St Anne's NS is a Catholic School under the patronage of the Bishop of Ferns. There are 240 pupils in St Anne's National School this year (2023/24). There are 9 class teachers and 3 full time and one part time resource/learning support teachers or SET. There are four Special Needs Assistants, Esther, Mary , Sharon and Brigid working in the school. Our school secretary is Jenny, and Caroline is our classroom assistant. They help out with all administrative tasks. Our school is well maintained and looked after by Tina, Bernie and Nicky - our caretaker.
The Principal of the school is Mr. John Ormonde and the Deputy Principal is Ms Lesley Power. The Chairperson of the Board of Management is Mr. Frank Ronan. The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) for Child Protection issues is John Ormonde and the Deputy DLP is Lesley Power.
The teaching staff are arranged as follows for this school year:
Ms Clancy- Junior Infants ms Lacey- Junior/Senior Infants Ms Ita Cunningham-Senior Infants Mr Donal Kelly- 1st Class Ms Mary Kehoe - 2nd Class Ms Emma Ambrose-3rd Class Ms Lesley Power- 4th class Mr Jess Codd- 5th Class Mr Kevin Murphy- 6th Class
Ms Sinead McCoy-SET Ms Emer Fitzharris/Ms Lisa Barry (Jobshare)- SET Ms Clara Murphy, SET Ms Alison Duggan SET (shared with Barntown NS)
Daily Schedule
School begins at 9:20 am.
Morning supervision begins at 9:00am each day.
Break-times: 11:00 – 11:10am & 1:00 – 1.30pm
Junior and Senior Infants finish school at 2.00pm. Parents/guardians are expected to collect their children at this time.
An After-School facility operates from 2pm until 6pm each day in our school. Parents/guardians may wish to avail of this service.
Classes from 1st – 6th finish at 3:00pm.
School Uniform The school uniform consists of a royal blue jumper/sweater (with school crest), white polo t-shirt and dark grey pants/pinafore/skirt.
A Rounded Education in a Busy School In keeping with the ethos of the school, it is the aim of the staff, the Board of Management and the parents to provide every child with a well-rounded, inclusive education, catering for their needs and talents in so far as possible. We take great pride in the various achievements of all our pupils. We have received the Award for Science and Maths Excellence for the past few years; our Green School, Active School and Health Promoting School Committees work tirelessly to achieve their aims; our debating teams have represented the school with distinction ; our sports teams have had great success in hurling, football, camogie, rounders, athletics and equestrianism; our musicians and drama group have represented us in Scór; our quiz teams have excelled in the various competitions; our chess and draughts competitions are keenly contested each year. Talents in the areas of music, art, sport, drama and technology are nurtured along with talents in the more academic subject areas.