Board of Management

Our Lady’s Secondary School,  Board of Management manage the school on behalf of CEIST , the school’s patron, and the Minister for Education and Skills.

The roles and responsibilities of the Boards of Management all Catholic Voluntary Secondary Schools, including Our Lady’s Secondary School, are clearly set out in the Articles of Management for Catholic Voluntary Secondary Schools 1998.   In addition, Sections 14 to 21 inclusive of the Education Act 1998, have set out in legislation these roles and responsibilities. The Articles of Management are available to staff and parents on request by contacting the school secretary.

Under the Education Act 1998 it is the duty of the Board to manage the school on behalf of the Patron (also known as Trustee) and for the benefit of the students and their parents and to provide or cause to be provided an appropriate education for each student at the school for which that Board has responsibility.

The Board must also uphold the characteristic spirit (ethos) of Our Lady’s Secondary School and is accountable to the patron for so doing.

The principal, who is secretary to the Board, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school, including providing guidance and direction to the teachers and other staff, and is accountable to the Board for that management.

There are eight members on the Board of Management: four nominees of the patron, two teachers who are nominees of the teaching staff and two parents who are nominees of the parents and guardians of current students.

The board sits for a period of three years and the current board came into being in October 2019 and will serve until October 2022.  The current board consists of the following voluntary members:

Elected Teacher Nominees

• Mrs. Katie Healy
• Mrs. Kayla Doherty

Elected Parent Nominees

• Mr. Declan Brady
• Ms. Lisa Padden

Nominees of CEIST

• Mr Leo Golden (Chairperson)
• Mrs. Mary McDonnell
• Mr. Kenny Concannon.
• Ms. Joan Fahey

The Board of Management may be contacted through the school principal, Mr Edmund Holmes, or by writing to:

The Secretary,
The Board of Management.
Our Lady’s Secondary School,
Belmullet,
Co. Mayo,
F26RH50

Correspondence will be acknowledged following the Board of Management meeting that follows receipt of correspondence.

Currently the Board of Management meets at least once per term.