Holy Family Senior N S
Swords · Roll number 19877C
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 624
- −3 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- 0%
- Up 2 from 622 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 319 / 305
- 51% girls
Pupils since 1993
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
624 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 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| Senior Infants | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1st Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3rd Class | 159 | 157 | 156 | 154 | 145 | 158 | 154.8 |
| 4th Class | 162 | 159 | 154 | 158 | 152 | 152 | 156.2 |
| 5th Class | 180 | 162 | 157 | 153 | 157 | 155 | 160.7 |
| 6th Class | 187 | 177 | 161 | 154 | 159 | 158 | 166.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
145 in 3rd Class (2024/25), 152 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 1453rd Class2024/25
- 1524th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2023/24
154 in 3rd Class (2023/24), 155 in 5th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 1543rd Class2023/24
- 1524th Class2024/25
- 1555th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2022/23
156 in 3rd Class (2022/23), 158 in 6th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 1563rd Class2022/23
- 1584th Class2023/24
- 1575th Class2024/25
- 1586th Class2025/26
In 3rd Class in 2021/22
157 in 3rd Class (2021/22), 159 in 6th Class (2024/25): 2 pupils more.
- 1573rd Class2021/22
- 1544th Class2022/23
- 1535th Class2023/24
- 1596th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
159 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 154 in 6th Class (2023/24): 5 pupils fewer.
- 1593rd Class2020/21
- 1594th Class2021/22
- 1575th Class2022/23
- 1546th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
162 in 4th Class (2020/21), 161 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 1624th Class2020/21
- 1625th Class2021/22
- 1616th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
180 in 5th Class (2020/21), 177 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 1805th Class2020/21
- 1776th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +133rd Class in 2025/26 (145 to 158)
- −185th Class in 2021/22 (180 to 162)
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 Holy Family Senior 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
38.3teaching posts
Our estimate: about 38 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 24 mainstream classes 24
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers257.5 hours of support teaching a week 10.3
- Special class teachersFor 2 specific learning disability classes 2
6.5 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 18 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 10.3 special education teachers, 2 special class teachers and 6.5 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 Holy Family Senior N S, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Senior N SThis school | – | 624 |
+0.3%
|
|
| 1 | Holy Family Junior N S0.1 km · Swords | 0.1 km | 565 |
−18.6%
|
| 2 | St Cronans Junior National School0.9 km · Swords | 0.9 km | 498 |
−21.6%
|
| 3 | Brackenstown Senior N S0.9 km · Swords | 0.9 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 4 | River Valley CNS1.3 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.3 km | 142 | – |
| 5 | Swords Borough N S1.4 km · Swords · Church of Ireland | 1.4 km | 84 |
−20.0%
|
| 6 | Broadmeadow Community National School1.7 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.7 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
- Geraldine Gowen
- Phone
- 018406334
- [email protected]
- Address
- Forest Fields, River Valley, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 V9V2
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Archbishop of Dublin
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- Senior
- 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
33 school years from 1993/94 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 624 | 319 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 152 | 155 | 158 |
| 2024/25 | 627 | 311 | 316 | – | – | – | – | 145 | 152 | 157 | 159 |
| 2023/24 | 637 | 309 | 328 | – | – | – | – | 154 | 158 | 153 | 154 |
| 2022/23 | 642 | 314 | 328 | – | – | – | – | 156 | 154 | 157 | 161 |
| 2021/22 | 672 | 328 | 344 | – | – | – | – | 157 | 159 | 162 | 177 |
| 2020/21 | 704 | 349 | 355 | – | – | – | – | 159 | 162 | 180 | 187 |
| 2019/20 | 726 | 356 | 370 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 728 | 365 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 700 | 345 | 355 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 670 | 334 | 336 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 622 | 312 | 310 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 595 | 289 | 306 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 581 | 273 | 308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 579 | 280 | 299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 529 | 260 | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 525 | 262 | 263 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 498 | 258 | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 523 | 270 | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 514 | 255 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 515 | 250 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 532 | 244 | 288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 548 | 264 | 284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 589 | 282 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 598 | 295 | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 613 | 309 | 304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 630 | 295 | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 670 | 322 | 348 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 699 | 336 | 363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 723 | 333 | 390 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 711 | 339 | 372 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 687 | 334 | 353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 655 | 309 | 346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 608 | 301 | 307 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |