Newtown School, Waterford

Waterford, Ireland

  • Day & Boarding

  • 1798

  • € N/A-N/A

    • Irish

School History & Details

Newtown School is an independent, multidenominational, coeducational school in Waterford, Ireland. It serves both day and boarding students. The Religious Society of Friends owns the organization, which is managed by a Board of Management. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) founded Newtown School in 1798 on the estates of Sir Thomas Wyse's previous residence. The school's primary goal was to educate Quakers in southern Ireland. Non-Quakers were not admitted until 1858, but Quakers continued to be given precedence. Newtown implemented a fully coeducational policy in 1924, which is still in effect today.

    School Values

  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Empathetic
School Achievements

Achievements

Unspecified
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

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Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Erskine Barton Childers – writer, journalist, United Nations civil servant Jamie Deacon – rugby union and field hockey player Ralph Fiennes – actor R. F. Foster – historian of the Modern Irish period Ian Gibson – historian, author and Hispanist Sinéad O'Connor – singer Nick Popplewell – rugby union player Philip Boucher-Hayes – journalist

School Information

Newtown contains a 25-meter indoor swimming pool (complete with diving platforms and a diving board), a gym, a weight room, an astroturf hockey pitch, an athletics track, two hockey training pitches, ...View moreView Less

Keith Lemon

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+353 51 860 200

Newtown Rd, Newtown, Waterford, Ireland

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Geography
  • Political Science
  • Languages
  • Science
  • English
  • Social Studies
  • Health & Wellbeing

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