Rathdown School - Dublin
Rathdown School, an all-girls institution founded in 1973, incorporates four original schools: The Hall, Hillcourt, Glengara Park and Park House. The amalgamation of Rathdown is comprised of a junior school and a senior school with a boarding department. Currently the junior school has 189 pupils, while the senior school has 312 students, 109 of whom are boarders.
Rathdown operates under Protestant Management, is owned by Rathdown School Trust, a registered charity, and is limited by guarantee.
The School is located on a 16-acre site on Upper Glenageary Road overlooking Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Bay. The two main houses, Hillcourt and Tudor House, date from the early nineteenth century. The grounds are maintained to a very high standard, creating an environment of beauty and tranquillity. The school buildings constantly are being improved and updated. The present senior school dates back to 1994, with a further extension opened in 1998. The Junior School was extended five years later. In 2005, a new building opened housing single-bed rooms on three separate floors for senior students. ‘Innismore’ also includes state-of-the-art music facilities and an auditorium on the ground floor.
The sports on offer in Rathdown are hockey, basketball, cross country, tennis, athletics, cricket, fitness, hip hop, badminton, golf, horse riding, handball.
Rathdown has excellent sporting facilities. These include fully equipped Sports Hall, floodlit, astroturf hockey pitch, all weather hockey pitch, tennis courts, tartan cricket crease, 200m grass running track and extensive athletic facilities.
- Agriculture / Horticulture
- German
- Alemán
- Art
- Arte Visual
- Biology
- Science
- Ciencias Económicas
- Accounting
- Cspe (civic education and social policy)
- Diseño Gráfico
- Diseño y Comunicación Gráfica
- Economía Doméstica
- Home economics
- Physical education
- Educación Física
- Educación Religiosa
- Religious education
- Sphe (social education, personal and health)
- Español
- Spanish
- Estudios Clásicos
- Business studies
- French
- Francés
- Physics
- Gaeilge
- Gaeilge
- Geografía
- Geography
- History
- History
- English
- Inglés
- Matemáticas
- Mathematics
- Applied mathematics
- Música
- Music
- Chemistry
- Aerobics
- Harp
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Dance - Hip Hop
- Basketball
- Handball
- Singing soloist
- Cross country
- Clarinet
- Cricket
- Dramatization / theatre
- Bassoon
- Flute
- Golf
- Guitar
- Hockey
- Horse riding
- Percussion
- Piano
- Pilates
- Saxophone
- Tennis
- Cello
- Violin
- Library
- Canteen-Cafeteria
- Gym
- Art room
- Music room
- Media room
- Wifi
| Period | Accommodation | Price |
|---|---|---|
| First term | Familia | €17,295.00 |
| Full year | Familia | €28,270.00 |
| First term | Residencia de estudiantes | €19,675.00 Internado de 7 días |
| Full year | Residencia de estudiantes | €33,900.00 |
| Full year | Residencia de estudiantes + familia fin de semana | €32,995.00 Internado de 5 días y fin de semana en familia |
- Rathdown School
- Upper Glenageary Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
Dublin,Ireland- Phone Number
- 12853133
- admin@rathdownschool.ie
- Website
- http://www.rathdownschool.ie
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