Sandford Park School (Senior)
Sandford Park School (Senior) is a secondary school in Ranelagh. 437 pupils, Inter-denominational ethos, fees €8,900 (2026/27), 4.61 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Inter-denominational |
| Patron | Board of Governors of Sandford Park School |
| Fees | €8,900 a year (2026/27) source |
| Enrolment | 437 (250 boys, 187 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60640C |
| Eircode | D06FN29 |
| Address | Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 |
Getting in
Very hard. 346 applications for 75 places — 4.61 applicants per place, and 175 names went on the waiting list.
| Places last year | 75 |
|---|---|
| Applications last year | 346 |
| Waiting list | 175 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2026 |
| Applications close | 22 October 2026 |
| Decisions issued by | 20 November 2026 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 20 November 2026 |
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 ↗ (2026/27)
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:
- Kildare Place School Rathmines
- RMDS — Ranelagh Multi-Denom Ranelagh
- Sandford Park Junior Ranelagh
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- John Scottus Secondary School Ranelagh
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Dublin6 / Clonskeagh. 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 D06 (Dublin 6) was €760,000 in 2025. That is up 29.0% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Rathmines East D at 13.75 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 82% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Mr. Jim Byrne |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014971417 |
| jmurphy@sandfordparkschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Dublin City Council |
Other schools in Dublin6 / Clonskeagh
- Alexandra College Secondary school, Milltown
- Alexandra Junior School Primary school, Milltown
- Dublin 6 Clonskeagh and Dublin 6W Primary School Primary school, Harold's Cross
- Gaelscoil Lios na nOg Primary school, Ranelagh
- Gonzaga College Secondary school, Ranelagh
- Harold's Cross ETSS Secondary school, Harold's Cross
- Kildare Place School Primary school, Rathmines
- Muckross Park College Secondary school, Donnybrook
- RMDS — Ranelagh Multi-Denom Primary school, Ranelagh
- Rathgar Junior School Primary school, Rathgar
- Rathgar NS Primary school, Rathgar
- S N Brighde Primary school, Ranelagh
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.