Our Mission Statement
Mountrath Community School will endeavour to provide an educational setting and experience within which each person is encouraged to grow academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and culturally.
Mountrath Community School cherishes each member equally recognising his/her uniqueness, religious affiliation and cultural difference. Each member of the school community is entitled to be treated with respect and dignity. All members of the school community are encouraged to share in the responsibility of running the school.
Education lies at the centre of our purpose. Mountrath Community School will facilitate a positive learning and teaching environment. A learning environment should embrace the academic and cultural, leading to the development of the person as a whole. Students are expected to give due recognition and importance to their studies whilst striving towards educational excellence relative to their ability.
Curricular and extra curricular activities help form a mature and well rounded student.
Discipline in one’s life forms an essential part in the pursuit of excellence.
Who we are and what we do
Mountrath School Community School is a co-educational, multi-denominational, post-primary school under the joint patronage of The Patrician Brothers (Le Chéile Trust) and Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB).
Our school was established under the Deed of Trust and opened on 1 September 2009 arising from an amalgamation of The Brigidine Secondary School (Mountrath), The Patrician College (Ballyfin), and St. Aengus Vocational School (Mountrath). The values of LOETB as a multi-denominational State Body and the inherited traditions, Christian values and founding intentions of The Brigidines and The Patrician Brothers are enshrined in the characteristic spirit, in the life of our school and are respected, and cherished.
The core values of Mountrath Community School are:
- Care
- Respect
- Community
- Inclusion
- Equality
- Justice & Fairness
These values combine to provide and support an atmosphere that is conducive to excellence in teaching and learning. We endeavour to assist each student to reach his/ her full potential in a calm, caring and creative environment.
Our values are reflected in how we live as a school community. The unique and intrinsic value of each member of the school community is recognised and respected. All are treated equally, regardless of race, gender, religion/belief, age, family status, marital status, and civil status, membership of the Traveller community, sexual orientation, ability, disability or socio-economic status. All students are given equal opportunity for enrolment, in line with the Education (Admissions to School) Act (2018) constructed in accordance with section 3 of the Equal Status Act 2000. Once enrolled, our school provides all our students with equal opportunities to engage with the curriculum, school life and the local community.
Mountrath Community School provides a safe physical and social environment that reinforces a sense of belonging to the school community and wider society. We strive to enable every student to realise their full potential regardless of any aspect of their identity, culture or background. Our school promotes a fully inclusive education that recognises the plurality of identities, beliefs and values held by students, Parent/Guardians and staff. We prepare open-minded and responsible citizens with a strong sense of shared values with a view to contributing to a just and fairer society.
Our school is multi-denominational where we welcome, respect and support students of all religions and beliefs. The provision of religious education, religious worship and the work of the Chaplain all combine to reflect the founding intention of the school, the school’s mission statement and the needs of the students within the school. The characteristic spirit of the school finds practical expression through the provision of pastoral, liturgical and social outreach activities, as appropriate, for each student.
In Mountrath Community School, we celebrate the partnership, collaboration and empathy which nurtures and develops our young people in a community where the essence of our ethos is care and respect for self, others and our environment.