Newtown Junior School
Newtown Junior School is a primary school in Waterford. 112 pupils, Quaker ethos, 3.43 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Quaker |
| Patron | Friends Patron Company clg |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 112 (63 boys, 49 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Roll number | 20261Q |
| Eircode | X91ET86 |
| Address | Lower Newtown, Waterford City |
Getting in
Very hard. 48 applications for 14 places in 2023/24 — 3.43 applicants per place, and 24 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 12 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 14 |
| Applications last year | 48 |
| Waiting list | 24 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
The school received 92 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 48 above is the figure for this intake alone, which is the one that can be compared with the places offered for it.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
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
The NCSE lists no special class at this school for the coming year.
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 Newtown at 1.51 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 50% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Colin Busher(Acting) |
|---|---|
| Phone | 051850851 |
| office@njs.ie | |
| Local authority | Waterford County Council |
Other schools in Waterford
- Abbey Community College Secondary school, Kilkenny
- An Teaghlaigh Naofa Girls Junior National School Primary school, Waterford
- C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford Secondary 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 School Secondary school, Waterford
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.