Maynooth Post Primary School

Maynooth Post Primary School Iar Bhunscoil Mhá Nuad
Location
Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare W23 HC66 Ireland
Coordinates	53°23′05″N 6°35′46″W / 53.384732°N 6.596243°W / 53.384732; -6.596243Coordinates: 53°23′05″N 6°35′46″W / 53.384732°N 6.596243°W / 53.384732; -6.596243
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	multidenominational
Established	1971
Principal	Johnny Nevin
Gender	mixed
Number of students	1,253
Campus size	2.3 hectares (5.7 acres)
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)
School roll	70700A
Website	mpps.ie

Maynooth Post Primary School is a coeducational multidenominational secondary school in Maynooth, Ireland.^[1][2]

Academic

Maynooth PPS offers Junior Certificate, Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Applied and Leaving Certificate courses. Students wear a navy blue jumper, blue shirt, navy and blue striped tie, navy trousers. Girls have the choice of wearing the schools kilt or navy trousers. The choice only being introduced in the new school year starting August, 2016.

History

Maynooth Post Primary opened in 1971 as a Vocational School in the grounds of the Presentation Convent and moved to its present location in 1972 under the auspices of Kildare Vocational Educational Committee (now Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board). The school buildings were extended in 1983 and again in 2007. Maynooth is currently looking to build a new school further up the Moyglare road. The new buildings were originally intended to be opened by 2016. Complications in planning permission caused the construction to be delay and there are plans to begin the build in 2017.

Musical Program

As a part of the Transition Year Program, Maynooth Post Primary includes an optional musical production. The students take part as cast and crew and perform the production along with the help of teachers.

References

External links

• Official site
• https://twitter.com/maynoothpps