Private Schools in Ireland

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There are around 50 fee-paying Private secondary schools in Ireland – with about 26000 pupils attending them.
The state in Ireland provides a subsidy to all fee-paying schools – around €110 Million Euro a year in total.
The state subsidy allows the schools to keep fees low compared to the UK (for example).
Sinn Fein and Labour have promised to cut the subsidies for private schools if they are in power.

Public funding goes towards paying the salaries of the majority of teachers and special needs assistants in fee-charging schools.

Most private fee-paying secondary schools in Ireland are around the Dublin area – but there are a few outside Dublin. See here for Boarding Schools .

School Fees in Ireland for day pupils in 2025 ranged from €3900 to over €10770 Euro a year. Fees for boarders are obviously higher than that.

List of Private Fee Paying Schools in Ireland  – Showing Annual Fees (2025)

School2025 Fees
Monaghan Collegiate School3,900
Dundalk Grammar School4,290
Drogheda Grammar School4,380
Stratford College4,700
Bandon Grammar School4,816
Sligo Grammar School4,900
Scoil Mhuire5000
Loreto Beaufort4,995
Villiers Secondary School4,970
Loreto Abbey4,800
Christian Brothers College Cork4,650
CBC Monkstown5,150
Newbridge College5,100
Rockbrook Park School4,880
Mount Sackville4,900
Presentation Brothers College5,000
Midleton College5,480
Loreto College Foxrock5,500
St Joseph of Cluny5,720
Loreto College5,850
Rosemont School5,745
Terenure College6,070
John Scottus Secondary School6000
St Conleth’s College6,550
Catholic University School6,450
The Teresian School6,770
Holy Child Secondary School7100
St Killian’s Deutsche Schule6,610
Castleknock College6,790
The High School7100
Belvedere College7500
Rockwell College7,125
Mount Anville7,705
Wesley College7,690
Sandford Park8,226
Gonzaga College8,240
Sutton Park School8,300
St Andrew’s College8,500
St Gerard’s School8,577
Rathdown School8,470
Alexandra College8,726
The Kings Hospital8,910
Cistercian College8,700
St Columba’s10,770

The most expensive private school in the State is St Columba’s in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, which is now charging €10,770.