Prospectus

Profile of Manor House

Mission Statement

School Aims

         In 1952 the Poor Servants of the Monter of God were invited by the parish priest of Raheny, Monsignor W.Fitzpartick, to open a convent and a primary school in his parish. Manor House was purchased from Mr Morgan Mooney in March of that year. In 1953 the Junior School opened with twelve pupils.The Secondary School opened in September 1957 with two teachers.Due to an increase for places in the Secondary school, there was a first extension in 1964 and a second one, known as 'the new wing' in 1977. The Junior School was phased out during the 1960's.

         Originally the school was a private fee  -   paying establishment. In 1967 it joined the free education scheme. A Board of Management was set up in 1989.

         The first lay Principal, Mrs Mary-Clare O'Malley, was appointed in June 1995. The current enrolment of students for the Academic Year is over 900, which makes the school the largest girls' school in North Dublin. The school  has distinguished itself in the past by its standards of excellence, academic,  athletic and cultural.

         Manor House aims to encourage each girl to identify and develop their potential in a caring and disciplined environment. Working to the limit of one's ability is a particular strength of Manor House School and the evidence of this is laid bare annually in public exam results.

         This year's Leaving Cert class on the run down to the millennium boasts of two state scholarships, six Trinity Entrance Exhibitions, two U.C.D. Bursaries and an award from the Institute of Chemistry of a First in Ireland   Medal in Chemistry. Approximately eighty per cent of our intake go on to Third Level Educatoin. Underpinning the whole thrust of education in Manor House School, is an ethos which is firmly rooted in Christian principles. In the domain of values, the school is commited to those of the Christian  Religion as set forth in Holy Scripture and the teaching of the Catholic  Church. This incorporates a Christian world view which transcends religious, political and social differences, national barries and economic pressures.

         Single-sex education, too often written off as old-fashioned, enables girls to excel in subjects traditionally regarded as a male preserve. It is seen in this school as a positive advantage, freeing pupils from the pressures which can so easily cause subject choices in the Senior Cycle  forms to follow a pattern, limiting the horizons of women. The breadth of  opportunities now available to women makes it vital that girls should have  true freedom of choice during teh years that they lay the foundations for  their future careers.