Broadmeadow Community National School
Swords · Roll number 20529J
- Multi Denominational ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 80
- +9 on 2024/25
- Opened
- 2020/21
- With 13 pupils. Too new for a 10-year change.
- Girls and boys
- 31 / 49
- 39% girls
Pupils since 2020
Total enrolment each school year
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
80 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 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15.8 |
| Senior Infants | – | 12 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 13.6 |
| 1st Class | – | – | 13 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 13.2 |
| 2nd Class | – | – | – | 14 | 14 | 22 | 16.7 |
| 3rd Class | – | – | – | – | 11 | 13 | 12.0 |
| 4th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5.0 |
| 5th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6th Class | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0.0 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
14 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 13 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 14Junior Infants2024/25
- 13Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
11 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 10 in 1st Class (2025/26): 1 pupil fewer.
- 11Junior Infants2023/24
- 11Senior Infants2024/25
- 101st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
22 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 22 in 2nd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 22Junior Infants2022/23
- 17Senior Infants2023/24
- 181st Class2024/25
- 222nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
18 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 13 in 3rd Class (2025/26): 5 pupils fewer.
- 18Junior Infants2021/22
- 15Senior Infants2022/23
- 121st Class2023/24
- 142nd Class2024/25
- 133rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
13 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 5 in 4th Class (2025/26): 8 pupils fewer.
- 13Junior Infants2020/21
- 12Senior Infants2021/22
- 131st Class2022/23
- 142nd Class2023/24
- 113rd Class2024/25
- 54th Class2025/26
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +82nd Class in 2025/26 (14 to 22)
- −11Junior Infants in 2023/24 (22 to 11)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2020/21 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, 2020/21 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at Broadmeadow Community National School, 2020/21 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
6.1teaching posts
Our estimate: about 6 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 4 mainstream classes 4
- PrincipalAlso teaches one of the classes, so is counted with the class teachers in a class
- Special education teachers27.5 hours of support teaching a week 1.1
- Special class teachersFor an autism class 1
5.66 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 6 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 1.2 special education teachers, 1 special class teacher and 5.83 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2020/21
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 Broadmeadow Community National School, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadmeadow Community National SchoolThis school | – | 80 | – | |
| 1 | Swords Educate Together NS0.6 km · Swords · Multi-denominational | 0.6 km | 394 |
−10.7%
|
| 2 | Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe0.7 km · Sord · Gaelscoil · Inter-denominational | 0.7 km | 441 |
−7.0%
|
| 3 | St Cronans Junior National School1.2 km · Swords | 1.2 km | 498 |
−21.6%
|
| 4 | Brackenstown Senior N S1.3 km · Swords | 1.3 km | 530 |
−6.2%
|
| 5 | Thornleigh Educate Together National School1.3 km · Swords · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 1.3 km | 313 |
−3.7%
|
| 6 | Holy Family Junior N S1.7 km · Swords | 1.7 km | 565 |
−18.6%
|
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
- Jennifer Robinson
- Phone
- 012336601
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rathbeale Road, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 V9H2
School
- Ethos
- Multi Denominational
- Patron
- Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- 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
6 school years from 2020/21 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 80 | 31 | 49 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 71 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 11 | – | – | – |
| 2023/24 | 56 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022/23 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021/22 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2020/21 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |