnham Parish N S Primary school, Knocklyon
- Rockbrook Park School Secondary school, Dublin
- S N Bhaile Eamonn Primary school, Dublin
- Sancta Maria College Secondary school, Rathfarnham
- Saplings Special School Special school, Leopardstown
- Scoil Colmcille Naofa Primary school, Knocklyon
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.