Castlepollard Community College

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Principal:

Ms. Mary Coyle

Deputy Principal:

Ms. Olive McCormack

Telephone:

(044) 96 61163

Fax:

(044) 96 61047

Em:

info@castlepollardcc.ie

    
 School Website  www.castlepollardcc.ie    

Mission Statement

We aspire to - providing an environment where all our partners in education are cherished and treaded with respect in a spirit of equality and inclusiveness.  All our students are encouraged to reach their full potential, develop their confidence and enabled to become valued members of society.

Principal's Statement

County Westmeath Vocational Education Committee opened the first post-primary school in Castlepollard in 1937. Its main aim was to serve the educational needs of the local farming community's children. It operated as a four-teacher school in its early years offering subjects such as Home Economics, Book-keeping, Mathematics, Irish, English, Woodwork, Mechanical Drawing, and with a strong emphasis on Rural Science.

Enrolment in the day school was approximately 40-50. Adult Education was a key function of Vocational Education in rural Ireland at that time. Castlepollard Community College provided courses such as Farm accounts, Boat building, Dress-making, Irish dancing and Irish language courses.


With the advent of free education in the late 1960s Castlepollard Community College experienced expansion with increased enrolment and a much wider curriculum.


Current enrolment is approximately 170 day students doing Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate and Post-Leaving Certificate Courses. The school also provides a comprehensive range of subjects in its Adult Education Programmes.