Rice College

IrishSchoolInfoBox
name = Rice College CBS
irish_name = Colaiste Risigh



motto =
established = 1826
location = Ennis, County Clare, Republic of Ireland
students = approximately 700
keyprole = Principal
Deputy Principal
keypname = Thomas Clohessy

free_label = Staff
Religious order
free = 40+
Catholic
homepage = http://www.ricecollege.ie
e-mail = [e-mail]

Rice College is a respected school in Ennis, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. It is also a C.B.S with a house on the property where "Brothers" still reside. No Brothers teach in the secondary school but it was previously run by the religious order. The school was founded in the 1800s. It was formerly an all boys school, but became coeducational in 2001. In 2006 construction started on an extension and was completed in early 2007. Entrance into the college is quite difficult and therefore most students that are accepted come from the primary school next door. All prospective students must complete an apptitude test before acceptance. The school offers a wide range of subjects for students to choose from and requires first years to do all the subjects to allow them to make a more informed decision of what they would like to do. As of the previous school year, the transition year has been introduced again with a class of 20-24 students being taken on. It would appear to have been a success. Students must wear a unform which consists of a blue shirt, navy v-necked jumper with school crest to the left of the v, black shoes, grey slacks (boys) or navy& green& white tartan skirt with knee high navy socks or tights (girls).