Statement of Ethos

Enable Ireland, as Patron of Sandymount and Marino Multi-Denominational Special Schools for Children with Physical Disabilities, affirms its belief in and commitment to:

• the placement of the student at the centre of the educational process;
• enabling the student to live a full life;
• assisting the student with his/her holistic development;
• preparing the student for continuing and lifelong learning;
• empowering the student to realise his/her potential as an independent social being and self-fulfilled adult. 

The core values of Enable Ireland underpin and support its role and functions as Patron.

• Enable Ireland recognises that all children have unique and diverse needs, and undertakes to recognise and accommodate these needs.
• Enable Ireland is committed to the implementation of Children First guidelines within its schools in order to ensure the safety and welfare of its students.
• Enable Ireland is committed to the provision of a high quality of education provision for the students in its schools.

Schools under the patronage of Enable Ireland acknowledge and aim to foster;

• a sense of partnership between the patron, boards of management, school staffs, clinical and social services personnel, parents and students, and

• a climate of active collaboration and co-operation among all those involved in the delivery of educational, clinical and social services.

Enable Ireland, as patron, promotes the involvement of parents in the educational process by encouraging parents and all staff to support one another as they collaborate in assisting students to achieve their full potential.