After consultation with local secondary schools it was decided that students from 3 of the local schools, Ballyfermot Vocational School, Caritas and St Dominic’s would complete their leaving certificate in the Senior College. The new school offered a wide range of subjects to the boys and girls of the area. The College is part of City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee. The new College also
offered secretarial courses to post Leaving and post Intermediate students, as well as pre-employment courses for post intermediate students. During the 1980’s a range of post Leaving cert. Courses were introduced into the College, including Preliminary Engineering which had links with DIT Bolton Street, Hotel Catering and Tourism courses which had links with CERT, Business courses and Social Care courses. Most of these courses continue today. In the 1990’s the Senior College gave up its Leaving Certificate classes, which returned to the local schools, and continued to develop Post-Leaving Certificate courses making it a leader in developing this area of education. In 2000 the Senior College changed its name to Ballyfermot College of Further Education
