Ireland is ranked 5th of the countries with the highest education in the world from a new survey on 9th February 2023. The levels of Ireland's education are primary, secondary and higher education. In recent years further education has grown immensely with 51% of working age adults having completed higher education by 2020. Growth in the economy since the 1960s has driven much of the change in the education system. For universities there are student service fees, which students are required to pay on registration, to cover examinations, insurance and registration costs.
Coláiste Iognáid SJ, a bilingual secondary school, is located on Sea Road in Galway, Ireland. It was founded in 1645 and has had numerous locations over the years before its current home. The college is a co-educational, non-fee-paying secondary school and one of a number of Jesuit schools in Ireland. There are approximately 600 pupils in the school.
Abbotsleigh is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Wahroonga, on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Blackrock College is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 1860 as a school and later became also a civil service training centre.
Friends' School, Lisburn is a Quaker voluntary grammar school in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, founded in 1774.
Leighton Park School is a co-educational private school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having been founded as a Quaker School in 1890. The school's ethos is described as achievement with values, character and community. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.
Presentation Brothers College is a Catholic, boys, private fee-paying secondary school in Cork, Ireland. Presentation Brothers College is currently ranked as the number one boys secondary school in Ireland and regularly places first in the annual top performing schools table rankings conducted by The Irish Times.
The Royal Hospital School is a British co-educational fee-charging boarding and day school with naval traditions. The school admits pupils from age 11 to 18 through Common Entrance or the school's own exam. The school is regulated by Acts of Parliament.
Newbridge College, the Dominican College Newbridge, is a co-educational private fee-paying voluntary secondary school in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, run by the Roman Catholic Dominican Order. The Dominican Friars founded Newbridge College in 1852 as a boarding school for boys. Today, still run by the Dominican Fathers, Newbridge College is a mixed day school with a student population of almost 1,000 pupils.
Clayfield College is an independent, Uniting Church and Presbyterian, day and boarding school, located in Clayfield, an inner-northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The College is owned and governed by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association.
Wenona School is an independent, secular, day and boarding school for girls, located in the Sydney suburb of North Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.
St. Macartan's College is a Roman Catholic boys' Diocesan College in Monaghan, Ireland. It is named after Saint Macartan, follower of St. Patrick and founder and bishop of the Diocese of Clogher. The school educates Catholic boys in County Monaghan and surrounding counties. It is located within the parish of Donagh. The school Feast Day is 24 March.
Muckross Park College is a non fee paying Catholic secondary school for girls, located in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1900, the curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects and a compulsory Transition year programme. Muckross is one of a number of Dominican schools in Ireland. It has a student body of 708.
Waterpark College is a secondary school in the city of Waterford, Ireland. The school was established in 1892 on the banks of the River Suir as Waterford's first Classical school, and still provides a secondary education to boys and girls from Waterford City, County and the surrounding area. Its long serving principal, Thomas A. Beecher, held the position from 1990 to 2019 and was replaced by the Deputy Princpal Joe Hagan
The International School of Paphos was founded in 1987 as a co-educational day and boarding school located in Paphos, Cyprus.
Greensteds School is a Kenyan mixed day and boarding school situated 17 kilometres south of Nakuru, Nakuru County, Rift Valley Province.
Coláiste Éamann Rís(Edmund Rice College) was a Christian Brothers secondary school for boys located in Callan, County Kilkenny, in Ireland.
Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny is a Roman Catholic voluntary secondary school for girls in Kilkenny, Ireland. It was founded by the Sisters of Loreto in 1868. The school provides post primary education for girls, while preparing them the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. The school provides a comprehensive Transition Year programme and offers the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme also. Loreto is located on the north east of the city of Kilkenny with access from both the Granges and Freshford roads. Since its foundation, the school has maintained a tradition of providing teaching and learning to the highest standards while emphasising the importance of promoting the personal development of each student through the provision of a broad range of extra-curricular activities and pastoral supports.
Junior Cycle is the first stage of the education programme for post-primary education within the Republic of Ireland. It is overseen by the State Examinations Commission of the Department of Education, the State Examinations Commission and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA).
James Nash State High School is an independent coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1200 students each year, with an official count of 1220 students in 2017.
