This page compares 8 international schools in Dublin with lower published tuition, drawn from the 9 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is 4,500 and the highest in this comparison set is 29,760, quoted in € / EUR.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in Dublin — not a judgement about quality, and not an objective list of the cheapest schools in the city. Fees vary by year group and rise through secondary school, and most schools charge registration, transport, uniform and examination costs on top of tuition.
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Lowest published fee | Highest published fee | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Français d'Irlande | French (National Curriculum), French Baccalauréat, Brevet (DNB) | 3-18 | 4,500 | 8,000 | € |
| Sutton Park School | Irish, IB | 4-18 | 6,000 | 10,000 | € |
| Alexandra College Dublin | Irish | 4-18 | 6,000 | 10,000 | € |
| Rathdown School | Irish | 4-18 | 7,000 | 12,000 | € |
| St Kilian's Deutsche Schule Dublin | .Irish Curriculum + German Curriculum Stream | 4-18 | 7,685 | 8,175 | EUR |
| St Andrew's College Dublin | Irish / IB Diploma Programme | 4-18 | 9,100 | 12,000 | EUR |
| The King's Hospital School | Irish Curriculum – Junior Cycle, Transition Year & Leaving Certificate | 12-18 | 9,360 | 29,760 | EUR |
| Nord Anglia International School Dublin | IB | 3-18 | 10,000 | 22,000 | € |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in € / EUR. Where a school publishes a range, the lower figure normally applies to the earliest year groups and the higher figure to the senior school. Application and registration fees, deposits, transport, uniform, meals, trips and external examination entries are commonly billed separately.
Across this comparison set the curricula on offer are Irish (3 schools), IB (2 schools), French (National Curriculum) (1 school), French Baccalauréat (1 school), Brevet (DNB) (1 school), .Irish Curriculum + German Curriculum Stream (1 school).
The age ranges above show the full span each school covers. A school with a lower starting fee may still cost more overall if fees step up sharply at secondary level, so check the published fee for the year group your child will enter and the years after it.
ExpatSchoolGuide does not rank schools by price alone. Among the 9 schools in Dublin that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is 4,500 at Lycée Français d'Irlande. Published fees usually cover tuition only and vary by year group, so confirm current figures with the school.
Across the schools compared here, published annual tuition runs from 4,500 to 29,760 (€ / EUR). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 8 schools in Dublin with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 0 schools in Dublin do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
The lower-fee schools compared here teach Irish, IB, French (National Curriculum), French Baccalauréat, Brevet (DNB), .Irish Curriculum + German Curriculum Stream. Curriculum information comes from each school's own published material. Accreditation and examination centre status should be confirmed directly with the school.
This page compares the international schools ExpatSchoolGuide already lists in Dublin, ordered by the lowest annual tuition each school publishes. It is not an editorial ranking, no school pays to be included or excluded, and fees a school does not publish are shown as "Not published" rather than estimated.