On March 12th 2020, St. Colman’s N.S. was sanctioned for the opening of a class to meet the needs of pupils with a diagnosis of autism.

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We were delighted to open our new class, Seomra Sonas, on August 27th 2020 in a temporary room available in the school. Seomra Sonas is currently at maximum capacity with 6 pupils and is staffed with 1 teacher and 2 SNAs. Each pupil is attached to a mainstream class within the school.

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Seomra Sonas provides the opportunity for students to access the full range of curricular areas in line with their abilities, whilst also participating in mainstream activities and lessons when appropriate.

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In our class we endeavour to support the children’s needs in some or all of the following areas, as appropriate to each individual: learning, social and communication, emotional, behaviour, life skills-including independence, care and adaptation of the physical environment.

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The school received approval for the building of a purpose built 1 Classroom SEN base on June 17th 2020. We officially opened our new purpose built hub in June 2025.