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 |
| 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.
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.