St Lachteen's National School
Donoughmore, Cork
Key facts
- Mixed
- Pupils enrolled
- 162 larger than the median Irish primary school (123 pupils)
- Girls and boys
- 79 girls, 83 boys
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Teaching through Irish
- No subjects through Irish
- Roll number
- 17602W the Department of Education reference for this school
School details
Location
About
Set in the rural parish of Donoughmore, Co. Cork, St Lachteen's is a co-educational Catholic primary school at Ballykerwick with an enrolment of 162. Mainstream classes from junior infants to 6th run alongside two autism classes. The school states that inclusiveness and a caring ethos are what its community works towards. Sport is prominent: hurling, camogie and football teams compete in Sciath na Scol and in Duhallow and mid-Cork competitions, and pupils have taken part in rowing at the National Rowing Centre, athletics, tug of war, basketball and cycle safety training. Lámh sign language is used across all classes, and the Weaving Wellbeing programme runs from 2nd to 6th class. Environmental work has earned Green School flags across several themes, and the school has been accredited under the Discover Primary Science and Maths scheme. Drama and choral verse speaking are taught, along with public speaking in the senior classes, and Aistear structures play in the infant classes. Grant funding has supplied Chromebooks and iPads for digital skills work. An Erasmus+ project examined student and autistic voice in teaching and learning, involving staff training, a pupil exchange to the Netherlands and job-shadowing in Croatia.
Applying to St Lachteen's National School
For a September 2027 place, a school's formal admissions process cannot begin before 1 October 2026. The school sets its own opening and closing dates in its annual admission notice.
National term dates 2026/27
Irish schools follow a standardised school year, so these nationwide primary school dates apply broadly to St Lachteen's National School. Individual schools set their own discretionary closure days, confirm exact dates with the school.
- October Mid-Term Break: Mon 26 Oct – Fri 30 Oct 2026
- Christmas Holidays: Wed 23 Dec 2026 – Tue 5 Jan 2027
- February Mid-Term Break: Thu 18 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027 (post-primary schools: Mon 15 Feb – Fri 19 Feb 2027)
- Easter Holidays: Mon 22 Mar – Sun 4 Apr 2027
Primary schools close for the last two days of the February mid-term week and may use discretionary days to take the full week, so their break can be shorter than post-primary schools'.
Frequently asked questions about St Lachteen's National School
How many pupils attend St Lachteen's National School?
St Lachteen's National School has 162 pupils enrolled, 79 girls and 83 boys. That makes it larger than the median Irish primary school, which has 123 pupils.
Is St Lachteen's National School a DEIS school?
No. St Lachteen's National School is not part of DEIS, the Department of Education programme of additional supports for schools serving communities at risk of educational disadvantage. Not holding DEIS status says nothing about how good a school is, only about the profile of the community it serves.
What is the ethos of St Lachteen's National School?
St Lachteen's National School has a Catholic ethos. It is a mixed primary school.