In September 2022 there were 600 pupils enrolled at St. Joseph’s NS and 50 staff members. Our school has a population of diverse nationalities. At present in our school community we have the following nationalities: Irish, English, Welsh, Lithuanian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovakian, Polish, Spanish, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Malawian, Nigerian, Thai. We welcome children of all faiths and at present we have children of the following faiths: Catholic, Church of Ireland, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Buddhist, Baptist, Pentecostal, Wesleyan Methodist, Jehovah Witness
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- Máire Daltúin – Principal
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- Jimmy Doyle – Deputy Principal
St. Joseph’s NS Templerainey was opened in September 1942 with two classrooms and 90 pupils. A third classroom was added in 1947 and a fourth in 1958. In the sixties and early seventies prefabricated classrooms were erected to cater for the rapid expansion. In 1975 a major extension took place – six classrooms, principal’s office, staff room, kitchen, library, recreation hall and toilets. In 1986 a modernisation programme was undertaken and several further improvements have been done in subsequent years. In September 2004 a further major extension costing over €3,000,000 was opened. This comprised 9 new classrooms, Staff Room, Principal’s Office, new G.P. Room, Stores, lifts and Computer Room.
In September 2018 we completed a new building project comprising of ten mainstream classrooms and four resource rooms to replace prefabs. St. Joseph’s school has twenty four mainstream classes, a Computer Room and a PE Hall. We have four special classes for children with Autism and we have one class for children with Mild General Learning Difficulties.
