Newtown School, Waterford
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Newtown School is a coeducational day and boarding secondary school in Waterford, Ireland.
[edit] History
Newtown School was founded in 1798 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), on the estates of the former home of Sir Thomas Wyse. Its original purpose was the education of Quakers in the south of Ireland, and until 1858 no non-Quakers were admitted.
At its setup both boys and girls entered Newtown, though they did not participate in the same classes and activities. From the 1850s up to the late 1890s it became a boys only school. At this time Newtown amalgamated with Mountmellick Friend's school, after which Mountmellick became an all-girls school. Eventually in the late 1890s girls were gradually let back into Newtown as day students, until female boarding was eventually reintroduced in 1907.
In 1924 Newtown adopted a fully coeducational policy which it has maintained to the present day.
