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Roll number: 18976W Chapel Lane, Swords

School details

Address: Chapel Lane, Swords (K67WP65)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 018405132
Principal: Ciara Brangan
Ethos: Catholic
DEIS: N
Irish classification: No subjects through Irish
Gaeltacht: N
Island: N
Local authority: Fingal County Council
School patron: Archbishop of Dublin
School type: Ordinary with Special Classes
School level: All-Through School
Planning area: Swords

Preliminary data

The latest year shown (2025/26) is preliminary and subject to revision when the official enrolment figures are released by the Department of Education.

Data highlights

Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.

Biggest gain in a single year: 1980/81: 488 in 1979/80 → 536, +48 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1979/80: 528 in 1978/79 → 488, -40 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 5th Class in 2021/22 (39 → 64, +25).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2024/25 (55 → 37, -18).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2023/24 (51 → 55, +4).
Largest cohort-step loss: SI → 1st in 2021/22 (53 → 46, -7).
Overall: 573 (1974/75) → 320 (2025/26 (preliminary)), -253.

Summary statistics (class-level data)

Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available years (2020/21–2024/25; preliminary year excluded from class stats).

Class	Min	Max	Mean	Years
Junior Infants	34	54	40.2	5
Senior Infants	32	53	43.4	5
1st Class	42	49	45.8	5
2nd Class	42	46	44.6	5
3rd Class	38	55	45.2	5
4th Class	36	64	48.0	5
5th Class	38	64	47.6	5
6th Class	37	64	48.8	5
Total	320	573	466.0	43

Total enrolment over time

Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.

Enrolment by gender over time

Enrolment by class over time

Cohort progression

Base cohort:

Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).

Cohort 2020/21

JI 2020/21 54

-5

SI 2021/22 49

-2

1st 2022/23 47

-1

2nd 2023/24 46

-1

3rd 2024/25 45

Cohort 2021/22

JI 2021/22 39

SI 2022/23 41

1st 2023/24 42

2nd 2024/25 45

Cohort 2022/23

JI 2022/23 40

SI 2023/24 42

1st 2024/25 45

Cohort 2023/24

JI 2023/24 34

-2

SI 2024/25 32

Cohort 2024/25

JI 2024/25 34

Raw data by year

Years marked (preliminary) are subject to revision when official data are published.

Year	Female	Male	JI	SI	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
1974/75	–	573	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	573
1975/76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	546
1976/77	–	561	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	561
1977/78	–	537	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	537
1978/79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	528
1979/80	–	488	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	488
1980/81	–	536	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	536
1981/82	–	550	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	550
1982/83	–	516	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	516
1983/84	–	522	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	522
1993/94	2	531	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	533
1994/95	1	538	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	539
1995/96	1	539	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	540
1996/97	–	537	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	537
1997/98	–	514	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	514
1998/99	–	511	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	511
1999/00	–	487	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	487
2000/01	–	495	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	495
2001/02	–	490	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	490
2002/03	–	477	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	477
2003/04	–	471	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	471
2004/05	–	471	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	471
2005/06	–	470	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	470
2006/07	–	477	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	477
2007/08	–	477	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	477
2008/09	–	475	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	475
2009/10	–	457	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	457
2010/11	–	434	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	434
2011/12	–	421	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	421
2012/13	–	408	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	408
2013/14	–	395	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	395
2014/15	–	377	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	377
2015/16	–	410	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	410
2016/17	–	412	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	412
2017/18	–	423	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	423
2018/19	–	416	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	416
2019/20	–	407	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	407
2020/21	–	404	54	53	49	42	55	64	39	48	404
2021/22	–	371	39	49	46	44	38	51	64	40	371
2022/23	–	374	40	41	47	46	43	36	51	64	374
2023/24	–	352	34	42	42	46	45	44	38	55	352
2024/25	–	335	34	32	45	45	45	45	46	37	335
2025/26 (preliminary)	–	320	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	320