Private Schools in Ireland

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 2024 ranged from €3900 to over €10500 Euro a year. Fees for boarders are obviously higher than that.


List of Private Fee Paying Schools in Ireland  – Showing Annual Fees (2024)

(In order of Fees Charged)


School2024 Fees
Monaghan Collegiate School3,900
Dundalk Grammar School3,990
Drogheda Grammar School4,275
Stratford College4,400
Bandon Grammar School4,418
Sligo Grammar School4,491
Scoil Mhuire4,500
Loreto Beaufort4,550
Villiers Secondary School4,600
Loreto Abbey4,620
Christian Brothers College4,650
CBC Monkstown4,800
Newbridge College4,875
Rockbrook Park School4,880
Mount Sackville4,900
Presentation Brothers College5,000
Midleton College5,050
Loreto College Foxrock5,250
St Joseph of Cluny5,450
Loreto College5,650
Rosemont School5,745
Terenure College5,770
John Scottus Secondary School5,775
St Conleth’s College6,050
Catholic University School6,200
The Teresian School6,325
Holy Child Secondary School6,600
St Killian’s Deutsche Schule6,610
Castleknock College6,790
The High School6,850
St Mary’s College6,913
Belvedere College6,920
Rockwell College7,125
Mount Anville7,210
Wesley College7,480
Sandford Park7,725
Gonzaga College7,920
Blackrock College7,990
Sutton Park School7,995
St Andrew’s College8,100
St Gerard’s School8,169
Rathdown School8,200
Alexandra College8,472
The Kings Hospital8,485
Cistercian College8,600
St Columba’s10,258

The most expensive private school in the State is St Columba’s in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, which is now charging €10,258.