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 |
| 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.
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.