Welcome to St Mary’s Secondary School Edenderry

Welcome to all of our visitors!

You are very welcome to the website of St Mary's Secondary School.  We are delighted that you have logged on to find out more about or school.  Please explore our pages here on our website as well as our twitter account (@SMESecondary ) and our App (stmarysedenderry). 

St Mary’s Secondary School is a large co-educational, voluntary secondary school serving the communities in and around Edenderry. We have 910 students following the Junior Cert, Transition Year, Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied courses.  We have an extensive and expanding curriculum and a wide range of supports. 

In St Mary’s we seek to pursue excellence in everything we do. We encourage all of our students to set high expectations, be the best that they can be and to bring a positive approach to their learning. We have a great tradition of achievement, academically and in extra-curricular areas.  The successes in the classroom and exam halls are matched by magnificent achievement on the playing fields, stage, competitions and elsewhere.  We put equal value on the quality of relationships throughout the school with emphasis on students' well-being and welfare.  These are supported by policies  and our daily practice.
St Mary's is implementing change and improvements all of the time.  Our school has advanced in numerous ways in recent years.  Development of our facilities will continue with a substantial extension due to start shortly as well as the establishment of a second ASD learning and support centre..  

We hope that our website can keep up with all of the changes on the ground.  You are welcome to explore our site or our other media platforms.   Feel free to contact the school for more information

Rob Halford
Principal
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Reopening Dates for All Students

 Staff Meetings                                                                  Friday 27th August and Monday 30th August
New First Years Induction Day                                     Monday August 30th (classes end at 1.15pm)
New First Years – Classes and assembly                    Tuesday 31st August  (normal 3.50 pm finish)
6th years (including LCA Year 2) and 3rd years        Wednesday 1st Sept
5th Year (including LCA Year 1)                                     Thursday 2nd Sept
2nd Years and Transition Year                                       Friday 3rd September

Latest news, articles and Tweets from @SMESecondary

New Year begins in St. Mary's

The new school year began on Friday 27th August with a staff meeting.  Our new Principal, Mr. Emmett Mc Donnell welcomed back staff, with a special mention to our 2 new Deputy Principals, Mrs. Brenda Lawton and Mr. Tom Rehill.  Mr. Mc Donnell also welcomd new staff members and also paid tribute to our retiring colleagues, Mr Halford, Ms. Droogan and Mrs. Potterton.  All in St. Mary's wish them many years of helth and happiness in their retitement.
Management Team,  Mrs. Brenda Lawton, Mr. Mc Donnell, Ms. Ryan, Mr Rehill
New teaching staff at St. Mary's

Welcome to our new 1st Years

Today, 30th August, we welcomed our new group of 1st Years to St. Mary's.  Over 165 new students arrived today to begin their journey through secondary school.  We hope that your years with us will be fulfilling and that you take every opportunity that comes your way.