Our Transition Year Programme is a highly structured one year programme aimed at developing a more mature student who will be better prepared for the demands of the Leaving Certificate and further study or work. It is designed to act as a bridge between the Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle by facilitating the smooth transition from the more dependent learning of the Junior Cycle to the more independent self directed learning of the Senior Cycle.

Over the years, through evaluation with all interest groups, the programme has been developed and modified to make it the success that it is today. As we plan for the year ahead, we hope to build on this success. Our new school enables us to offer a wide range of subjects in a better learning environment, with a state of the art gymnasium, all weather Astroturf pitch and a playing pitch. Together with our art, computer, technology, home economics, science, music, geography and language rooms that are equipped with the most modern equipment, this puts us in a position to deliver a very strong Transition Year programme.

In 1992, we were one of 150 schools in the country offering the TY Programme to our students. Today, this number has increased to over 600 schools and is continuing to increase year by year. A main feature of the programme is that it’s components are unique to every school in that each school is responsible for designing the contents of its own programme. As such, the content reflects the strengths of the school, the needs of the student and the expertise of the staff.