Rathdown School
Rathdown School is a secondary school in Glenageary. 364 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, fees €9,120 (2025/26), 2.71 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Board of Governors of Rathdown School |
| Fees | €9,120 a year (2025/26) source |
| Enrolment | 364 (112 boys, 252 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed — day and boarding pupils |
| Roll number | 60090Q |
| Eircode | A96NX44 |
| Address | Upper Glenageary Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 195 applications for 72 places — 2.71 applicants per place, and 118 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 72 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 72 |
| Applications last year | 195 |
| Waiting list | 118 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 12 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 26 November 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2025/26)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
Feeder school links
Known feeder primary schools
Primary schools that publish a feeder or priority admission link to this school:
- Dalkey School Project Dalkey
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Sallynoggin / Killiney / DLR. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district A96 (Glenageary) was €680,000 in 2025. That is up 21.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dun Laoghaire Sallynoggin East at 1.07 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 49% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Alan Cox |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012853133 |
| admin@rathdownschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Sallynoggin / Killiney / DLR
- Blackrock Educate Together SS Secondary school, Blackrock
- Cabinteely Community School Secondary school, Cabinteely
- Cherrywood Educate Together National School Primary school, Blackrock
- Clonkeen College Secondary school, Deansgrange
- Dalkey School Project Primary school, Dalkey
- Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua Primary school, Ballyogan
- Holy Child Community School Secondary school, Sallynoggin
- Kill O'The Grange NS Primary school, Stillorgan
- Loreto Foxrock Secondary school, Foxrock
- Lycée Français International (Primary) Primary school, Foxrock
- Monkstown Eucate Together NS Primary school, Glenageary
- Nord Anglia International (NAIS) Primary school, Sandyford
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.