Learning

Overview

St. Kilian’s Secondary School is recognised by the Irish Department of Education and Skills and follows the prescribed curricula for the Junior and Leaving Certificate. The school is also funded by the German Government and is therefore in a unique position in Ireland regarding the teaching and learning of German.

St. Kilian’s offers extended German tuition which prepares students not just for the Junior or Leaving Certificates, but for the German Sprachdiplom exams at levels I and II. These exams provide them with the language entry requirement to study at a German University. They also ensure that our students leave St. Kilian’s with a language proficiency level in German which is significantly above what is needed for the Leaving Certificate.

Ambitious students have the opportunity to follow the German Curricular Stream in addition to the Irish curriculum. The Eurocampus is a joint project between St. Kilian’s and the Lycée Français d’Irlande (LFI). We share our campus here in Clonskeagh and students of both schools share lessons in the joint Junior Cycle.

Leaving Certificate Results Overview

We are delighted to report that the Leaving Certificate examination results at St. Kilian’s German School Dublin continue to be outstanding for the fifth consecutive year. With an average score of 515 points achieved in 2025 (514 in 2024), with 21% of our students scoring over 600 points and the highest individual score reaching 625 points, St. Kilian’s students continue to massively outperform national averages. Exceptional results were recorded across languages, sciences, and mathematics, with significantly higher proportion of St. Kilian’s students taking subjects at Higher Level compared to national figures. We are especially proud to acknowledge the 10 H1 grades achieved by Eliska Dvorakova in 2024, marking the highest score in St. Kilian’s history and an outstanding achievement across Ireland.

This continued success reflects the dedication and expertise of our teaching staff, the determination, ambition and hard work of our students, and the dedicated support of their parents and guardians. The consistent excellence of our graduates has also led to University Entrance Scholarships awarded by UCD, Trinity College Dublin, and other prestigious universities across Ireland.Our School also recorded an average of 90%-100% progression rate to Third Level Education over the last four years.

University Entrance Scholarships 2023-2025:

St. Kilian’s approach to education – our letter published in the Irish Times on January 27, 2025

St. Kilian’s has a proud tradition of applying the best of the Irish and German education systems, promoting European citizenship in a progressive and mixed environment, from Junior Infants to Leaving Certificate level. We provide our students with the opportunity to become fluent in German, and encourage them to develop the skills needed to access Third Level opportunities not only in Ireland, but also across Europe and beyond, particularly in Germany.

St. Kilian’s approach to education – our letter published in the Irish Times on January 27, 2025 on the benefits of an international approach to education as provided by St. Kilian’s – applying the best of the Irish and German education systems!