Newtown School
Newtown School is a secondary school in Waterford. 415 pupils, Quaker ethos, 3 special classes, 2.78 applicants per place last year.
The facts
| Type | Secondary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Quaker |
| Patron | Friends Patron Company clg |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 415 (207 boys, 208 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| Boarding | Mixed |
| Roll number | 65010R |
| Eircode | X91XR20 |
| Address | Newtown Road, Waterford City, Co.Waterford |
Getting in
Hard. 200 applications for 72 places — 2.78 applicants per place, and 60 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 78 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 72 |
| Applications last year | 200 |
| Waiting list | 60 |
| Applications open | 01 October 2025 |
| Applications close | 17 November 2025 |
| Decisions issued by | 17 November 2025 |
| Offers must be accepted by | 01 December 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
The school received 19 applications in total across every class and every special class. The 200 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
3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 2 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- 1 × Autism Inclusion Class
2 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 1 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 Newtown at 1.51 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 50% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Keith Lemon |
|---|---|
| Phone | 051860200 |
| info@newtownschool.ie | |
| Local authority | Waterford City 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 Junior School Primary school, Waterford
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.