S N Cholmcille C
Swords · Roll number 18977B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 326
- −45 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −21%
- Down 86 from 412 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 326 / 0
- 100% girls
Pupils since 1974
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
326 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 | 48 | 28 | 49 | 42 | 29 | 27 | 37.2 |
| Senior Infants | 54 | 51 | 29 | 46 | 42 | 28 | 41.7 |
| 1st Class | 51 | 53 | 51 | 33 | 47 | 39 | 45.7 |
| 2nd Class | 56 | 49 | 55 | 50 | 33 | 48 | 48.5 |
| 3rd Class | 47 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 32 | 47.2 |
| 4th Class | 52 | 50 | 53 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 50.8 |
| 5th Class | 57 | 49 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 53.0 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 58 | 56 | 50 | 56 | 50 | 54.3 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
29 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 28 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 29Junior Infants2024/25
- 28Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
42 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 39 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils fewer.
- 42Junior Infants2023/24
- 42Senior Infants2024/25
- 391st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
49 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 48 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 49Junior Infants2022/23
- 46Senior Infants2023/24
- 471st Class2024/25
- 482nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
28 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 32 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 28Junior Infants2021/22
- 29Senior Infants2022/23
- 331st Class2023/24
- 332nd Class2024/25
- 323rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 48 in 4th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 48Junior Infants2020/21
- 51Senior Infants2021/22
- 511st Class2022/23
- 502nd Class2023/24
- 523rd Class2024/25
- 484th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
54 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 54 in 5th Class (2025/26): no change.
- 54Senior Infants2020/21
- 531st Class2021/22
- 552nd Class2022/23
- 513rd Class2023/24
- 544th Class2024/25
- 545th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
51 in 1st Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 511st Class2020/21
- 492nd Class2021/22
- 493rd Class2022/23
- 484th Class2023/24
- 535th Class2024/25
- 506th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
56 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 562nd Class2020/21
- 523rd Class2021/22
- 534th Class2022/23
- 555th Class2023/24
- 566th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
47 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 50 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils more.
- 473rd Class2020/21
- 504th Class2021/22
- 505th Class2022/23
- 506th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
52 in 4th Class (2020/21), 56 in 6th Class (2022/23): 4 pupils more.
- 524th Class2020/21
- 495th Class2021/22
- 566th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
57 in 5th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2021/22): 1 pupil more.
- 575th Class2020/21
- 586th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +21Junior Infants in 2022/23 (28 to 49)
- −22Senior Infants in 2022/23 (51 to 29)
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 S N Cholmcille C, 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
23teaching posts
Our estimate: about 23 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 16 mainstream classes 16
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers125 hours of support teaching a week 5
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
8.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 4.6 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 10.33 SNAs 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. 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 S N Cholmcille C, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Cholmcille CThis school | – | 326 |
−20.9%
|
|
| 1 | S N Cholmille B0.1 km · Swords · Boys | 0.1 km | 320 |
−22.0%
|
| 2 | Swords Borough N S0.6 km · Swords · Church of Ireland | 0.6 km | 84 |
−20.0%
|
| 3 | River Valley CNS0.6 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 0.6 km | 142 | – |
| 4 | Brackenstown Senior N S1.4 km · Swords | 1.4 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 5 | St Cronans Junior National School1.5 km · Swords | 1.5 km | 498 |
−21.6%
|
| 6 | Holywell Educate Together National School1.5 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.5 km | 613 |
+22.8%
|
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
- Karen Burke Logue
- Phone
- 018404168
- [email protected]
- Address
- Chapel Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 H337
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- 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
43 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 326 | 326 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 39 | 48 | 32 | 48 | 54 | 50 |
| 2024/25 | 371 | 371 | – | 29 | 42 | 47 | 33 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 56 |
| 2023/24 | 380 | 380 | 0 | 42 | 46 | 33 | 50 | 51 | 48 | 55 | 50 |
| 2022/23 | 397 | 397 | – | 49 | 29 | 51 | 55 | 49 | 53 | 50 | 56 |
| 2021/22 | 390 | 390 | – | 28 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | 421 | 421 | – | 48 | 54 | 51 | 56 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 435 | 435 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 432 | 432 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 416 | 416 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 421 | 421 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 412 | 412 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 438 | 438 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 453 | 453 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 468 | 468 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 466 | 466 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 474 | 474 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 499 | 499 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 502 | 502 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 510 | 510 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 505 | 505 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 522 | 522 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 486 | 486 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 504 | 504 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 523 | 523 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 535 | 535 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 525 | 525 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 543 | 543 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 554 | 554 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 550 | 550 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 554 | 554 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 546 | 546 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 553 | 553 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 557 | 557 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 487 | 487 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 454 | 454 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 456 | 456 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 455 | 455 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 434 | 434 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 463 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 486 | 486 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 489 | 489 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 502 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 522 | 522 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |