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Welcome to our school website. This website has been prepared in the hope that it will become a valuable source of school news and timely information for parents, pupils, and visitors to the site.
St. Mary’s National School, Drumlea is a co-educational Roman Catholic school under the patronage of the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore. We have two mainstream class teachers, one special education teacher and two Special Needs Assistants. There are 36 children on our roll.
We are very proud of the school with its rich tradition of teaching and learning, together with sport and music. Along with the Board of Management, we take great pride in providing a safe and secure learning environment for all children of varying abilities and needs.
Our staff is committed to establishing and maintaining a school environment that allows our pupils to grow spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
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Child Safeguarding
The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Child Safeguarding Statement took place on October 10th 2024. Our Child Safeguarding Statement can be found here.
The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is Niamh Dunney and Deputy Designated Liaison Person (DDLP) is Aaron Elbel.
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Enrolment 2025/26
The 2025/26 enrolment form, admissions policy and admissions notice can be found in the policies and documents section on the website or by clicking Enrolment-Form-2025-26 St. Mary’s NS
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Latest News
Nature Trail
A ‘Heritage in our Schools’ nature trail took place on 1st October. Martina Butler visited our school and took each classroom on a trail around the school grounds and local environment. 1st – 6th classes walked to Kinkeen Lake to study aquatic life in the water.
Yoga / Mindfulness
A growing body of scientific research shows that mindfulness has positive effects on mental health and well-being. Practising mindfulness has been proven to help children learn to focus, manage stress, regulate emotions, feel compassion and empathy and develop a positive outlook.
Mindfulness meets objectives of the SPHE programme in St. Mary’s NS. We would like to thank our instructor Ann Reilly for her encouragement and enthusiasm. The children benefited greatly from the sessions and learned useful techniques to carry forward with them.
Cross Country Championships
Well done to all the boys and girls from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes who took part and acquitted themselves very well in the Leitrim Cross Country Championships in Leitrim village on 2nd October. A very worthwhile experience for everyone involved
Cuman na mBunscol mini-sevens
The boys from 4th, 5th and 6th classes took part in the Cuman na mBunscol mini-sevens football competition in Ballinamore on 25th September, and acquitted themselves very well indeed. Well done boys!
Welcome to our new Junior infants
A warm welcome all our students returning to school and hope everyone had a lovely summer. We would like to extend a special welcome to our new Junior Infants – Turlough, Dylan, Ciara, Matthew, Michaela and Luke. We hope they will find the transition to “big school” very smooth and wish them many happy years here.