History
There has been a school here on this campus since 1861. It was one of the first houses of the Religious Sisters of Charity founded by Mary Aikenhead. The school is a Primary School and from the beginning it took in boys for Junior, Senior Infants and First Class. The boys stopped coming here in the early 1970’s. Today, Scoil Mhuire is an all girls primary school catering for girls from 4-12 years of age.The present school building was built in 1974 and was expanded in 2015 when four additional classrooms and two learning support rooms were built on.
The school was run by the Religious Sisters of Charity until 1993, when it was handed over to the Archdiocese of Dublin and to lay principalship.
Scoil Mhuire is run under the auspices of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and is funded by same. Teachers, while employed by the Board of Management, are paid by the DES. A Capitation grant is paid to cover the cost of running the school, but as with most schools this and other grants do not adequately cover the needs of a school in the 21st Century.
Scoil Mhuire operates the curriculum as laid down by the DES and is also bound by the Education Act [1998].
There has been a school here on this campus since 1861. It was one of the first houses of the Religious Sisters of Charity founded by Mary Aikenhead. The school is a Primary School and from the beginning it took in boys for Junior, Senior Infants and First Class. The boys stopped coming here in the early 1970’s. Today, Scoil Mhuire is an all girls primary school catering for girls from 4-12 years of age.The present school building was built in 1974 and was expanded in 2015 when four additional classrooms and two learning support rooms were built on.
The school was run by the Religious Sisters of Charity until 1993, when it was handed over to the Archdiocese of Dublin and to lay principalship.
Scoil Mhuire is run under the auspices of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and is funded by same. Teachers, while employed by the Board of Management, are paid by the DES. A Capitation grant is paid to cover the cost of running the school, but as with most schools this and other grants do not adequately cover the needs of a school in the 21st Century.
Scoil Mhuire operates the curriculum as laid down by the DES and is also bound by the Education Act [1998].
