St. Andrew's College, Dublin

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Saint Andrew's College
Coláiste Naomh Aindriú
Location
Booterstown, County Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Coordinates 53°18′19″N 6°12′05″W / 53.305416°N 6.201476°W / 53.305416; -6.201476 (St Andrews College)Coordinates: 53°18′19″N 6°12′05″W / 53.305416°N 6.201476°W / 53.305416; -6.201476 (St Andrews College)
Information
Motto Ardens Sed Virens
(Latin for 'Burning Yet Flourishing')
Established 1894
Headmaster Joan Kirby (interim)
Staff 100+
Gender Co-educational
Number of students Junior School: 265 [1]
Senior School: 988 [2] (2011/2012)
Colour(s) Navy Blue and White
Website sac.ie

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.

History

Foundation

Originally founded as a boys' secondary school at the end of the nineteenth 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 64 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.

Structure

Accreditations

Since 1984 St. Andrew's has been fully accredited by the European Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the only school in Ireland for which this is so.[3][4]

Internationale Baccalaureate

St. Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.[5] 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.[6]

Notable pupils

Notes

  1. ↑ "Your Child in St Andrew's College 2012". St. Andrew's College.
  2. ↑ "St. Andrew’s College". schooldays.ie. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "St. Andrew’s College profile". European Council of International Schools.
  4. ↑ "CAISA Directory of Schools". New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
  5. ↑ "Four Courts". skoool.ie. 2007-11-20. St Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "Sport". St. Andrew’s College.
  7. ↑ White, Lawrence William. "Briscoe, Robert Emmet". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved November 18, 2012. A founding member of Fianna Fáil (1926), he served on its first executive committee

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