Newport College
Black Road, Newport, Co. Tipperary · V94 A3W4 · Roll number 72450N
Newport College is one of 2 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Newport. Every school in and around Newport →
What stands out about Newport College
- 407 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 407 pupils, 72% more than the 237 of 2019/20.
- In DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- An ETB school: run by the county’s Education and Training Board.
- Its patron is the Tipperary ETB; its ethos is multi-denominational.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26Newport College had 407 pupils in 2025/26, against 174 in 2015/16 (+134%). Girls are 45% of them. Its roll rose in 8 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for Newport College
Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing schools by them, so this school has no letter and nothing here ranks it. Its facts are the Department of Education’s; its inspection reports are linked below.
What the Department of Education does publish for Newport College is on this page: its pupils each September since 2015/16, girls and boys, its patron and ethos, whether it teaches through Irish, whether it is in DEIS, and its inspection reports.
Newspapers print lists of how many of a school’s leavers go on to college. Those count destinations, not exam results, and depend on who a school takes in; we don’t use them.
Inspection reports on Newport College
The Department of Education’s Inspectorate visits schools and publishes its reports. The reports describe what inspectors saw; they give no overall grade, and we don’t make one. Reports for this school on gov.ie ↗
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
Getting a place at Newport College
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to Newport College directly, usually in the year before their child finishes sixth class; the school’s yearly admission notice gives the dates for applying and for its decisions.
A school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its admission policy, often brothers and sisters, the area it serves and, for post-primary schools, its feeder primaries. A family refused a place can appeal.
It is in DEIS, so it has extra support for pupils from disadvantaged areas.
No figures on applications are published, but the roll shows demand: Newport College has grown by 72% since 2019/20. All the schools around Newport together changed by +22%.
Pupils since 2019/20
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; Department of Education enrolments 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary).
Side by side with the nearest post-primary schools
2025/26The nearest schools of the same kind, as the crow flies: their pupils, ethos and language. No results: none are published.
Of the 6 nearest post-primary schools, 5 have more pupils than Newport College. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +72%; 1 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport College | 407 | +72% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | |
| St. Mary's Secondary School | 719 | +27% | Catholic | English | 0.7 km | |
| Glenstal Abbey School | 203 | −11% | Catholic | English | 6.1 km | |
| St Anne's Community College | 731 | +31% | Inter-denominational | English | 10 km | |
| Castletroy College | 1,360 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | 11 km | |
| Limerick City East Secondary School | 811 | +587% | Multi-denominational | English | 13 km | |
| St Munchin's College | 682 | +4% | Catholic | English | 14 km |
The other 28 post-primary schools in Co. Tipperary
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Secondary School | 577 | +28% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| Nenagh College | 345 | −26% | Multi-denominational | Some subjects in Irish | 22 km | |
| St. Joseph's CBS Nenagh | 715 | +33% | Catholic | English | 22 km | |
| St Josephs College | 373 | +36% | Catholic | English | 30 km | |
| St. Anne's Secondary School | 267 | −19% | Catholic | English | 31 km | |
| St. Ailbe's School | 704 | +101% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 31 km |
| The Abbey School | 354 | −11% | Catholic | English | 32 km | |
| Borrisokane Community College | 723 | +22% | Multi-denominational | English | 37 km | |
| Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed | 601 | +72% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 39 km |
| Our Ladys Secondary School | 646 | +15% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| C.B.S. Thurles | 571 | −1% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Ursuline Secondary School | 895 | +10% | Catholic | English | 40 km | |
| Presentation Secondary School | 559 | −10% | Catholic | English | 41 km | |
| Cashel Community School | 885 | +4% | Inter-denominational | English | 42 km | |
| Rockwell College | 455 | −8% | Catholic | English | 45 km | |
| Cistercian College | 255 | +16% | Catholic | English | 46 km | |
| Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré | 594 | +13% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 49 km |
| Colaiste Dun Iascaigh | 889 | +23% | Inter-denominational | English | 50 km | |
| Scoil Ruain | 360 | +1% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 52 km |
| Patrician Presentation | 289 | +88% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 55 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 365 | +31% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 58 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 448 | +1% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Ardscoil na mBráithre | 706 | +1% | Catholic | English | 62 km | |
| Central Technical Institute, Clonmel | 366 | +43% | Multi-denominational | Irish stream | ✓ | 63 km |
| Loreto Secondary School | 465 | −5% | Catholic | English | 63 km | |
| Scoil Mhuire | 470 | +8% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 79 km |
| Edmund Rice Secondary School | 305 | +4% | Catholic | English | 79 km | |
| Comeragh College | 613 | +38% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 80 km |
Living in Newport
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the V94 Eircode area
Housing in Newport →The median sale price rose from €275,000 in 2023 to €351,500 in 2025 (+28%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the V94 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Co. Tipperary
Cost of living in Newport →New tenancies in Co. Tipperary averaged €1,078 a month in 2025, against €975 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Newport, V94 A3W4
Post-primary schools near Newport College
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about Newport College
Is Newport College a good school?
We don’t grade it: Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them. Its inspection reports on gov.ie, a visit and a talk with the principal will tell you more than any table could.
How many pupils does Newport College have?
407 pupils in 2025/26. That is +72% since 2019/20.
Does Newport College teach through Irish?
No: Newport College teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs Newport College?
Newport College has a multi-denominational ethos. Its patron is Tipperary ETB.
How do pupils get a place at Newport College?
Apply to the school directly. It publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates; if more children apply than it has places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Which schools of the same kind are near Newport College?
The nearest are St. Mary's Secondary School (0.7 km), Glenstal Abbey School (6.1 km) and St Anne's Community College (10 km).
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · inspection reports on gov.ie, linked by roll number. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Facts from the Department of Education’s school lists. Listed with Newport; nothing here rates the school.
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).