Maynooth Post Primary School

Second-level school in County Kildare, Ireland

53°23′46″N 6°35′59″W / 53.3960°N 6.5997°W / 53.3960; -6.5997InformationReligious affiliation(s)multidenominationalEstablished1971PrincipalJohnny NevinGendermixedNumber of students1,253Campus size2.3 hectares (5.7 acres)Campus typeUrbanColour(s)Websitempps.ie

Maynooth Post Primary School is a coeducational multidenominational secondary school in Maynooth, County Kildare, 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 school's kilt or navy trousers.^{[citation needed]}

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 education campus, comprising a VEC and a Community College, on a greenfield site further up the Moyglare Road. The new buildings were originally intended to be opened by 2016. Complications in planning permission caused the development to be delayed: construction began in mid-2017.^[3]

The new buildings opened in 2020.

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. The 2017 performance was Les Misérables.^[4]

Notable alumni

Paul Mescal, actor^[5]^[6]

References

^ Maynooth Post Primary School Parent Teacher Association: Contact Us Archives
^ School Detail: MAYNOOTH POST PRIMARY SCHOOL - Department of Education and Skills
^ "Largest single school building project gets under way". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "Maynooth Post Primary School". 4 March 2016.
^ Lloyd, Brian (2 May 2020). "Here's 'Normal People' star Paul Mescal performing 'Phantom of the Opera' as a teen". Entertainment.ie.
^ Wild, Stephi. "VIDEO: Teenage Paul Mescal Stars in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA". BroadwayWorld.com.