Newtown Junior School
Waterford City · Roll number 20261Q
- Quaker ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 112
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −8%
- Down 10 from 122 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 49 / 63
- 44% girls
Pupils since 2007
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
112 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13.8 |
| Senior Infants | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14.0 |
| 1st Class | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14.7 |
| 2nd Class | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15.0 |
| 3rd Class | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15.3 |
| 4th Class | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15.0 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14.5 |
| 6th Class | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
12 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 12 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 12Junior Infants2024/25
- 12Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 13 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 131st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 14 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 14Senior Infants2023/24
- 141st Class2024/25
- 142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
15 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 15 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 15Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 151st Class2023/24
- 152nd Class2024/25
- 153rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 14 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 15Junior Infants2020/21
- 15Senior Infants2021/22
- 151st Class2022/23
- 152nd Class2023/24
- 153rd Class2024/25
- 144th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
15 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 16 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 15Senior Infants2020/21
- 151st Class2021/22
- 152nd Class2022/23
- 163rd Class2023/24
- 164th Class2024/25
- 165th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
16 in 1st Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 161st Class2020/21
- 162nd Class2021/22
- 163rd Class2022/23
- 154th Class2023/24
- 145th Class2024/25
- 146th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
15 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): 1 pupil fewer.
- 152nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 144th Class2022/23
- 125th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
16 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil fewer.
- 163rd Class2020/21
- 164th Class2021/22
- 165th Class2022/23
- 156th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
15 in 4th Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 154th Class2020/21
- 145th Class2021/22
- 146th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 156th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +23rd Class in 2022/23 (14 to 16)
- −45th Class in 2023/24 (16 to 12)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2007/08 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Newtown Junior School, 2007/08 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
7.6teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers40 hours of support teaching a week 1.6
2.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1.6 special education teachers and 2.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2007/08
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to Newtown Junior School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Junior SchoolThis school | – | 112 |
−8.2%
|
|
| 1 | Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia0.2 km · Waterford · Girls | 0.2 km | 237 |
−10.9%
|
| 2 | Christ Church N S0.3 km · Waterford · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 114 |
−18.0%
|
| 3 | S N Deaglan0.3 km · Waterford · Boys | 0.3 km | 396 |
−9.2%
|
| 4 | Waterpark N S0.4 km · Waterford | 0.4 km | 235 |
−0.4%
|
| 5 | S N Ursula Naofa1.0 km · Waterford · Girls · DEIS | 1.0 km | 620 |
−11.8%
|
| 6 | Mount Sion CBS N S1.1 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 1.1 km | 360 |
+22.0%
|
About this school
Inspection reports open on gov.ie, under the name the school had when it was inspected. They describe specific areas of the school's work rather than giving an overall grade. Newer schools may not have one yet.
Contact
- Principal
- Colin Busher(Acting)
- Phone
- 051850851
- [email protected]
- Address
- Lower Newtown, Waterford City, X91 ET86
School
- Ethos
- Quaker
- Patron
- Friends Patron Company clg
- School type
- Ordinary
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Waterford County Council
- Planning area
- Waterford
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
19 school years from 2007/08 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 112 | 49 | 63 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | 113 | 46 | 67 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 115 | 47 | 68 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 53 | 66 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | 120 | 53 | 67 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 121 | 57 | 64 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 2019/20 | 120 | 54 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 120 | 53 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 120 | 54 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 120 | 51 | 69 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 122 | 51 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 120 | 47 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 120 | 49 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 120 | 45 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 121 | 43 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 117 | 40 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 107 | 40 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 93 | 35 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 89 | 35 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |