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| Saint Andrew's College
Coláiste Naomh Aindriú
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Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Ireland
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| Coordinates | 53°18′19″N 6°12′05″W / 53.305416°N 6.201476°W / 53.305416; -6.201476 (St Andrews College) |
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| Type | Independent Fee-paying independent School |
| Motto | Ardens Sed Virens (Latin for 'Burning Yet Flourishing') |
| Religious affiliation(s) | inter-denominational Presbyterian |
| Established | 1894 |
| Headmaster | Rob Micallef (Acting) |
| Staff | 200+ |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 4 to 19 |
| Number of students | Junior School: 265 [1] Senior School: 1000+ [2] (2011/2012) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| School fees | €8,000 (approximate) |
| Website | sac.ie |
St Andrew's College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Aindriú) is a co-educational, inter-denominational, international Private day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The school colours are blue and white.
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 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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6][7]
St Andrew's is one of three schools in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.[8] A small number (usually around 70) of the school's students are in the IB programme.[9]
St Andrew's organises St Andrew's Model United Nations (SAIMUN).[10] It is run over the first week in Easter in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.
The school's sports facilities consist of two hockey pitches, one rugby pitch, two hard tennis courts, 8 lawn 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 along with an inter year annual football competition which runs through the summer term. St. Andrew's College won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1906, 1911,1921-22.
They also have had immense success in the All Ireland Schoolboys' Hockey Championship, having won the tournament 7 times, most recently in 2017. [11][12]
St Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate
A founding member of Fianna Fáil (1926), he served on its first executive committee
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