Let us help you to help yourself
St Paul’s Youth Encounter Project catering for young people at risk
We help young people between the ages of 10 to 16 years to receive an education who may otherwise be at risk of leaving school early.
St Paul’s Learning Programmes
St Paul’s learning programmes are based on an Individual Student Profiling system. This involves individual assessment of strengths, difficulties, and learning priorities based on teacher observations,
in-house assessments, and standardised testing. Planning is based on the provision of class teaching, learning support, and paired reading to provide a programme tailored at the appropriate level and identified learning priorities for each individual child.
This student-centred approach and curriculum framework for young people in St Paul’s is based on the provision of the Primary Curriculum, Junior Cycle, JCSP, and Level 2 Learning Programmes, and/or a combination of these as appropriate. Planning and selection of learning programmes is done by the
whole school teaching team in conjunction with parental consultation and consent.
More details are available at:
https://www.curriculumonline.ie/junior-cycle/
Our role is to provide an alternative, less formal school setting for young people that have become alienated from mainstream education for reasons of truancy, behavioural problems, or family difficulties. This as a result may also include young people who are at risk of becoming involved in crime.
What We Do
St. Paul's YEP was established in the late 1970s to cater for children at risk. It was originally situated in the sacristy of St. Oliver Plunkett’s Church in Rivermount Parish, and subsequently on the corner of Main Street and Ballygall Road in Finglas Village.
Since September 2014 we are situated in the former Patrician College on Deanstown Avenue, Finglas West, Dublin 11.
Our History
Spanning across both Primary and Post-Primary curriculums, the school meets young people where they are at. We also endeavour to modify behaviour through programmes on social and life skills and through a programme of outdoor activities. Staff are trained in the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) model for schools.
The school has a Family Therapist who provides supervision for students and their families.
Support for Students
Mission Statement
Our mission is to strive to help young people to help themselves. It is to provide a positive, inclusive and flexible learning environment. It is to provide a caring, respectful and safe place where we can work collaboratively to identify strengths and abilities and work together for progress, with the understanding that all challenges are seen as an opportunity to learn.
