Blackwater Community School

The facts

Getting in

Not oversubscribed last year. The notice carries no previous-year breakdown, which is only required of a school that had more applicants than places.

notice gives places only, no previous-year breakdown.

Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)

Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.

Special classes

5 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 5 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.

The area around this school

School planning area: Lismore. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.

Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district P51 (Mallow) was €265,000 in 2025. That is up 59.6% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.

Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Lismore Urban at 0.38 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 35% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

Other schools in Lismore

• Aglish N S Primary school, Waterford
• Ballyduff B 2 N S Primary school, Waterford
• Bunscoil Bhothar Na Naomh Primary school, Waterford
• Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain Primary school, Waterford
• Curriglass Ns Primary school, Cork
• Knockanore N S Primary school, Waterford
• S N Lios Mor Mochuda Primary school, Waterford
• S N Muire Magh Deilge Primary school, Waterford
• Scoil Mhuire Primary school, Waterford
• St. Marys Ns Touraneena Primary school, Waterford
• Villierstown N S Primary school, Waterford
• Whitechurch N S Ceapach Primary school, Waterford