Over this past academic year, Sacred Heart P.S. has joined forces with St Mary’s P.S. Aughlisnafin and St Malachy’s P.S. Kilcoo to form an Extended Schools’ Cluster.

The Department of Education's Extended Schools’ programme aims to improve levels of educational achievement for children by providing the additional support that they might need to help them reach their full potential. The funding allows schools to offer a wide range of services or activities to help meet the learning and development needs of pupils, their families and local communities.

Sacred Heart P.S. is the lead school in this cluster and has used the financial resourcing available to institute counselling and speech and language provision within school. The cluster money is being used by all three schools to facilitate a programme of physical literacy through the Bee Active service provider.

Today, Mr Murphy from St Mary’s P.S. Aughlisnafin and Mr Lawlor from St Malachy’s P.S. Kilcoo along with Mr Fitzsimons attended an Extended Schools’ seminar in which planning for 2025/2026 was agreed upon and effective practice among the cluster was shared.

St Malachy's Primary and Nursery School, Kilcoo
Finn Primary School