Swords Borough N S
Swords · Roll number 12358M
- Church Of Ireland ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 84
- −6 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −20%
- Down 21 from 105 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 40 / 44
- 48% girls
Pupils since 1977
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
84 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 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10.7 |
| Senior Infants | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 11.7 |
| 1st Class | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 2nd Class | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12.0 |
| 3rd Class | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13.2 |
| 4th Class | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 5th Class | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13.2 |
| 6th Class | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
5 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 5 in Senior Infants (2025/26): no change.
- 5Junior Infants2024/25
- 5Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
13 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 12 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2023/24
- 13Senior Infants2024/25
- 121st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
14 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 9 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2022/23
- 13Senior Infants2023/24
- 121st Class2024/25
- 92nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
11 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 10 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2021/22
- 11Senior Infants2022/23
- 101st Class2023/24
- 92nd Class2024/25
- 103rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
12 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 12Junior Infants2020/21
- 14Senior Infants2021/22
- 141st Class2022/23
- 132nd Class2023/24
- 123rd Class2024/25
- 134th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
14 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 13 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 14Senior Infants2020/21
- 131st Class2021/22
- 142nd Class2022/23
- 143rd Class2023/24
- 144th Class2024/25
- 135th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
14 in 1st Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 141st Class2020/21
- 132nd Class2021/22
- 143rd Class2022/23
- 134th Class2023/24
- 115th Class2024/25
- 136th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
14 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 14 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 142nd Class2020/21
- 143rd Class2021/22
- 134th Class2022/23
- 145th Class2023/24
- 146th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
15 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 12 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 153rd Class2020/21
- 144th Class2021/22
- 135th Class2022/23
- 126th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
13 in 4th Class (2020/21), 13 in 6th Class (2022/23): no change.
- 134th Class2020/21
- 135th Class2021/22
- 136th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
15 in 5th Class (2020/21), 15 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 155th Class2020/21
- 156th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +46th Class in 2021/22 (11 to 15)
- −8Junior Infants in 2024/25 (13 to 5)
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 Swords Borough 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
5teaching posts
Our estimate: about 5 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers25 hours of support teaching a week 1
1 special needs assistant (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 1 special education teacher and 1 SNA 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. Where there's no principal bar, the principal also taught a class. 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 Swords Borough N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swords Borough N SThis school | – | 84 |
−20.0%
|
|
| 1 | River Valley CNS0.3 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 0.3 km | 142 | – |
| 2 | S N Cholmille B0.6 km · Swords · Boys | 0.6 km | 320 |
−22.0%
|
| 3 | S N Cholmcille C0.6 km · Swords · Girls | 0.6 km | 326 |
−20.9%
|
| 4 | Brackenstown Senior N S0.8 km · Swords | 0.8 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 5 | St Cronans Junior National School0.9 km · Swords | 0.9 km | 498 |
−21.6%
|
| 6 | Holy Family Junior N S1.4 km · Swords | 1.4 km | 565 |
−18.6%
|
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
- Bryan Donovan
- Phone
- 018407036
- [email protected]
- Address
- Church Road, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 Y179
School
- Ethos
- Church Of Ireland
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COI
- 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
- Fingal County Council
- Planning area
- Swords
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
40 school years from 1977/78 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 90 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 102 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 106 | 53 | 53 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2021/22 | 107 | 50 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 108 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
| 2019/20 | 106 | 53 | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 108 | 54 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 108 | 53 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 108 | 49 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 105 | 47 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 111 | 50 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 110 | 51 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 107 | 49 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 105 | 46 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 111 | 50 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 110 | 44 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 110 | 46 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 113 | 51 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 110 | 51 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 105 | 49 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 102 | 47 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 93 | 46 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 89 | 48 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 89 | 48 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 89 | 47 | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 92 | 49 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 92 | 46 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 98 | 49 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 95 | 46 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 91 | 45 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 87 | 41 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 89 | 41 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 47 | 24 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 45 | 27 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 37 | 19 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 33 | 19 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 13 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |