Early Years
Three years · Play-led learning
Play-led learning that builds language, curiosity and confidence before formal schooling begins.
- Small groups of 16
- Observation-based assessment
- Outdoor learning every day
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
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.
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.
Events this term. Anything that needs booking says so.
Campus tours, taster lessons in every section, and time with the heads of section. Booking required.
Book a placeFirst meetings of the year with your child's teachers. Booking opens two weeks before.
Book a slotMiddle and Secondary students present their research projects. All families welcome.
Music and choir from every section of the school. No booking needed.
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
Visits run twice a week during term — children very welcome.