The High School
The High School is a secondary school in Rathgar. 811 pupils, Church of Ireland ethos, fees €7,450 (2025/26), 2.67 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Church of Ireland |
| Patron | Board of Governors of the High School |
| Fees | €7,450 a year (2025/26) source |
| Enrolment | 811 (455 boys, 356 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 60670L |
| Eircode | D06YR68 |
| Address | Danum, Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 361 applications for 135 places — 2.67 applicants per place, and 94 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 140 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 135 |
| Applications last year | 361 |
| Waiting list | 94 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 12 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 14 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 ↗ (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
- Rathgar Junior School Rathgar
- Rathgar NS Rathgar
- Scoil Mhuire Rathfarnham
- Whitechurch NS Rathfarnham
- Zion Road NS Rathgar
Secondary school feeder links
Secondary schools this school publishes an admission or feeder link to:
- Stratford College Rathgar
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 Rathfarnham at 11.89 (Affluent), where 0 is the national average. 77% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | G.A. Forrest |
|---|---|
| Phone | 014922611 |
| office@highschool.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.