A Message From The Headmaster
You may have seen that both The Irish Times and Irish Independent published the 2011 School League tables last Tuesday. The Irish Times analysis of over 700 schools in Ireland is more comprehensive. Here are some of the results achieved by St Vincent’s Castleknock College:
Top feeder school for Irish Universities, Joint 1st (with 100% of our 70 students going to third level colleges in Ireland.)
Top 50 schools with 50 or more students going to third level, Joint 1st with 100%. (There were only 30 schools out of over 700 sending 100% of students to third level.)
Top 25 university feeders, Joint 3rd with 84%. (The only Dublin school who ranked higher was Gonzaga)
Top scorers to high-point courses, 9th with 84% (The only Dublin based boys’ schools who ranked higher were Gonzaga, Coláiste Íosagáin and Coláiste Cois Life.)
This is a great achievement by the teaching staff and, of course, the students (encouraged all the way by their parents). Congratulations to all of them. I do not believe that any school in Ireland has a staff as committed, as hardworking, as up to date, as caring and as dedicated as ours. It is good to see that an independent survey rates Castleknock College at the very top – a particularly outstanding achievement for a school with an open admission policy. We do not cherry-pick our students.
Whatever happens in the coming budgets, St Vincent’s Castleknock College will continue to deliver excellence in all departments: in the classroom; in sports; in music and the arts. The wonderful school spirit which has remained undiminished over 175 years is here to stay. We have a fantastic College, led by committed teachers – and we will keep it that way.
Oliver Murphy
Headmaster
