Gorey Community School is located in

Gorey Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''. As a growi ...

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

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. It is the largest school in Ireland, and (as of 2018) had over 1500 students enrolled.

History

Gorey Community School was established in 1993, following the amalgamation of the nearby Christian Brothers School (CBS), Vocational College and Loreto Abbey schools. When the amalgamated school first opened, it had 1297 students enrolled. As of 2018, the school had a student population of over 1500, and a teaching staff of more than 100. The school occupies a large site of almost which comprises playing fields, basketball courts, and tennis courts. In 2000 a new extension was opened. The construction of a further extension began in September 2007 and was completed in October 2008. There are now over 90 classrooms, several specialist rooms, special needs facilities and a large gymnasium. Yet another extension was opened in 2012. After several years of fundraising, an oratory was built in 2004. With seating for over 200 people, school masses, memorial services, parent meetings are held in the oratory. Gorey Community School (GCS) is managed by a board of management, which includes 6 representatives from the trustees (the

Vocational Education Committee A Vocational Education Committee (VEC) ( ga, Coiste Gairmoideachais) was a statutory local education body in Ireland that administered some secondary education, most adult education and a very small amount of primary education in the state. Before ...

, the Loreto order and the CBS), two teachers representatives and two parents representatives).

Activities

GCS participates in a number of sports, including

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

and

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

. The school coordinates a number of student exchanges with other secondary-level schools in Spain, Italy, France and Germany.

References

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External links

Official school site
Secondary schools in County Wexford Further education colleges in the Republic of Ireland Gorey Community schools in the Republic of Ireland 1993 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1993