Loreto National School
Dalkey · Roll number 19066L
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 314
- +5 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −17%
- Down 64 from 378 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 240 / 74
- 76% 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
314 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 | 51 | 43 | 43 | 50 | 49 | 47.8 |
| Senior Infants | 49 | 51 | 50 | 46 | 45 | 52 | 48.8 |
| 1st Class | 57 | 50 | 53 | 47 | 44 | 46 | 49.5 |
| 2nd Class | 30 | 35 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28.7 |
| 3rd Class | 31 | 30 | 38 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30.7 |
| 4th Class | 27 | 31 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 30 | 31.3 |
| 5th Class | 33 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 51 | 28 | 33.0 |
| 6th Class | 42 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 52 | 35.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
50 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 52 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 50Junior Infants2024/25
- 52Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
43 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 46 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 43Junior Infants2023/24
- 45Senior Infants2024/25
- 461st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
43 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 27 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils fewer.
- 43Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 441st Class2024/25
- 272nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
51 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 21 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2021/22
- 50Senior Infants2022/23
- 471st Class2023/24
- 272nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
51 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 4th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils fewer.
- 51Junior Infants2020/21
- 51Senior Infants2021/22
- 531st Class2022/23
- 282nd Class2023/24
- 293rd Class2024/25
- 304th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
49 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 28 in 5th Class (2025/26): 21 pupils fewer.
- 49Senior Infants2020/21
- 501st Class2021/22
- 252nd Class2022/23
- 263rd Class2023/24
- 264th Class2024/25
- 285th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
57 in 1st Class (2020/21), 52 in 6th Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 571st Class2020/21
- 352nd Class2021/22
- 383rd Class2022/23
- 444th Class2023/24
- 515th Class2024/25
- 526th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
30 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2024/25): 4 pupils fewer.
- 302nd Class2020/21
- 303rd Class2021/22
- 304th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 266th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
31 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 31 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 313rd Class2020/21
- 314th Class2021/22
- 315th Class2022/23
- 316th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
27 in 4th Class (2020/21), 26 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 274th Class2020/21
- 255th Class2021/22
- 266th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
33 in 5th Class (2020/21), 33 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 335th Class2020/21
- 336th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +266th Class in 2025/26 (26 to 52)
- −235th Class in 2025/26 (51 to 28)
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 Loreto National School, 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
17.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 18 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 12 mainstream classes 12
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers67.5 hours of support teaching a week 2.7
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
7.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 2.8 special education teachers, 3 special class teachers and 9.33 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 Loreto National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto National SchoolThis school | – | 314 |
−16.9%
|
|
| 1 | Dalkey N S (2)0.2 km · Dalkey · Church of Ireland | 0.2 km | 101 |
+1.0%
|
| 2 | Harold Boys N S0.3 km · Dalkey · Boys | 0.3 km | 106 |
−12.4%
|
| 3 | S N Gleann na gCaorach Iníon Léinín1.5 km · Killiney · Church of Ireland | 1.5 km | 211 |
−9.1%
|
| 4 | The Harold School1.7 km · Glasthule | 1.7 km | 642 |
−5.6%
|
| 5 | Dalkey School Project2.2 km · Glenageary · Multi-denominational | 2.2 km | 220 |
−8.3%
|
| 6 | Sallynoggin Educate Together National School2.3 km · Sallynoggin · Multi-denominational | 2.3 km | 45 | – |
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
- Fióna McKenna
- Phone
- 012802128
- [email protected]
- Address
- Loreto Avenue, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, A96 P8N3
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
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
- Planning area
- Dunlaoghaire
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
43 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 | 314 | 240 | 74 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 52 |
| 2024/25 | 309 | 239 | 70 | 50 | 45 | 44 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 51 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 305 | 241 | 64 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 28 | 26 | 44 | 30 | 31 |
| 2022/23 | 307 | 232 | 75 | 43 | 50 | 53 | 25 | 38 | 30 | 31 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | 318 | 237 | 81 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 33 |
| 2020/21 | 326 | 249 | 77 | 51 | 49 | 57 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 352 | 273 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 373 | 289 | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 367 | 282 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 369 | 282 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 378 | 299 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 375 | 294 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 373 | 292 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 362 | 283 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 349 | 279 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 336 | 269 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 325 | 259 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 320 | 255 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 325 | 261 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 314 | 259 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 309 | 255 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 316 | 251 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 328 | 255 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 360 | 287 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 361 | 293 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 371 | 300 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 362 | 292 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 370 | 294 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 406 | 321 | 85 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 409 | 331 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 404 | 327 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 404 | 324 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 426 | 338 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 420 | 313 | 107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 392 | 306 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 402 | 309 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 411 | 308 | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 427 | 314 | 113 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 421 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 432 | 315 | 117 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 426 | 299 | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 393 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 415 | 289 | 126 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |