Loughquittane NS

05/10/2026

Loughquittane National School

ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE
in respect of admissions to the 2027/ 2028 school year

Admission Policy and Application Form
A copy of Loughquittane National School’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2027/ 2028 school year is available as follows:–
To download at: www.loughquittanens.ie
On request: By emailing: [email protected]
or in writing to: Loughquittane NS, Muckross, Killarney, V93 RF96

PART 1- Admissions to the 2027/ 2028 school year

Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2027/ 2028
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants

Loughquittane National School will commence accepting applications for admission on 1st October 2026

Loughquittane National School shall cease accepting applications for admission on 26th February 2027


Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application on 19th March, 2027

Applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer by May 1st, 2027

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Note: The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

The number of places being made available in ‘27/ ‘28 in Junior Infants is 20 (determined by the Board, based on the number of children in the current Junior Infant class and the number of children in 6th class).

25/09/2026

🚨 EAST KERRY CHAMPIONS 🚨
Well done to our footballers who today were crowned Cumann na mBunscol East Kerry champions. Our boys, ably led by their captain fantastic, put in great performances and it was a real squad achievement with every member of the panel contributing handsomely. Well done lads, we look forward to the County stage in the coming weeks. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

03/09/2026

Please see the below video for details about an open day Killarney Legion are hosting this coming Saturday. All are welcome, great fun is guaranteed.

14/07/2026

🚨 NATIONAL CHAMPION ALERT 🚨

🥇 National Champion Gary 🥇

A huge congratulations to our pupil Gary, who won the U12 National 60m Sprint title in a scarcely believable 8.69 seconds! Most of the staff cars wouldn't travel as quick!! Well done Gary we are enormously proud of all you have done, and continue to achieve. 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Well done also to his club Killarney Valley Athletics Club for getting him to this stage.

📸 Killarney Valley AC

30/06/2026

Please see the attached results from from our survey of parents and guardians in our school. This was a national survey carried out to try to understand the types of schools that patents and guardians prefer. The results shown here are the results specific to Loughquittane NS.

07/06/2026

Huge congratulations to our past pupil, Regan, who won an U14 All Ireland Football Final with her Kerry teammates recently. Regan was a precocious talent from a very young age, excelling in her time in our school jersey (I think she made her debut for our senior team in 3rd Class!) and it is wonderful to see her career progress to even greater heights. Well done Regan, we are all very proud of you here in Loughquittane NS.

02/06/2026

01/06/2026

Well done to our 4 young athletes who recently qualified for the County Finals in Castleisland. They had a hugely successful evening as they brought home 3 gold medals. Well done to each of you, the future looks bright on the athletics front!

19/05/2026

We are delighted to announce we can save you the drive into town with your plastic bottles! Our school has recently got some Return bins which we will use as part of our teaching about sustainability and the importance of recycling. We will use the monies raised to go towards the cost of refurbishing our football field.

It may take a long time but we are excited to see how we go and will keep you posted on our progress. Our bin will be located outside by the main door and we would be delighted to welcome plastic bottles (with the Return logo) deposited by the entire community, not just our school children.

Pictured are some of our Green Schools Committee with the recycling bins. Green-Schools Kerry County Council

17/05/2026

Huge congratulations to our 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion yesterday. Many thanks to Fr Joe for the lovely ceremony, and to all who helped with the day including the wonderful choir and our Alter servers. We hope everyone had a great day.