De La Salle College Churchtown

De La Salle College is a co-educational (from 2023 onwards) a Roman Catholic day secondaryschool in Churchtown, Dublin 14, in Ireland. It is a non-fee paying school which has educational facilities to cater for about 500 pupils. The school was officially opened in 1952 and moved to its present location in 1957. Since then, the college was extended in 1986 and 1997 to cater for the increase in the number of pupils. De La Salle College Churchtown is a member of Le Cheile Schools, a Trust for Roman Catholic Schools.^[1]

Funding typeState school

MottoLatin: Recta Sapere
English: Correct Judgement which is interpreted as 'The wisdom to know what is right and the courage to do it'.

Religious affiliation

Roman Catholic

Patron saint

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle

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De La Salle College
Churchtown , Dublin 14 Ireland
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Funding type	State school
Motto	Latin: Recta Sapere English: Correct Judgement which is interpreted as 'The wisdom to know what is right and the courage to do it'.
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Patron saint	Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Principal	Siobhán Foster
Teaching staff	35
Gender	Mixed
Age range	12-18
Average class size	28
Language	English
Hours in school day	6-8hrs
Colours	Wine and Gold
Sports	Basketball Golf Rugby Athletics Badminton Squash
National ranking	400+
Website	De La Salle College

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The Brothers of De La Salle are the trustees of the college and it is under the control of a board of management. Siobhán Foster^[2] is the principal. There are approximately 35 teachers.