The Athy Model School in Co Kildare has been extensively damaged by a fire which started early this morning.
Emergency services were called to the blaze at the 150-year-old building on the Dublin road at 4am.
Gardaí said a house next to the school was evacuated and smoke from the fire affected visibility on the main Dublin road during rush hour.
According to a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, Co Kildare VEC is making accommodation available for the Model School in its new post primary school building in Athy.
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It is planned this accommodation will be furnished and equipped to allow the school to reopen next Thursday.
The existing Model School site is in the process of being secured.