Established 1894 Gender Co-educational Website sac.ie Province Leinster Founded 1894 | Headmistress Joan Kirby Colour(s) Navy Blue and White Phone +353 1 288 2785 Motto Ardens Sed Virens Staff 100 | |
Number of students Junior School: 265
Senior School: 988 (2011/2012) Address Booterstown Ave, Booterstown, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Similar Blackrock College, Alexandra College, Mount Anville Secondar, Wesley College, Gonzaga College SJ Profiles | ||
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St. Andrew's College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Aindriú) is a co-educational inter-denominational, international day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dublin, Ireland. The school colours are blue and white.
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Foundation
Founded as a boys' secondary school at the end of the 19th-century by members of the Presbyterian community, St. Andrew's College celebrated its centenary in 1994. It was on 8 January 1894 that the College opened its doors at 21 St. Stephen's Green in the centre of Victorian Dublin. This was to be the first of its three locations. The school grew rapidly from its original intake of 69 students. By the end of 1894 there were 203 boys in the school.
Wellington Place
At the beginning of 1937 a move to new premises in Wellington Place, Clyde Road, along with a determined effort by past pupils and parents to stave off closure or amalgamation saw a revival in the fortunes of the College. In 1973, the school became co-educational and moved to a new site in Booterstown.
Structure
St. Andrew's College has both a primary and secondary school. The secondary school offers both the Leaving Certificate (Ireland) and the International Baccalaureate programme.
Accreditations
Since 1984, St. Andrew's is the only school in Ireland fully accredited by both the European Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
International Baccalaureate
St. Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. A small number (usually around 70) of the school's students are in the IB programme.
Sport
The school's sports facilities consist of two hockey pitches, two rugby pitches, two hard tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, an indoor sports hall, and a fitness centre. The major winter sports are rugby, basketball and hockey; the major summer sports are tennis, athletics and cricket.