Rathfarnham Local News

Loreto High School Beaufort:
Top Performing School in Rathfarnham - 02 December 2007

Loreto High School Beaufort is the top performing secondary school in Rathfarnham. 73% of the students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2007 have enrolled onto University courses across the country. Notre Dame Des Missions, Churchtown Road, performed very well too - 56% of the students from the class of 2007 made it to Uni. Loreto High School and Notre Dame are both fee paying secondary girls schools.

Top Rathfarnham Feeder Schools
Blue = Public Schools

School	Leaving Certificate Sits	UCD	TCD	DCU	UL	NUIM	NUIG	UCC	% To University
Loreto High School Beaufort	91	44	16	2	2	0	2	0	73
Notre Dame Des Missions	27	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	56
Colaiste Eanna	61	20	3	2	1	2	0	0	46
Our Ladys School	131	34	18	1	0	5	0	2	46
Terenure College	97	22	9	4	1	2	1	0	40
Sancta Maria College	85	19	7	1	0	3	0	0	35
Knocklyon Community College	99	16	6	0	0	4	0	0	26
Rockbrook Park School	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
De La Salle College	44	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7

Colaiste Eanna, a public school, is the top performing boy's school in Rathfarnham. 46% of this year's bunch accepted a place in one of the 7 Universities across Ireland. Terenerue College and Rockbrook College, both private, achieved a lower ranking with 40% and 7% respectively.

Knocklyon Community School performed less than anticipated. The co-educational secondary school, which opened in 2000, only achieved a ranking of 26%.

The two remaining girls schools, Our Ladys and Sancta Maria, fell below the 50% mark. Our Ladys School and Sancta Maria College achieved a ranking of 46% and 35% respectively.

De La Salle College is at the bottom of the list. Of the 44 students who sat the Leaving in 2007, only 3 of them made it to University. (7%).

It must be noted that the figures do not include students who accepted places in Institutes of Technology.

From looking at the figures, there are no clear winners regarding the performance between public and private schools. However, it appears that girls will perform better at Loreto Beaufort (private). However, Colaiste Eanna (public) seems to be the best option for boys. Selecting a school is a very tough decision for any parent. It must be stressed that academic performance is only one factor of many that should be considered when selecting a school. Parents should weigh up other issues such as sports, leisure activities, Transition Year Programme and the availability of subjects.