Wesley College
Wesley College is a secondary school in Dundrum. 942 pupils, Methodist ethos, fee-paying, 3.07 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Methodist |
| Patron | Conference of the Methodist Church in Ireland |
| Fees | Fee-paying — amount not confirmed. This school does not publish a figure we could trace to a page. |
| Enrolment | 942 (483 boys, 459 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed — day and boarding pupils |
| Roll number | 61010U |
| Eircode | D16NX73 |
| Address | Ballinteer, Dublin 16 |
Getting in
Very hard. 491 applications for 160 places — 3.07 applicants per place, and 319 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 160 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 160 |
| Applications last year | 491 |
| Waiting list | 319 |
| 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 ↗ (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:
- Ballinteer ETNS Ballinteer
- Ballyroan GNS Rathfarnham
- Holy Cross NS, Dundrum Dundrum
- Kilternan Church Of Ireland Ns Kilternan
- Na Maighdine Muire Girl Dundrum
- Our Lady of the Wayside NS Kilternan
- Queen of Angels NS Dundrum
- Rathfarnham Parish N S Knocklyon
- Rathgar NS Rathgar
- Scoil Mhuire Rathfarnham
- Scoil Naithi Dundrum
- Scoil an Maighdine Mhuire Boys Dundrum
- St Attracta's Senior NS Dundrum
- St Brigids N S Stillorgan
- Taney N S Goatstown
- Whitechurch NS Rathfarnham
Special classes
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
The area around this school
School planning area: Ballinteer / Stepaside / 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 D16 (Dublin 16) was €643,000 in 2025. That is up 32.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Dundrum-sandyford at 7.63 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 65% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Mr Brian Moore |
|---|---|
| Phone | 012987066 |
| info@wesleycollege.ie | |
| Local authority | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
Other schools in Ballinteer / Stepaside / DLR
- Ballinteer Community School Secondary school, Ballinteer
- Ballinteer ETNS Primary school, Ballinteer
- Clochar Loreto N S Primary school, Rathfarnham
- Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh Secondary school, Rathfarnham
- Gaelscoil Thaobh na Coille Primary school, Dundrum
- Gaelscoil na Fuinseoige Primary school, Churchtown
- Goatstown Stillorgan Primary School Primary school, Churchtown
- Holy Trinity NS, Leopardstown Primary school, Leopardstown
- Marley Grange Ns Primary school, Rathfarnham
- Na Maighdine Muire Girl Primary school, Dundrum
- Queen of Angels NS Primary school, Dundrum
- Rathfarnham Educate Together Primary school, Rathfarnham
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.