Northfield Academy guides students from their first day of kindergarten to graduation — on one campus in Dublin.
Students
Kindergarten to Year 12, on one campus
Teachers
Class teachers and subject specialists
Average class
Across every year group
To university
Of every graduating year
Accreditations & partners
Ministry of Education
Fully accredited K-12
Language certificates
Exam preparation centre
Parents' Association
Part of the school since day one
Every child moves through the school without changing schools.
Three years · Play-led learning
Play-led learning that builds language, curiosity and confidence before formal schooling begins.
Six years · National curriculum
The full national curriculum, taught with daily reading, hands-on science and a second language from the start.
Three years · Study skills
The years where study habits are built: research projects, laboratory work and learning to present with confidence.
Four years · Exam preparation
Rigorous preparation for final examinations and university, with specialist teachers in every subject.
We opened Northfield Academy with a simple promise: that every child would be known — by their teachers, by their classmates and by us. That promise still shapes every timetable we write.
We are not the largest school in Dublin, and we have never tried to be. We would rather be the school where the Head knows your child's name, and where they are going next.
An average of 20 students per class, so every child is known by name and by need.
96% of our graduates go on to university. We publish our results every year.
Language learning starts in kindergarten and continues through every year of school.
Laboratories and a maker space, used every week from Middle School onwards.
Learning specialists and a school counsellor work with students inside the school day.
Supervised study until 5:30 pm, and school transport across Dublin.
Our families
“We moved cities with two children. Within a term both were settled, and what surprised us most was how quickly their teachers knew exactly where each of them needed help.”
Parent of a Year 4 student
Primary
“My daughter joined the robotics club without knowing what a circuit was. Last spring she explained her team's design to a room of two hundred people.”
Parent of a Year 8 student
Middle School
“The teachers here expected a lot and helped even more. I arrived at university knowing how to study, not only what to study.”
Class of 2026
Graduate
Now at university
What is happening at Northfield Academy.
Tour the campus, join a taster lesson and meet our teachers. Places are limited, so please book ahead.
Book a place
96% of this year's graduates have taken up a university place, many with their first choice.
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Three laboratories and a maker space are now open to Middle and Secondary students.
Read morePlaces in Early Years and Year 1 fill first. Visits run twice a week during term.