Popular girls-only secondary schools in the area include Our Ladys School, Terenure (01 490 3241); Alexandra College, Milltown; St Louis High School in Rathmines (01 497 5458) and Presentation School, Terenure (01 490 2404). Boys-only schools include Sandford Park, Ranelagh (01 497 1417, www.sandfordparkschool.ie); Gonzaga College, Ranelagh (01 497 2931) and Terenure College (01 490 4621), and mixed schools include The High School, Rathgar (01 492 2611); Rathmines College (01 497 5334); St Mac Dara’s Community College, Templeogue (01 456 6216); Templeogue College (01 490 5788, www.templeoguecollege.ie) and St Marys College, Rathmines (01 406 2100).

The Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has some faculties in Rathmines, while for evening classes, Sandford Language Institute in Milltown and Rathmines College are both good. Trinity College and UCD are just a couple of miles from the area.