BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Our Board Of Management

The Board of Management manages our school on behalf of the Patron and is accountable to the Patron and the Minister. The function of the board is to govern the school, including policy formation and implementation and the appointment of staff. The board is bound by legislation, the Rules for National Schools, the Constitution of Boards of Management and directives from the Department of Education and Skills. The Board must uphold the characteristic spirit (ethos) of the school and is accountable to the patron for so doing.

The principal is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school, including providing guidance and direction to the teachers and other staff of the school and is accountable for that management..

The Board of Management consists of, two direct nominees of the Patron (Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin), the principal, a teachers’ representative, two parents’ representatives (one mother, one father) and these people nominate two representatives from the community.

Boards of Management of primary schools are appointed for a four year term and are required to adhere to the provisions of the Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedure 2011 and the Governance Manual 2023-2027 issued by the Department of Education and Skills. Our current board was appointed in November 2023.