St Cronans Junior National School
Swords · Roll number 19456B
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 498
- −1 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −22%
- Down 137 from 635 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 226 / 272
- 45% girls
Pupils since 1975
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
498 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 | 127 | 117 | 115 | 123 | 141 | 123 | 124.3 |
| Senior Infants | 135 | 129 | 122 | 116 | 121 | 139 | 127.0 |
| 1st Class | 129 | 133 | 135 | 121 | 112 | 122 | 125.3 |
| 2nd Class | 137 | 122 | 137 | 135 | 118 | 114 | 127.2 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
141 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 139 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 2 pupils fewer.
- 141Junior Infants2024/25
- 139Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
123 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 122 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 123Junior Infants2023/24
- 121Senior Infants2024/25
- 1221st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
115 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 114 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 115Junior Infants2022/23
- 116Senior Infants2023/24
- 1121st Class2024/25
- 1142nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
117 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 0 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 117 pupils fewer.
- 117Junior Infants2021/22
- 122Senior Infants2022/23
- 1211st Class2023/24
- 1182nd Class2024/25
- 03rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
127 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 4th Class (2025/26): 127 pupils fewer.
- 127Junior Infants2020/21
- 129Senior Infants2021/22
- 1351st Class2022/23
- 1352nd Class2023/24
- 04th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
135 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 0 in 5th Class (2025/26): 135 pupils fewer.
- 135Senior Infants2020/21
- 1331st Class2021/22
- 1372nd Class2022/23
- 05th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
129 in 1st Class (2020/21), 0 in 6th Class (2025/26): 129 pupils fewer.
- 1291st Class2020/21
- 1222nd Class2021/22
- 06th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +18Junior Infants in 2024/25 (123 to 141)
- −18Junior Infants in 2025/26 (141 to 123)
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 St Cronans Junior National School, 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
32teaching posts
Our estimate: about 32 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 20 mainstream classes 20
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Special education teachers225 hours of support teaching a week 9
- Special class teachersFor 2 autism classes 2
16.32 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 12 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 9 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 16.32 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 St Cronans Junior National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Cronans Junior National SchoolThis school | – | 498 |
−21.6%
|
|
| 1 | Brackenstown Senior N S0.1 km · Swords | 0.1 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 2 | Holy Family Junior N S0.8 km · Swords | 0.8 km | 565 |
−18.6%
|
| 3 | Holy Family Senior N S0.9 km · Swords | 0.9 km | 624 |
+0.3%
|
| 4 | Swords Borough N S0.9 km · Swords · Church of Ireland | 0.9 km | 84 |
−20.0%
|
| 5 | River Valley CNS1.0 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.0 km | 142 | – |
| 6 | Broadmeadow Community National School1.2 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.2 km | 80 | – |
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
- Edel Blake
- Phone
- 018402194
- [email protected]
- Address
- Brackenstown, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 DP28
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Junior
- 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 1975/76 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 498 | 226 | 272 | 123 | 139 | 122 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 499 | 235 | 264 | 141 | 121 | 112 | 118 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 503 | 238 | 265 | 123 | 116 | 121 | 135 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 520 | 240 | 280 | 115 | 122 | 135 | 137 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 512 | 237 | 275 | 117 | 129 | 133 | 122 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 540 | 263 | 277 | 127 | 135 | 129 | 137 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 544 | 265 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 575 | 273 | 302 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 585 | 257 | 328 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 619 | 275 | 344 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 635 | 280 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 644 | 284 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 651 | 304 | 347 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 613 | 295 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 611 | 292 | 319 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 611 | 291 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 611 | 290 | 321 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 618 | 299 | 319 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 622 | 311 | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 618 | 313 | 305 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 587 | 283 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 615 | 285 | 330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 616 | 271 | 345 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 624 | 284 | 340 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 606 | 286 | 320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 584 | 289 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 571 | 276 | 295 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 525 | 254 | 271 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 543 | 258 | 285 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 514 | 246 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 515 | 247 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 513 | 243 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 529 | 255 | 274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1983/84 | 629 | 312 | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 637 | 321 | 316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 625 | 301 | 324 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 634 | 292 | 342 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 651 | 325 | 326 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 601 | 324 | 277 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 551 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |