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Welcome to our website

A Message from our Principal

We hope that you enjoy checking in on life at Our Lady’s BNS. Our Lady’s BNS has been part of the Ballinteer community since 1969, five decades of education and community involvement. We are a very happy, welcoming and inclusive school. Our staff and pupils focus on the 3 Rs:

Being Ready to Learn,

Being Respectful to all members of our school community

Making Responsible choices.

Working with our boys as they progress from Junior Infants right through to 6th class is both an honour and a pleasure and we hope that they leave us as capable, confident and happy young men.

Clíona O'Keeffe

Principal Teacher

 

 

For  Admission Forms please CLICK HERE

 

 

 

Admissions Notice 2027-2028 

                                           

 

Our Lady’s Senior National School

     ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE

         in respect of admissions to the 2027/28 school year

 

A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2027/28 school year is available as follows: –

To download at:                 www.olbns.com

On request: By emailing     info@olbns.com

                    or writing to:  Our Lady’s Senior National School,

                                           Broadford Rise,

                                           Dublin 16, D16 CX60

                  or by phoning:  01 4946647

 

The following are the dates applicable for admission to Third Class

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on

1/10/26

The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on   

6/11/26

The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is    

27/11/26

The date by  which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is*

4/12/26

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following are the dates applicable for admission to 4th – 6th class

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on

1/10/26

The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on   

6/11/26

The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is    

27/11/26

The date by which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is*

4/12/26
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above will result in the offer being withdrawn. The child’s name will then be placed on our waiting list.

 

The following are the dates applicable for admission to Special Class which caters exclusively for Autism Spectrum Disorder:

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on

1/10/26

The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on   

26/2/27

The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is    

14/5/27

The date by which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is

31/05/27
 

 

      Number of places being made available in 2027/28

The number of places being made available in 3rd class is

17

The number of residential places is (boarding schools only)

n/a

The number of non-residential places is (boarding schools only)

n/a

The number of places being made available in the special class catering for children with Autism categories of SEN in the special class is

1
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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             LOTTO FUNDRAISER        

Our Schools have organised a lotto fundraising initiative for both the boys and girls school. As always we greatly appreciate your support. 

Please click here to go to the schools Lotto fundraiser page 

Our Lady's Boys' National School, Ballinteer

Our Lady’s Boys’ School is situated in a place of great beauty, nestling at the foot of the Dublin Mountains and in close proximity to Marlay Park. The school was established in 1969 and since then has been serving the community of Ballinteer.

The school currently has an enrolment of 251 boys, cared for by 16 teaching staff and 9 special needs assistants. The school also has a full-time school secretary.

We also have two classes which cater for children on the Autistic Spectrum. The school has a long history of inclusiveness having one of Dublin’s longest established ASD classes which was opened in 1999.

All of the boys are encouraged to work together and support each other and we find that the close relationship between the boys with special educational needs and those without leads to a very empathetic and caring school community.

 

Our Lady's School Hall is available for hire by using this link:  https://booking.appointy.com/OLNSHall  

The hall has a minimum booking of 2 hours at €25 per hour.

Enquiries can be made by emailing Alan at  olnschoolhallbookings@gmail.com.

Payments for the hall use should be made electronically to:  Our Lady's School Hall A/C Bank of Ireland  BIC: BOFIIE2DXX   IBAN: IE86BOFI90109525034039

PLEASE NOTE: The school hall cannot be booked for Birthday parties for insurance reasons, also the hall is block booked from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm each week day for use by the two schools.

 

This school received a grant in 2021 to implement initiatives aimed at addressing the digital divide and support our learners at risk of educational disadvantage as a consequence, as part of the Irish National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) a project under the Recovery and Resilience Facility funded by the European Union through NextGenerationEU. This funding was used to purchase literacy and numeracy software and apps to support children who need extra help in targeted areas."