Academic Performance
Gonzaga College has a reputation for academic excellence. The use of examinations to select pupils for admission has been discontinued following government intervention (the state part-funds the school by paying some teachers' salaries), although boys and parents are interviewed ("the interview is a sharing of ideas"). In 2005, the school sent 68% of its Leaving Certificate pupils to University College Dublin and 21% to Trinity College Dublin. Almost every year, it comes first in a league table of Irish schools ranked by percentage of Leaving Certificate students progressing to third level education.
Visual arts, theatre, and music are emphasised in the curriculum; pupils are encouraged to study Latin and Greek. The school chess team has been particularly successful, winning national and international awards. Notably, their achievements include dozens of Leinster and All-Ireland titles as well as winning the prestigious Millfield International Chess Tournament, held in Somerset, UK, in 1992 and 1999.
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