Change at Newtown

Newtown School to stop charging fees for standard tuition

by The Friend Newsdesk 9th May 2014

Newtown School in Waterford, one of Ireland’s oldest Quaker schools, has become the latest minority faith school in the country to enter the Free Education scheme.  The school says the decision was made because of a combination of financial pressure and a desire to become ‘more accessible’, in line with its ethos.  School principal Keith Lemon said that parents were finding it more difficult to afford fees.