Loreto Secondary School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

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

2 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 classes last year.

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Balbriggan. 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 K32 (Balbriggan) was €367,000 in 2025. That is up 36.9% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Balbriggan Urban at -4.7 (Marginally Below Average), where 0 is the national average. 32% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Balbriggan

• Ardgillan Community College Secondary school, Dublin
• Balbriggan Community College Secondary school, Dublin
• Balbriggan Educate Together Ns Primary school, Dublin
• Balscadden N S Primary school, Dublin
• Blessed Oliver N S Primary school, Dublin
• Bracken Educate Together Ns Primary school, Dublin
• Bremore Educate Together Secondary School Secondary school, Dublin
• Coláiste Ghlór Na Mara Secondary school, Dublin
• Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin Primary school, Dublin
• S N Na Haille Primary school, Dublin
• S N Naomh Teresa Primary school, Dublin
• S N Peadar Agus Pol N Primary school, Dublin