St Kilian's German School

St Kilian's is legally a single organisation, with a primary school, offering kindergarten (junior infants) and vorschule (senior infants) and main primary school (1st to 6th classes), and a secondary school. It is open to students from ages 4 to 18. German is taught from the start, but is not required for entry. Depending on development of German language skills, pupils may have the option to pursue a German curriculum stream from 5th class. Some classes in the Junior Cycle (1st to 3rd years) are shared with the Lycée Français d'Irlande. ==History==

St Kilian's was founded in the early 1950s, Since 2002, St Kilian's has shared sites with Lycée Français d'Irlande, the combined campus known as the "Eurocampus". The secondary school has a typical rate of progression to third-level of 90-100%. In 2020 this reduced to 63%, following significant reduction in teacher-assigned grades, with even native German language speakers being graded H3 instead of school-assessed H1. The school and 9 pupils pursued High Court actions over this. ==Operations and funding==

The school is operated by a company limited by guarantee, led by parents. It is part-funded by the German government. ==Notable alumni==

• Charley Boorman - film actor and travelogue presenter • Paul Murphy TD - Irish Socialist Party TD for the Dublin South-West Dáil constituency ==References==