"To promote Catholic education as an option within the Irish Education System and to develop the schools of the Congregations in the service of their local communities, the state and the Church"

This year there has been a new development for the school and our trustees. The Poor Servants of the Mother of God established a new trust with 12 other religious orders. So we are now a school in the SMG tradition under the trusteeship of the Le Cheile Schools Trust.

This Trust is being set up by twelve religious congregations. Cross and Passion Sisters, De la Salle Brothers, Dominican Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus, Holy Faith Sisters, Patrician Brothers, Religious of Christian Education, Sisters of Charity of St. Paul, Sisters of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of St. Louis, Society of the Holy Child Jesus and the Poor Servants of the Mother of God. The twelve congregations are currently responsible for 45 voluntary secondary schools and are trustees in 8 Community Schools. They also run a number of primary schools, third level institutions and are engaged in different education projects for disadvantaged young people.

Function of the Trust

The trust carries out the legal and inspirational roles as outlined in the Education Act and in their own Charter documents. This includes overall responsibility for ethos development, property and finance. They provide Support to Boards of Management,Leadership Training, Consultative services to the schools on a range of issues, networking and communication within the Trust and with a wide range of other bodies, planning and negotiation.