Learning Support

St.  Mary’s C.B.S.  is  an  all  boys  Secondary  School  situated  in  Portlaoise,  Co.  Laois.   The  main  cohort  of  pupils  come  from the  town  and  many  come  by  bus  from  surrounding  villages  and  small  towns,  i.e.  Ballyroan,  Timahoe,  Ratheniska, The Heath, Ballyfin  and Stradbally amongst  others.  The school in Tower Hill was built in 1847 and a new school is  just about to commence construction.  

The pupils move from class to class.  The Learning Support suite of rooms are located together on the first floor of the school.  The  rooms  are  adequate  with  sufficient  shelving,  access  to  computers  and  an  excellent  amount  of  resource  materials.  We have a register of approximately 45 students with  special  needs. 

Many  of  the  students  have  exemptions  in  Irish  and  some  are  withdrawn  from  modern languages  and are  given  extra  support  in  Maths  and  English  in  small  group  settings.

Career Guidance

SUBJECTS:

English

Irish

Maths

French

History

Geography

Business

Accounting

Construction Studies

Religious Education