How much do international schools cost in Ireland in 2026?

The International School of Dublin (ISD) is a compact IB Primary Years campus; recent published tuition sits around €11,250 a year, with a one-time registration deposit commonly cited near €1,000 on first enrolment. Confirm the live admissions fee page before budgeting.

St Andrew’s College Dublin publishes detailed fee sheets. For 2025/2026 it listed secondary years (1st–3rd, 5th–6th) at €9,100, Transition Year at €9,600, Junior School at €11,650, and the IB Diploma programme at €12,000, with extra subject and ESL charges possible. Always verify the current PDF; schools revise annually.

Registration, buses, meals, uniforms, and activity fees stack on top. Sibling discounts help; they rarely erase a second child’s year. Nursery years before primary still matter: Childcare costs.

Two children on fee-paying secondary or IB pathways can push annual tuition into the same order of magnitude as a year of Dublin rent. Public Irish primary and post-primary schools remove that fee shock but change curriculum and Irish-language exposure rules: Children and Irish language at school and English in Ireland.

Lease choice and school run travel together: Best places for families and Where to live in Ireland. Cork, Galway and Limerick offer thinner international-school maps than Dublin. Rebuild monthly cash with school invoices as fixed annuals: Monthly budget.