The school campus is owned by the Salesians and shared with Pallaskenry Agricultural College.

The basis of that pedagogy is the Salesian Preventive System, which is based on the experience of the 19th-century Saint John Bosco.

[4][5] The school facilities include three science labs, a computer lab, a woodwork room, a home economics room, a canteen, a sports hall, a swimming pool and a number of other sporting facilities, including pitches and handball alleys.

In 2009 the school introduced an electronic fingerprinting system to assist with daily attendance and monitor absenteeism.

This action gained national attention and the government's Data Protection Commission launched an investigation.