There are no official statistics published by the Irish government about the performance of secondary schools in Ireland.
It is hard to compare schools without any data to use . The Sunday Times (Irish Edition) usually compile a League Table of schools based on the numbers of pupils getting into Third Level courses.
It's not an ideal method of comparison - but until teachers and the government agree on publishing exam results it's all we have.
Here are the top 20 "Best" Schools in Ireland - based on the percentage of final year pupils getting a place at University. The figure on the right is the percentage of students getting a place at Universty in 2014
1 Laurel Hill Colaiste FCJ, Sth Circular Rd., Limerick Girls 88.7 %
2 Glenstal Abbey School, Murroe, Co. Limerick Fee Paying (Boys) 88.3%
3 Colaiste Iosagain, Booterstown, Co. Dublin Girls 88.2%
4 Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 Fee Paying (Boys) 87.4%
5 Mount Anville Secondary School, Goatstown, Dublin 14 Fee Paying (Girls) 84.7%
6 Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin Fee Paying (Girls) 84.6%
7 Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke, Cork Fee Paying (Boys) 84.6%
8 Colaiste na Coirbe, Tuam Road, Galway Mixed 81.8%
9 Scoil Mhuire, Sydney Place, Cork Fee Paying (Girls) 81.6%
10 Holy Child School, Killiney, Co. Dublin Fee Paying (Girls) 80.6%
11 Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Rd., Cork Girls 79.0%
12 Colaiste Ide, Dingle, Co. Kerry Girls 78.9%
13 Colaiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Co. Cork Mixed 77.7%
14 Loreto College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 Fee Paying (Girls) 77.6%
15 Colaiste Ailigh, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal Mixed 77.3%
16 Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co. Dublin Fee Paying (Girls) 76.7%
17 The Teresian School, Donnybrook, Dublin Fee Paying (Girls) 76.5%
18 Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill, Cork Fee Paying (Boys) 76.4%
19 Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin 15 Fee Paying (Boys) 76.1%
20 Colaiste Eoin, Booterstown, Co. Dublin Boys 76.1%
Twelve of the top 20 schools are private (fee paying) schools.
The best "free" schools are highlighted in Bold.
