Holywell Educate Together National School
Swords · Roll number 20348F
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 613
- −31 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- +23%
- Up 114 from 499 in 2015/16. Opened in 2010/11, so it was still adding classes
- Girls and boys
- 272 / 341
- 44% girls
Pupils since 2010
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
613 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 | 83 | 88 | 81 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 79.7 |
| Senior Infants | 76 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 81.0 |
| 1st Class | 84 | 74 | 85 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 79.8 |
| 2nd Class | 84 | 85 | 77 | 83 | 75 | 80 | 80.7 |
| 3rd Class | 86 | 84 | 81 | 75 | 83 | 77 | 81.0 |
| 4th Class | 81 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 70 | 82 | 81.7 |
| 5th Class | 97 | 82 | 88 | 92 | 88 | 65 | 85.3 |
| 6th Class | 71 | 94 | 88 | 87 | 91 | 85 | 86.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
78 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 77 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 78Junior Infants2024/25
- 77Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
78 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 77 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 78Junior Infants2023/24
- 79Senior Infants2024/25
- 771st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
81 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 80 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 81Junior Infants2022/23
- 81Senior Infants2023/24
- 801st Class2024/25
- 802nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
88 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 77 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 88Junior Infants2021/22
- 86Senior Infants2022/23
- 791st Class2023/24
- 752nd Class2024/25
- 773rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
83 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 82 in 4th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 83Junior Infants2020/21
- 87Senior Infants2021/22
- 851st Class2022/23
- 832nd Class2023/24
- 833rd Class2024/25
- 824th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
76 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 65 in 5th Class (2025/26): 11 pupils fewer.
- 76Senior Infants2020/21
- 741st Class2021/22
- 772nd Class2022/23
- 753rd Class2023/24
- 704th Class2024/25
- 655th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
84 in 1st Class (2020/21), 85 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 841st Class2020/21
- 852nd Class2021/22
- 813rd Class2022/23
- 864th Class2023/24
- 885th Class2024/25
- 856th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
84 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 91 in 6th Class (2024/25): 7 pupils more.
- 842nd Class2020/21
- 843rd Class2021/22
- 884th Class2022/23
- 925th Class2023/24
- 916th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
86 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 87 in 6th Class (2023/24): 1 pupil more.
- 863rd Class2020/21
- 834th Class2021/22
- 885th Class2022/23
- 876th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
81 in 4th Class (2020/21), 88 in 6th Class (2022/23): 7 pupils more.
- 814th Class2020/21
- 825th Class2021/22
- 886th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
97 in 5th Class (2020/21), 94 in 6th Class (2021/22): 3 pupils fewer.
- 975th Class2020/21
- 946th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +236th Class in 2021/22 (71 to 94)
- −235th Class in 2025/26 (88 to 65)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2010/11 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, 2010/11 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Holywell Educate Together National School, 2010/11 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
43teaching posts
Our estimate: about 43 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 teachers300 hours of support teaching a week 12
- Special class teachersFor 5 autism classes 5
28.64 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 30 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 11.8 special education teachers, 6 special class teachers and 30.47 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2010/11
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 Holywell Educate Together National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holywell Educate Together National SchoolThis school | – | 613 |
+22.8%
|
|
| 1 | Gaelscoil an Duinninigh0.6 km · Sord · Gaelscoil | 0.6 km | 380 |
−10.4%
|
| 2 | River Valley CNS1.5 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 1.5 km | 142 | – |
| 3 | S N Cholmcille C1.5 km · Swords · Girls | 1.5 km | 326 |
−20.9%
|
| 4 | S N Cholmille B1.6 km · Swords · Boys | 1.6 km | 320 |
−22.0%
|
| 5 | Swords Borough N S1.7 km · Swords · Church of Ireland | 1.7 km | 84 |
−20.0%
|
| 6 | Holy Family Senior N S2.3 km · Swords | 2.3 km | 624 |
+0.3%
|
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
- Maria Boyne
- Phone
- 014444386
- [email protected]
- Address
- Holywell Road, Nevinstown, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 AP99
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Educate Together
- 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
16 school years from 2010/11 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 613 | 272 | 341 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 82 | 65 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 644 | 293 | 351 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 75 | 83 | 70 | 88 | 91 |
| 2023/24 | 663 | 298 | 365 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 83 | 75 | 86 | 92 | 87 |
| 2022/23 | 677 | 290 | 387 | 81 | 86 | 85 | 77 | 81 | 88 | 88 | 88 |
| 2021/22 | 686 | 313 | 373 | 88 | 87 | 74 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 94 |
| 2020/21 | 675 | 326 | 349 | 83 | 76 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 81 | 97 | 71 |
| 2019/20 | 677 | 317 | 360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 652 | 301 | 351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 616 | 298 | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 566 | 276 | 290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 499 | 234 | 265 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 426 | 204 | 222 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 326 | 152 | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 215 | 95 | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 77 | 30 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 21 | 6 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |