About Villiers
Villiers Secondary School is a co-educational, fee paying, boarding and day secondary school, located on the North Circular Road, Limerick, Ireland.Founded under the will of Mrs. Hannah Villiers in 1821, Villiers is the leading national and international school in Ireland. Villiers has a traditionally Protestant ethos and is managed jointly by the Head of School, Board of Management, and Board of Governors.
With more than 200 years of history, management and staff at Villiers embrace and maintain the traditional values of the school and balance them with modern educational facilities, to develop an environment that engenders growth on an academic, cultural, and social level. Boarders account for over 25% of the student body, with 75% living locally and attending Villiers as day students.
Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20011277
International School in Ireland
The landscape of Villiers School, which since 1953 has included the historic Tivoli House, is accompanied seamlessly by the addition and restoration of Derravoher House in 2013, which now houses our state-of-the-art library and study rooms. Derravoher is now home to our state-of-the-art library, study rooms, and to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program at Villiers, an international alternative to the traditional Irish Leaving Certificate program. In 2025, approximately 20% of senior cycle students at Villiers School are studying the IB Diploma Programme.
Villiers School is the only boarding school in Ireland that offers students the choice between Irish and international curriculum. Villiers is proud to be an international school and to have a diverse and multicultural community, with a historical geographical profile of 96 countries and a current student and staff cohort in 2025 from 52 countries.
