Clongowes Wood College is one of Ireland’s oldest and most successful boarding schools. The College is committed to the provision of the highest quality Catholic education in the Jesuit tradition.
Our Mission
Clongowes Wood College was founded in 1814 and is one of Ireland’s oldest and most successful boarding schools with an enrolment of c.440. We continue today under the College’s motto: aeterna non caduca, striving for the lasting (eternal) values and not the ephemeral ones.
We are committed to the provision of the highest quality Catholic education in the Jesuit tradition. Our mission is to educate students according to the highest standards of Jesuit schooling and the values of the Gospel as expressed in The Characteristics of Jesuit Education and the more recent A Living Tradition in the 21st Century. It is our fidelity to Clongowes’ Jesuit mission and Christian teaching that stand us in good stead in the demanding times we live in and the challenges which lie ahead.
Living together in a boarding school gives the opportunity to develop a real sense of family and to fulfil one of the aims of Jesuit education to become a man for others. The school strives to ensure that cura personalis, the importance of looking after and caring for the individual, is a strong element in everything that we do. We are dedicated to forming young leaders whose core will be the mission of the Gospel: reconciliation with justice and compassionate care for all creation.
Current Vacancies
Headmaster/Headmistress
The Board of Management of Clongowes Wood College invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the post of Head to take effect from 1st August 2027.
The School is a Voluntary Catholic Secondary School under the trusteeship of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus). The school is an all-boys boarding school with an enrolment of 425, and the post is residential.
Application Forms may be obtained from the RSAcademics website: Click here.
Completed application forms should be returned to RSAcademics according to the information on the website no later than 9.00am GMT on Monday 23 November
2026.
Short listing may apply before first round interviews. A second round of interviews might follow.
The school is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to Child Safeguarding. The successful candidate will be subject to Garda Vetting prior to taking up this position
Provisional date for interviews: 14 December 2026
