River Valley CNS
Swords · Roll number 20528H
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 142
- +2 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2019/20
- With 15 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 74 / 68
- 52% girls
Pupils since 2019
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
142 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 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 18.5 |
| Senior Infants | 16 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 20.8 |
| 1st Class | – | 17 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 22.8 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | 21 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 25.8 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | 25 | 27 | 22 | 24.7 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | 25 | 23 | 24.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 24.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
16 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 17 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 16Junior Infants2024/25
- 17Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
17 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 16 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 17Junior Infants2023/24
- 16Senior Infants2024/25
- 161st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
27 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 32 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils more.
- 27Junior Infants2022/23
- 30Senior Infants2023/24
- 311st Class2024/25
- 322nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
22 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 22 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 22Junior Infants2021/22
- 23Senior Infants2022/23
- 261st Class2023/24
- 252nd Class2024/25
- 223rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
21 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 23 in 4th Class (2025/26): 2 pupils more.
- 21Junior Infants2020/21
- 23Senior Infants2021/22
- 241st Class2022/23
- 252nd Class2023/24
- 273rd Class2024/25
- 234th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
16 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 24 in 5th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils more.
- 16Senior Infants2020/21
- 171st Class2021/22
- 212nd Class2022/23
- 253rd Class2023/24
- 254th Class2024/25
- 245th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +7Senior Infants in 2021/22 (16 to 23)
- −151st Class in 2025/26 (31 to 16)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2019/20 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, 2019/20 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at River Valley CNS, 2019/20 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
7.9teaching posts
Our estimate: about 8 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 6 mainstream classes 6
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers47.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.9
4.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils.
The NCSE has allocated 2.5 special education teachers and 5.49 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2019/20
Teachers each school year, by role
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 River Valley CNS, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Valley CNSThis school | – | 142 | – | |
| 1 | Swords Borough N S0.3 km · Swords · Church of Ireland | 0.3 km | 84 |
−20.0%
|
| 2 | S N Cholmcille C0.6 km · Swords · Girls | 0.6 km | 326 |
−20.9%
|
| 3 | S N Cholmille B0.6 km · Swords · Boys | 0.6 km | 320 |
−22.0%
|
| 4 | Brackenstown Senior N S1.0 km · Swords | 1.0 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 5 | St Cronans Junior National School1.0 km · Swords | 1.0 km | 498 |
−21.6%
|
| 6 | Holy Family Senior N S1.3 km · Swords | 1.3 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
- Anne McArdle
- Phone
- 0858705523
- [email protected]
- Address
- 85 Main Street, Swords, K67 X886
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- 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
7 school years from 2019/20 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 142 | 74 | 68 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 140 | 71 | 69 | 16 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 25 | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 123 | 63 | 60 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 95 | 56 | 39 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 21 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 62 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019/20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |