Clochar Loreto N S
Dublin 14 · Roll number 00729F
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 445
- −23 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −14%
- Down 70 from 515 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 440 / 5
- 99% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
445 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 51 | 49 | 53 | 54 | 59 | 40 | 51.0 |
| Senior Infants | 68 | 50 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 61 | 55.7 |
| 1st Class | 49 | 69 | 53 | 46 | 56 | 56 | 54.8 |
| 2nd Class | 73 | 49 | 68 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 57.5 |
| 3rd Class | 70 | 71 | 51 | 65 | 55 | 48 | 60.0 |
| 4th Class | 60 | 71 | 70 | 51 | 67 | 61 | 63.3 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 59 | 72 | 70 | 51 | 69 | 63.0 |
| 6th Class | 58 | 57 | 59 | 73 | 69 | 57 | 62.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
59 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 61 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 59Junior Infants2024/25
- 61Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
54 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 56 in 1st Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 54Junior Infants2023/24
- 54Senior Infants2024/25
- 561st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
53 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 53 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 53Junior Infants2022/23
- 54Senior Infants2023/24
- 561st Class2024/25
- 532nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
49 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 48 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2021/22
- 47Senior Infants2022/23
- 461st Class2023/24
- 482nd Class2024/25
- 483rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 61 in 4th Class (2025/26): 10 pupils more.
- 51Junior Infants2020/21
- 50Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 542nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 614th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
68 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 69 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 68Senior Infants2020/21
- 691st Class2021/22
- 682nd Class2022/23
- 653rd Class2023/24
- 674th Class2024/25
- 695th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
49 in 1st Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 491st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 513rd Class2022/23
- 514th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 576th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
73 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 69 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 732nd Class2020/21
- 713rd Class2021/22
- 704th Class2022/23
- 705th Class2023/24
- 696th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
70 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 73 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 703rd Class2020/21
- 714th Class2021/22
- 725th Class2022/23
- 736th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
60 in 4th Class (2020/21), 59 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 604th Class2020/21
- 595th Class2021/22
- 596th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 576th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +201st Class in 2021/22 (49 to 69)
- −242nd Class in 2021/22 (73 to 49)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Clochar Loreto N S, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
26teaching posts
Our estimate: about 26 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers100 hours of support teaching a week 4
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 9 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 7.66 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Clochar Loreto N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clochar Loreto N SThis school | – | 445 |
−13.6%
|
|
| 1 | Rathfarnham Educate Together0.2 km · Dublin 14 · Multi-denominational | 0.2 km | 188 |
−15.7%
|
| 2 | Scoil Mhuire Boys0.5 km · Dublin 14 · Boys | 0.5 km | 367 |
−19.9%
|
| 3 | Scoil Naisiunta an Dea Aoire0.7 km · Dublin 14 · DEIS | 0.7 km | 209 |
+15.5%
|
| 4 | Marley Grange NS0.9 km · Dublin 16 | 0.9 km | 461 |
−7.6%
|
| 5 | Ballyroan B N S1.2 km · Dublin 16 · Boys | 1.2 km | 375 |
+5.3%
|
| 6 | Scoil Mhuire1.5 km · Dublin 16 · DEIS | 1.5 km | 187 |
−22.1%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Ms Mairéad Byrne
- Phone
- 014931640
- [email protected]
- Address
- Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14 YY28
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Planning area
- Ballinteer–Stepaside–DLR
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 445 | 440 | 5 | 40 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 48 | 61 | 69 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 468 | 463 | 5 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 67 | 51 | 69 |
| 2023/24 | 476 | 471 | 5 | 54 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 65 | 51 | 70 | 73 |
| 2022/23 | 480 | 475 | 5 | 53 | 47 | 53 | 68 | 51 | 70 | 72 | 59 |
| 2021/22 | 481 | 477 | 4 | 49 | 50 | 69 | 49 | 71 | 71 | 59 | 57 |
| 2020/21 | 492 | 488 | 4 | 51 | 68 | 49 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 57 | 58 |
| 2019/20 | 501 | 501 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 508 | 508 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 510 | 510 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 505 | 505 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 515 | 515 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 518 | 518 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 527 | 527 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 520 | 520 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 516 | 516 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 517 | 517 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 517 | 517 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 506 | 506 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 502 | 502 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 522 | 522 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 528 | 528 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 530 | 530 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 537 | 537 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 529 | 529 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 541 | 541 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 541 | 541 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 540 | 540 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 553 | 553 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 554 | 554 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 572 | 572 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 533 | 533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 527 | 527 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 516 | 516 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 513 | 382 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 512 | 384 | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 498 | 377 | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 513 | 382 | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 521 | 389 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 537 | 387 | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 574 | 395 | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 555 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 511 | 341 | 170 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |