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Our Staff

St Coen's NS is supported by a dedicated team of teachers, special needs assistants, support staff and school completion workers.

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Teachers

9

SNAs

2

Secretaries

1

Caretaker

2

Cleaners

Lee Kavanagh, Principal

PRINCIPAL

Mr Lee Kavanagh

Mr Kavanagh leads St Coen's NS with a commitment to providing a broad, balanced education that holistically develops every child: academically, spiritually, socially, emotionally, physically and creatively.

STAFF DIRECTORY

Classroom Teachers 2026/27

Classroom Teachers

JI

Ms Carey & Ms Byrne

Junior Infants

SI

Ms Sapilewska & Ms Dempsey

Senior Infants

1C

Ms Keane & Ms Watson

1st Class · Ms Watson, Deputy Principal and Language Coordinator

2C

Ms Nolan & Ms Shannon

2nd Class

3C

Ms Armstrong & Ms O'Grady

3rd Class · Ms O'Grady, Digital Learning Coordinator

4C

Ms Roe-Schotsman & Ms Shorten

4th Class

5C

Mr McAdam & Ms Vickers

5th Class · Mr McAdam, Wellbeing Coordinator

6C

Ms Cowdrey & Mr Bailey

6th Class

Autism Special Classes

LA

Ms Cunningham

Little Acorns Class, Preschool Autism Class · Arts Education Coordinator

AP

Ms Jennings

Apple Class, Primary Autism Class

Special Education Teachers

MS

Ms Sexton

SENCO, Special Educational Needs Coordinator

MV

Ms Vaughan

Social and Environmental Education Coordinator

ME

Ms McEvoy

Special Education Teacher

MF

Ms Ferguson

Nurture Room Teacher

MM

Mrs McElheron

Special Education Teacher

MF

Ms Farrell

STEM Coordinator and Maths Recovery Teacher

ML

Ms McLoughlin

Maths Recovery and Nurture Room Teacher

MS

Ms Sheehan

Assessment Coordinator

Support & Administration Staff

HC

Ms Callaghan

Home School Community Liaison (HSCL)

RL

Rosemarie Luddy

Secretary

JG

Jean Gleeson

Secretary

DE

Declan Earls

Caretaker

LH

Lisa Hubbard

Cleaner

JE

Joanne Earls

Cleaner

Special Needs Assistants (SNAs)

GK

Gráinne Kelly

SNA

CP

Catherine Poveda

SNA

OC

Orla Clare

SNA

LW

Lisa Woods

SNA

DW

Dawn Wynne

SNA

RB

Rosalie Byrne

SNA

LC

Lisa Canavan

SNA

MD

Mags Doyle

SNA

MD

Miriam Davidson

SNA

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

School Completion Programme

St Coen's NS is part of the Wicklow, Rathnew, Ashford and Newtownmountkennedy School Completion Programme (SCP), giving our pupils access to dedicated project workers and sessional staff who support attendance, engagement and wellbeing.

JD

Jamie Dunne

SCP Coordinator

AR

Amanda Redmond

SCP Project Worker

MH

Maria Hughes

SCP Project Worker