School History
Cappataggle N.S. was completed in the summer of 1979 and opened to receive pupils on September 1st of that year. The enrolment at that time was 103. It was then a four teacher school, an amalgamation of the old two-teacher schools in Cappataggle and Killalaghton. Prior to this, in 1967, the school at Killagh was amalgamated with Cappataggle due to declining numbers and in accordance with Dept. of Education policy at the time. In effect, therefore, Cappataggle N.S. replaced three two-teacher schools in the parish.
The Chairperson of the Board of Management at that time was V. Rev. A. Cummins P.P and the teaching staff comprised Mr James Dooley, Principal, Michael Walsh, Privileged Assistant, Ita O’ Connor and Maureen Monahan.
The school has since been refurbished and extended. This project was completed in 2011 and we now have a state of the art school. We have five large mainstream classrooms with two rooms for special education requirements. The new building also houses a large hall/gym, reception area, library, staff rooms and the whole school is wheelchair accessible. We have a large playground area some of which is covered in an all-weather surface allowing the children outdoors at every opportunity. The school was designed to reflect a bright, warm and happy environment, to encourage all aspects of the learning process which our children enter into when they take their first steps on their educational journey. The school will be evolving all the time and we encourage and welcome all input from parents.
The Chairperson of the Board of Management at that time was V. Rev. A. Cummins P.P and the teaching staff comprised Mr James Dooley, Principal, Michael Walsh, Privileged Assistant, Ita O’ Connor and Maureen Monahan.
The school has since been refurbished and extended. This project was completed in 2011 and we now have a state of the art school. We have five large mainstream classrooms with two rooms for special education requirements. The new building also houses a large hall/gym, reception area, library, staff rooms and the whole school is wheelchair accessible. We have a large playground area some of which is covered in an all-weather surface allowing the children outdoors at every opportunity. The school was designed to reflect a bright, warm and happy environment, to encourage all aspects of the learning process which our children enter into when they take their first steps on their educational journey. The school will be evolving all the time and we encourage and welcome all input from parents.
