Laurel Hill Secondary School

What Laurel Hill Secondary School does

Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ is a Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school located on South Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland (V94 D2Y5), with current enrolment of over 700 pupils. Founded in 1844 by Marie Madeleine d'Houet and the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ), the school operates under the trusteeship of Le Chéile Schools Trust and serves female students from 1st year through 6th year (ages 12–18). Its curriculum comprises the national Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, and the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP), supplemented by Learning Support, Student Wellbeing services, chaplaincy, guidance counselling, and an extensive extracurricular programme spanning hockey, camogie, soccer, basketball, golf, swimming, tag rugby, debating, drama, music, and educational trips to Geneva, Krakow, and Paris.

Revenue is derived principally from Department of Education state grants as a voluntary secondary school, with supplementary fees possible for additional services; tuition is governed by national guidelines rather than market pricing. Admissions are routed through the centralised Limerick Area Post-Primary Common Application System (CAS), a portal jointly administered with the Limerick Education Support Centre that coordinates first-year applications across 17 participating schools. The school's distribution and community channels also include a WordPress website, X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, open days, and partnerships with the University of Limerick, TUS, Lime Tree Theatre, Abbey Theatre, The Lir Academy, and Concern Worldwide.

The governing Board of Management includes trustee, teacher, and parent nominees under the chairperson Seosaimhín Uí Dhomhnalláin. The school is a non-profit charitable educational institution with no private equity, venture, or public ownership. As a Catholic voluntary secondary school under state patronage, it operates within a regulated framework that constrains commercial expansion but provides a stable, government-funded revenue base tied to pupil enrolment.

Name

Laurel Hill Secondary School

Legal name

Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ

Website

https://laurelhillsecondary.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1844

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ is a Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school in Limerick, Ireland, founded in 1844 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus, serving over 700 female pupils through the national Junior and Senior Cycles, Transition Year, and LCVP programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools (EDAJABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth & Scholastic Sports Organizations (K–12, AAU, Club Leagues) (MPAKACAF), After-School Academic Support Programs (Centers & Clubs) (EDAJALAM)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Junior cycle curriculum
• Senior cycle curriculum
• Transition year program
• Catholic school education

Headquarters

HQ city

Ireland

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Secondary Education Services: As a voluntary secondary school, the school receives government funding through the Department of Education for providing second-level education services to students. Revenue is derived from state grants and possibly supplementary fees for additional services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ is a Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school delivering second-level education to over 700 pupils in Limerick, Ireland. The school offers the Irish national curriculum across Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle (Leaving Certificate), Transition Year, and LCVP programmes, supplemented by Learning Support, Student Wellbeing services, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities in sports, performing arts, and debating.

Product overview

Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ is a Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school offering a comprehensive educational programme. The school provides Junior Cycle, Senior Cycle, Transition Year, and LCVP curriculum programmes alongside learning support and wellbeing services. The institution complements academic education with extensive extra-curricular activities spanning sports (hockey, camogie, soccer, basketball, golf, swimming), debating, drama, music, and educational trips including international travel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior Cycle Programme

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Le Chéile Schools TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates under the trusteeship of Le Chéile Schools Trust, a Catholic school trust. Le Chéile provides governance, support and oversight for Catholic secondary schools in Ireland.
• Limerick Education Support Centre (LESC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly administers the Common Application System (CAS) with 17 participating post-primary schools in the Limerick area. CAS manages first-year student applications for the region.
• Abbey TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnicians from the Abbey Theatre delivered a 'Women in Technical Theatre' drama workshop at The Lime Tree Theatre for Transition Year students.
• The Lir Academy DublinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnicians from The Lir Academy co-led the 'Women in Technical Theatre' drama workshop with Abbey Theatre staff.
• Lime Tree TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue for TY drama workshop 'Women in Technical Theatre' facilitated by Abbey Theatre and Lir Academy technicians.
• Law Modules IrelandminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducted TY Law Day, delivering presentations from four different legal practitioners and facilitating mock trials for Transition Year students.
• University of LimerickminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst year students visited UL for Science Week Chemistry Magic Show. Also hosts some sports events (soccer matches at UL pitches).
• TUS (Technological University of the Shannon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJunior soccer team competed in Limerick Junior League matches at TUS facilities.
• Concern WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganises the Concern Debate Competition in which the school has won the Senior All-Ireland Debate Championship 2025. Competition involves over 170 schools.
• RedemptoristsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool organises Christmas food appeal for the Redemptorists charity, supporting families in need during Christmas.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ursuline Secondary School Thurles: Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school under a religious order (Ursuline); highly comparable to Laurel Hill in terms of single-sex Catholic ethos, voluntary secondary structure, and curricular offering.
• Crescent College Comprehensive SJ: Jesuit voluntary secondary school in Limerick offering co-educational second-level education; directly comparable as a faith-based voluntary secondary school in the same Limerick catchment competing for the same CAS applicant pool.
• Mount Anville Secondary School: Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school in Dublin; comparable as a religious-order-sponsored single-sex voluntary secondary school with a similar values-based educational proposition.
• Presentation Secondary School Limerick: Catholic girls' voluntary secondary school in Limerick run by the Presentation Sisters; directly comparable as a faith-based girls' school in the same Limerick catchment.
• Scoil Carmel Secondary School: Limerick city Catholic secondary school referenced as a camogie rival; comparable voluntary secondary school competing for the same Limerick student base.
• St. Nessan's Community College: Limerick-area post-primary school participating in the same CAS admissions system; directly comparable as a regional secondary school competing for the same student intake.
• Villiers Secondary School: Catholic voluntary secondary school in Limerick; competes directly in the CAS common application system for first-year places and was referenced as a sporting opponent in Laurel Hill's hockey fixtures.
• Dominican College Drumcondra: Catholic all-girls voluntary secondary school in Dublin run by the Dominican order; comparable in structure, ethos, and curricular offering to a religious-order-sponsored girls' secondary school.

Others

• Limerick Education Support Centre: Education support centre jointly administering the Limerick CAS with 17 participating schools; adjacent ecosystem participant that enables Laurel Hill's enrolment process and is tightly linked to its distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Le Chéile Schools Trust: Catholic schools trust that acts as trustee/patron of Laurel Hill and a portfolio of other Catholic secondary schools; comparable as the over-arching governance body whose portfolio schools compete and collaborate in the same market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/laurelhillsec
• Facebookfacebook.com/laurelhillsecondaryschool
• Instagraminstagram.com/laurelhillsecondary
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laurel-hill-secondary-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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