C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
Barrack Street, Waterford City · X91 FK30 · Roll number 64930I
C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford is one of 9 post-primary schools in or within 3 km of Poleberry. Every school in and around Poleberry →
What stands out about C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
- 494 pupils, near the middle for post-primary schools in Ireland (the median is 585).
- Teaches through English, with Irish as a subject.
- Growing: 494 pupils, 54% more than the 320 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.
- A boys’ school.
- A voluntary secondary school: owned by its trustees, most often a religious order or its successor trust, and paid for by the State.
- Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust; its ethos is Catholic.
Pupils over time
2015/16 to 2025/26C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford had 494 pupils in 2025/26, against 257 in 2015/16 (+92%). Its roll rose in 10 of the 10 years.
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year; girls and boys where the lists give them.
No letter for C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
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 C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford 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 C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
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 C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
Every school admits under its own published admission policy; no admissions numbers are published.
Families apply to C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford 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 takes boys only. 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: C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford has grown by 54% since 2019/20. All the schools around Poleberry together changed by +4%.
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, 3 have more pupils than C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford. Since 2019/20 its roll has changed by +54%; 0 of the 6 grew faster.
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford | 494 | +54% | Catholic | English | ✓ | |
| Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School | 479 | −1% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.7 km |
| Presentation Secondary School | 458 | +12% | Catholic | English | ✓ | 0.8 km |
| De La Salle College | 1,023 | −5% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| Waterpark College | 621 | +19% | Catholic | English | 1 km | |
| St Angela's Secondary School | 937 | −0% | Catholic | English | 1.1 km | |
| Newtown School | 415 | +2% | Quaker | English | 1.2 km |
The other 10 post-primary schools in Co. Waterford
| School | Pupils | Since 2019/20 | Ethos | Language | DEIS | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Community College | 792 | +46% | Inter-denominational | English | ✓ | 1.5 km |
| Gaelcholáiste Phort Láirge | 146 | +11% | Catholic | All in Irish | 5.1 km | |
| Ardscoil na Mara | 1,227 | +3% | Catholic | English | 11 km | |
| St Declan's Community College | 783 | +5% | Multi-denominational | English | 22 km | |
| St Augustines College | 1,069 | +42% | Catholic | English | 37 km | |
| Meánscoil San Nioclás | 159 | +11% | Inter-denominational | All in Irish | ✓ | 39 km |
| Ardscoil na nDéise | 265 | −18% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Scoil na mBraithre | 338 | −8% | Catholic | English | 39 km | |
| Dungarvan College-Coláiste Dhún Garbhán | 247 | +6% | Multi-denominational | English | ✓ | 40 km |
| Blackwater Community School | 943 | +22% | Inter-denominational | English | 58 km |
Living in Poleberry
The town’s figures, not this street’s.
Homes in the X91 Eircode area
Housing in Poleberry →The median sale price rose from €265,000 in 2023 to €320,000 in 2025 (+21%).
New against second-hand, 2023 to 2025
Property Price Register sales in the X91 Eircode routing area, 2023 to 2025.
Renting in Poleberry
Cost of living in Poleberry →New tenancies in Poleberry averaged €1,316 a month in 2025, against €1,185 in 2024 (+11%).
Residential Tenancies Board rent index, new tenancies, 2024 and 2025.
Location
Directions ↗Poleberry, X91 FK30
Post-primary schools near C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
Nearest first, as the crow flies, up to 25 km. Each school’s own admission policy decides who gets a place.
Questions about C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford
Is C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford 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 C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford have?
494 pupils in 2025/26. That is +54% since 2019/20.
Does C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford teach through Irish?
No: C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford teaches in English, with Irish as a subject.
Who runs C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford?
C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford has a Catholic ethos. Its patron is Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
How do pupils get a place at C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford?
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 C.B.S. Mount Sion, Waterford?
The nearest are Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School (0.7 km), Presentation Secondary School (0.8 km) and De La Salle College (1 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 Poleberry; 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).