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| Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh was founded by the Presentation Brothers in 1964 with the aim of providing a Christian education for the boys of Bishopstown and the adjoining parishes. In an age when the focus of education in Irish secondary schools tended to be rather narrow, both in terms of the type of curriculum offered to students and in terms of the whole concept of what constituted a good education, Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh broke new ground. In its early years, an expanded curriculum, embracing a full range of traditional academic subjects as well as many technological subjects, set the school in the foreground of modern education and prepared it to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. Accompanying this curricular expansion was a new view of education which put a considerably increased emphasis on the total development of the person through the medium of a broad range of extracurricular activities. Since 1992, with the withdrawal of the Presentation Brothers from the direct management of the school, the position of Principal has been occupied by a lay person. The Presentation Brothers, as well as being the Trustees of the school, continue their involvement in the school through their representation on the teaching staff and on the Board of Management, four of whose members are directly appointed by the Presentation order. |
| The Board of Management is the body charged with overall responsibility for the running of the school and the formulation of policy. It comprises eight members, drawn from the interested parties in the educational process in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh. The Board is comprised of four representatives of the Presentation Brothers and two representatives each of the teachers and the parents.
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| The Principal, together with the Deputy Principal and the Staff of the school are charged with the day-to-day running of the school, the initiation and implementation of policy and have responsibility for the delivery of an education process that is consistent with the caring philosophy of the school, the Board of Management and the Presentation Brothers.
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| The Parents’ Council, a group of fifteen parents elected by the parent-body, is a valuable medium of communication between parents and management. The Parents’ Council, a group of fifteen parents elected by the parent-body, meets regularly to discuss issues that are important to students, parents and the school in general. They also organise lectures on topics of interest to parents. A summary of their activities is published in 'Spiorad Signals', the newsletter of the school.
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| The Students’ Council in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, consisting of twenty representatives drawn from Transition Year and Senior Cycle students, is a valuable means of involving the student-body in the life of the school. Among its principal aims are the facilitating of better communication between students and staff/management as well as the improvement of school facilities based on the suggestions and recommendations of the student-body expressed through the Council.
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