loreto secondary school

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Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny is a Catholic voluntary secondary school for girls operating under the Loreto tradition founded by Mary Ward in 1609 and established in Kilkenny by the Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) on 5 October 1868. The school is located on Granges Road in Kilkenny, Ireland, where it has been based since 1980, and currently employs approximately 81 staff. It serves female students from 1st Year through 6th Year, preparing them for the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations within a Catholic educational framework.

The school's core offering is a comprehensive academic curriculum complemented by an extensive extra-curricular and sports programme. Facilities include the Mary Ward Building (15 teaching spaces, opened 2013), the Hughes Hall assembly hall, an Olympic-standard basketball court and gymnasium, an all-weather floodlit astroturf hockey pitch, a fitness gymnasium, a Special Needs Unit (Ionad Saoirse), and a library. The school fields 18 hockey teams in the South-East League and is the current holder of the Loreto Shield for athletics, an annual competition since 1905. Student information management is delivered through the third-party Compass Portal (Compass Education platform). Pastoral support is structured through Class Tutors, Year Heads, Deputy Principals, two full-time Guidance Counsellors, a Home-School Liaison teacher, a Care Team, and a Learning Support department.

As a registered charity (Reg. Charity No.: 20021351) and nonprofit organisation, the school is part of the Loreto Education Trust network and is not publicly traded. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the operating model is state-funded secondary education supplemented by parental contributions. The school supplements its budget by hiring out sports facilities (gymnasium, astroturf pitch, soccer pitch, seven-a-side pitches) to sports clubs and the general public. Admissions operate on an open and inclusive policy, supported by open nights and tours for prospective families.

Name

loreto secondary school

Legal name

Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny

Website

https://loretokk.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1868

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Loreto Secondary School is a Catholic voluntary secondary school for girls in Kilkenny, Ireland, operating within the Loreto Education Trust network. Founded in 1868, it serves approximately 600–800 1st–6th Year students with a curriculum, extensive sports programme, and pastoral care infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catholic Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Catholic secondary education
• Girls secondary school
• Leaving Certificate programme
• Student pastoral care
• School sports programme

Headquarters

HQ city

Kilkenny

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny is a Catholic girls' secondary school providing education from 1st Year through 6th Year (Junior and Leaving Certificate), grounded in the Loreto tradition founded by Mary Ward. The school delivers a full academic curriculum supported by e-learning, an extensive sports programme (athletics, hockey, cross-country), a structured pastoral care system (Class Tutors, Year Heads, Guidance Counsellors, Care Team, Learning Support), and modern facilities including the Mary Ward Building, Olympic-standard gymnasium, astroturf hockey pitch, Hughes Hall, and Ionad Saoirse special needs unit. The Compass Portal is used for student information management and parent communication.

Product overview

Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny is a Catholic secondary school in the Loreto tradition offering a comprehensive educational programme. The school provides secondary education through its curriculum and e-learning services, complemented by an extensive sports programme (Athletics, Running Club/Cross Country, Hockey) and comprehensive student support services (Guidance Programme, Care Team, Learning Support). The school operates from modern facilities including an Olympic-standard gymnasium/basketball arena, astroturf floodlit hockey pitch, fitness gymnasium, Mary Ward Building (15 teaching spaces), Hughes Hall (assembly hall), and Ionad Saoirse (Special Needs Unit). The school integrates with Compass Portal for student information management. The education philosophy derives from Mary Ward's vision that 'women in time to come will do much', developing students' diverse competencies and personal development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Loreto Catholic Secondary Education Catholic secondary education for girls in the Loreto tradition, covering 1st Year through 6th Year, leading to the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations, and grounded in Mary Ward's vision of empowering women.
• Curriculum and e-Learning Programme
• Athletics Programme
• Hockey Programme
• Running Club and Cross Country
• Student Support and Pastoral Care Services
• Guidance Programme
• Care Team Support
• Extra-Curricular Activities Programme
• Sports Facility Hire
• Ionad Saoirse Special Needs Unit

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Dominican College, Drumcondra: Catholic girls' secondary school in north Dublin operated under the Dominican tradition. Comparable model of religious-order-founded girls' education with a wide extracurricular programme and similar student-support orientation.
• Mount Anville Secondary School: Catholic girls' secondary school in Goatstown, south Dublin, with a similarly strong sporting and academic reputation. Closely comparable mission (empowering young women), student-support infrastructure, and fee-based model.
• Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny: A Catholic girls' secondary school in the Presentation Sisters tradition, located in the same city (Kilkenny). Direct competitor for the same catchment of families seeking Catholic girls' secondary education, with overlapping extracurricular and pastoral offerings.
• Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Goatstown: Catholic girls' secondary school in south Dublin run by the Sisters of Jesus and Mary. Similar in ethos, fee structure, and pastoral focus, and competes for the same suburban/commuter families that Loreto KK draws from across the south-east.
• Mercy Secondary School, Kilkenny: Catholic secondary school in Kilkenny run by the Sisters of Mercy, co-educational in later years. Direct local competitor for the same Kilkenny catchment, with overlapping extracurricular programmes and similar school-community positioning.
• Loreto College, Navan: Co-educational Loreto secondary in Navan, Co. Meath, within the same Loreto network. Comparable size and ethos, useful as a benchmark for network-wide trends in enrolment, capex, and pastoral care delivery.
• Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles: Catholic girls' secondary school run by the Ursuline order in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Comparable faith-based girls' education offering, with a similar emphasis on pastoral care, academic rigour, and a strong sporting tradition.
• Loreto Secondary School, Foxrock: Sister Loreto school under the same Loreto Education Trust, Catholic girls' secondary in south Dublin. Same Mary Ward ethos, network-level governance, comparable pastoral and curricular model, with a more suburban Dublin catchment.
• Loreto Secondary School, Beaufort: Another Loreto Education Trust girls' secondary, in Raheny, north Dublin. Direct network peer with shared mission, governance, and student-support framework, providing internal benchmarking for Loreto KK.

Regional players

• St. Mary's Secondary School, New Ross: Catholic secondary school in New Ross, Co. Wexford, within Loreto KK's broader south-east region. Comparable faith-based offering and student body, but located in a different town and therefore a regional rather than direct Kilkenny competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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