C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford

The facts

Getting in

Oversubscribed last year. The notice carries a previous-year breakdown, which schools only have to publish when more people applied than there were 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

3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:

• 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 2 classes last year.

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: Waterford. 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 X91 (Waterford) was €316,000 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 Mount Sion at -11.9 (Disadvantaged), where 0 is the national average. 24% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.

Contact

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• An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School Primary school, Waterford
• Christ Church N S Primary school, Waterford
• Colmcille Mixed N S Primary school, Kilkenny
• De La Salle College Secondary school, Waterford
• Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge Secondary school, Waterford
• Gaelscoil Na Ndeise Primary school, Waterford
• Gaelscoil Phort Lairge Primary school, Waterford
• Jonah Special School Special school, Co. Kilkenny
• Mount Sion Cbs N S Primary school, Waterford
• Newtown Junior School Primary school, Waterford
• Newtown School Secondary school, Waterford