School Ethos

St. Vincent's School is a Catholic co-educational special school catering for children with Moderate GLD and ASD pre-school with a Catholic ethos under the patronage of the Bishop of Killaloe.

"Catholic Ethos" in the context of a Catholic primary school means the ethos and characteristic spirit of the Roman Catholic Church, which aims at promoting:

(a) the full and harmonious development of all aspects of the person of the pupil, a living relationship with God and with other people; and

(b) including the intellectual, physical, cultural, moral and spiritual aspects; and

(c) a philosophy of life inspired by belief in God and in the life, death resurrection of Jesus; and

(d) the formation of the pupils in the Catholic faith;

and which school provides religious education for the pupils in accordance with the doctrines, practices and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church, and/or such ethos and/or characteristic spirit as may be determined or interpreted from time to time by the Irish Episcopal Conference.

In accordance with S.15 (2) (b) of the Education Act, 1998 the Board of Management of St. Vincent' School shall uphold, and be accountable to the patron for so upholding, the characteristic spirit of the school as determined by the cultural, educational, moral, religious, social, linguistic and spiritual values and traditions which inform and are characteristic of the objectives and conduct of the school.