Schools involved included St Dominic’s, St Louise’s, Corpus Christi, St Rose’s, St Genevieve’s, De La Salle, Christian Brothers’ School (CBS) St Mary’s Glen Road, Colaiste Feirste and Malone College.
Pupils attended classes in the College each day from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. A thirty-minute lunch break included a hot meal and a soft drink. The classes mixed genders and combined schools, dividing students into classes by the particular examination board or the topic or theme being taught. Pupils were selected using the following criteria:
- They must be year 12 pupils who are borderline Grade C or below.
- They must attend a school or be a resident in the West Belfast Constituency.
- They have experienced barriers to their learning.
- They have had satisfactory attendance at school.
The following student ambassadors from St Mary’s worked at the 2018 school: Seaan Clancy, Sinead Logue, Seanan Hurley, Aisling Johnston, Niamh Bunting, Michael Warwick, Paula O’Neill, Catherine McColgan, Ruairi Hegarty, Claire Sheilds, Niamh Kelly, Clodagh Martin, Bronagh McGilligan, Cliona McCluskey, Eimear Donaghy, Ruairi Geehan, Maria Bateson, Rory Donnan, Caoimhe Wright, Brona MacOscar, Emmett Maginn, Aoife Jackson and graduate teachers Kathyrn Boyd and Naoimi King taught classes in Maths and English.
Ciara Quinn wrote about the Easter School at St Mary’s in the Andersonstown News.