Waterpark N S
Waterford · Roll number 20143K
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 235
- −2 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- Down 1 from 236 in 2015/16
- 8 classes in 2015/16, 10 now; average class 29.5 → 23.5
- Over 20 years: +19% from 198 in 2005/06, while it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 113 / 122
- 48% girls
Pupils since 2001
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
235 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 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 29.0 |
| Senior Infants | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 29.2 |
| 1st Class | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29.5 |
| 2nd Class | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29.0 |
| 3rd Class | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29.7 |
| 4th Class | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29.7 |
| 5th Class | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 6th Class | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29.8 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
27 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 27 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 27Junior Infants2024/25
- 27Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
30 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 30 in 1st Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2023/24
- 30Senior Infants2024/25
- 301st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
30 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 30 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2022/23
- 29Senior Infants2023/24
- 311st Class2024/25
- 302nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
30 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 30 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 30Junior Infants2021/22
- 30Senior Infants2022/23
- 291st Class2023/24
- 292nd Class2024/25
- 303rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
28 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 29 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 28Junior Infants2020/21
- 30Senior Infants2021/22
- 301st Class2022/23
- 302nd Class2023/24
- 303rd Class2024/25
- 294th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
29 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 30 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 29Senior Infants2020/21
- 291st Class2021/22
- 282nd Class2022/23
- 303rd Class2023/24
- 304th Class2024/25
- 305th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
28 in 1st Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 281st Class2020/21
- 292nd Class2021/22
- 293rd Class2022/23
- 304th Class2023/24
- 305th Class2024/25
- 306th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
28 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 282nd Class2020/21
- 293rd Class2021/22
- 294th Class2022/23
- 305th Class2023/24
- 306th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
30 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2023/24): no change.
- 303rd Class2020/21
- 304th Class2021/22
- 305th Class2022/23
- 306th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
30 in 4th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 304th Class2020/21
- 305th Class2021/22
- 306th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
30 in 5th Class (2020/21), 30 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 305th Class2020/21
- 306th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +2Junior Infants in 2021/22 (28 to 30)
- −3Junior Infants in 2024/25 (30 to 27)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 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, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Waterpark N S, 2006/07 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
14.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 14 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 10 mainstream classes 10
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers77.5 hours of support teaching a week 3.1
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 3.1 special education teachers and 6.5 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
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. 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 Waterpark N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterpark N SThis school | – | 235 |
−0.4%
|
|
| 1 | Newtown Junior School0.4 km · Waterford City · Quaker | 0.4 km | 112 |
−8.2%
|
| 2 | S N Deaglan0.4 km · Waterford · Boys | 0.4 km | 396 |
−9.2%
|
| 3 | Christ Church N S0.5 km · Waterford · Church of Ireland | 0.5 km | 114 |
−18.0%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Eoin le Dia0.6 km · Waterford · Girls | 0.6 km | 237 |
−10.9%
|
| 5 | Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS1.0 km · Ferrybank · Girls | 1.0 km | 187 |
−13.8%
|
| 6 | St Stephens N S1.0 km · Waterford · Boys · DEIS | 1.0 km | 363 |
−14.6%
|
What parents would prefer
In the Department of Education and Youth's Primary School Survey (November–December 2025), parents said whether they would prefer this school to be co-educational or single-sex, to have a denominational or multi-denominational patron, and to teach through Irish or English. These are preferences, not applications or enrolments.
Children at this school
Their parents: 69 of 182 households answered (38%). The true figures are likely within 9.7 points either way.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
Children not yet at school
Their parents: 52 who intend to enrol a child here answered. The Department gives no margin of error for this group.
Patron
Teaching language
Boys and girls
The bracket shows the margin of error the Department published for this school: 9.7 points either way.
| Parents of | Multi-denominational | Through Irish | Single-sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| This school · children at school | 45% | 4% | 1% |
| This school · children not yet at school | 60% | 6% | 4% |
| Waterford planning area · children at school | 49% | 13% | 15% |
| Waterford planning area · children not yet at school | 51% | 20% | 17% |
| Ireland · children at school | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Ireland · children not yet at school | 47% | 26% | 6% |
Source: Department of Education and Youth, Primary School Survey results, published 23 June 2026. Planning-area and Ireland figures also count parents at schools where too few answered for the school to get its own results. About these figures
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
- Aileen Moriarty (Acting)
- Phone
- 051853071
- [email protected]
- Address
- Park Road, Waterford, X91 D540
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Waterford & Lismore
- 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 City 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
25 school years from 2001/02 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 235 | 113 | 122 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 114 | 123 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 116 | 122 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 108 | 128 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 237 | 105 | 132 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 232 | 99 | 133 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| 2019/20 | 235 | 103 | 132 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 238 | 104 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 236 | 102 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 237 | 102 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 236 | 101 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 240 | 99 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 237 | 102 | 135 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 238 | 98 | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 233 | 92 | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 233 | 97 | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 235 | 92 | 143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 232 | 93 | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 229 | 91 | 138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 210 | 81 | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 198 | 82 | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 150 | 57 | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 124 | 48 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 92 | 29 | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 59 | 13 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |