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Approval for six Special Educational Needs classrooms at Limerick Community Special School
Limerick Community Special School Deirdre Bourke, the newly-appointed Principal and Niamh Cooke, the newly-appointed Deputy Principal pictured with George O’Callaghan, ETB Chief Executive, Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon, ETB Chair, Donncha Ó Treasaigh, ETB Director of Schools and Eamon Murphy, ETB Director of Organisation Support and Development
Limerick Community Special School has received approval for the reconfiguration of its existing prefabs to accommodate six Special Educational Needs (SEN) classrooms
Limerick Community Special School, set to open this September, has received approval for the reconfiguration of its existing prefabs to accommodate six Special Educational Needs (SEN) classrooms.
The new school located in Mungret will open its doors to an initial 30 students in September 2024, helping to provide for children with a moderate general learning disability and complex needs or autism and complex needs from 4 to 18 years, with an initial focus on those children who do not yet have an offer of a special school place for September 2024.
Limerick Community Special School is a state school, multi-denominational and co-educational and is underpinned by the ETB core values of Excellence in Education, Care, Respect, Equality and Community. Deirdre Bourke has been appointed principal of the new school with Niamh Cooke taking up the position of deputy principal.
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The reconfiguration includes the creation of an SEN/SEN base: A new classroom dedicated to providing special classes for children with special education needs; an SET room: A special education teaching room designed for one-on-one teaching or group work; an MCR: A mainstream classroom; and redesigning or renovating existing rooms to accommodate classes for students with special educational needs.
The new special school will temporarily occupy the current Mungret Community College building, which will be vacated when the college moves to its new campus, currently in an advanced stage of construction and slated for completion by September 2024. The decision to locate the new special school in the existing Mungret Community College building was initially announced in March 2024.
Following consultation with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) the Department of Education made the announcement last December of the creation of four new special schools throughout Ireland, including Limerick, to address the increasing number of students with special educational needs. Senator Maria Byrne commented, “I’m relieved to hear of the Limerick Community Special School receiving refurbishment in the currently occupied Mungret Community College, announced by the Department of Education. The Department of Education and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board are progressing the preparations for the reconfiguration of the new special school. Great news for Mungret!”
Further details in relation to the enrolment and admission policy will be confirmed shortly. For more information on the new Limerick Community Special School visit www.limerickcss.ie
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