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St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush
Europe's first CFES School of Distinction

Transition Year

Transition Year

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the St Joseph’s Rush Transition Year (TY). TY is an optional year that takes place after 3rd Year, once students have completed their Junior Cycle exams, and before they enter the Leaving Certificate programme in 5th Year. The vast majority of students opt for TY.

The TY curriculum in Rush is built around the needs and interests of our students . It capitalises on the talents and expertise of our teaching staff and seeks to develop links with our local community, enabling students to strengthen their sense of connection with where they live. The focus is on building skills that will be of benefit to our students in their day-to-day lives and better prepare them for their educational journey going forward. TY in Rush targets and aims to improve the skills of communication, creativity, managing myself and working with others. I hope you find this page useful and informative and that it will give you a taste of what Transition Year in Rush is all about. You will find information on the TY curriculum, links we have developed with partners and friends in our community, articles written by students on the different events they’ve been involved in, our photo gallery and TY student blog for 2019-2020.

Ciarán Reade
Transition Year Coordinator


Transition Year 2019/2020 in Review

A selection of TY Student Work Experience Reports and reflections on different opportunities, experiences & trips are available to read here: http://www.stjosephsrush.ie/page/TY-Student-Reflections-Work-Experience/69005/Index.html

Below find a link to the TY 19/20 Graduation Video and an interactive book of more TY pictures & reflections on the year that was had.

Jan 22
2026
2nd Yr Parent Teacher Student Meeting
Feb 02
2026
Bank Holiday
Feb 03
2026
Mock Exams 3rd & 6th Yr students
Feb 13
2026
TY Module 2 ends
07-Jan-2026
We are incredibly proud to have 19 students from our school taking part with 10 fantastic projects selected for YSTE 2026 taking place in the RDS
09-Dec-2025
The annual Christmas fundraising appeal for SVP begins. Listen and enjoy , videos added as they are released. Please support this very worthy cause if you can https://gofund.me/e90d67174
09-Dec-2025
On Monday, 8th December, the Second Years set off on an exciting school tour packed with sport, history, and a taste of college life.
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One Good School Award 2022-2023
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One Good School Award 2022-2023
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