Welcome to NewtownMountkennedy Primary School
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School History
Newtownmountkennedy Primary School is under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.
It was established as a co-educational school following the amalgamation of a boys (St. Joseph's NS) and girls (St. Brigid's NS) school on the current campus.
An autism class was opened in 1999. Our School now has 4 autism classes which continues to operate very successfully as an integrated part of our primary school community.
The school also participates in the Department of Education's Band 2 DEIS programme.
Our School Principal is Deirdre Lennon.
School Hours
School grounds open from 8.50 a.m.
School starts at 9.00 a.m.
School finishes for Junior & Senior Infants at 1.40 p.m.
School finishes for 1st to 6th class and our autism classes at 2.40 p.m.
Early Close : All classes finish at 1.40 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month.
School Buildings
Newtownmountkenndy Primary school campus consists of three buildings; Junior School, Senior School and St. Joseph's which has two of our four autism classes.
Junior School Building: Junior Infants to 3rd Class
Senior School Building: 4th to 6th Class
Home School Community Liaison
The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme promotes partnership and cooperation between home, school and the community to ensure that every child participates fully in our school system. More details can be found here.
Aisling Gillick is our Home School Community Liaison officer.
Email: hscl@newtownprimary.ie
Senior School
St. Joseph's
