Swords Community College
Broadmeadows, RATHBEALE ROAD, SWORDS, Co. Dublin, K67A3E8
Mixed post-primary school (vocational), 952 pupils (2025/26), Multi denominational ethos, patron Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB.
1 planning application at the school, the latest in March 2018.
Planning at the school 1 application
Applications on the school grounds, next to the school and about a school (extensions, prefabs, classrooms, halls), or naming the school within 1.5 km. Every year on record.
Where it is school grounds outlined
Outline: the school grounds as mapped on OpenStreetMap. Dots: planning applications at the school.
Enrolment 2 years on record
| Year | Pupils | Girls | Boys | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 930 | 398 | 532 | — |
| 2025/26 | 952 | 406 | 546 | +22 |
Enrolment as returned to the Department of Education each September.
About the school
- Roll number
- 76475D
- Level
- Post-primary school
- Type
- Vocational
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Ethos and patron
- Multi denominational ethos, patron Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB
- DEIS
- No
- Teaching through Irish
- No subjects taught through Irish
- Fee-paying
- No
- Attendance
- Day
- Address
- Broadmeadows, RATHBEALE ROAD, SWORDS, Co. Dublin, K67A3E8
Inspection reports
The Department of Education's Inspectorate publishes its reports on gov.ie. See this school's inspection reports on gov.ie (the Department's search, roll number 76475D).
Planning applications within 100 m of the school grounds 9 applications in the last 10 years
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- RefusedLands South of Rathbeale Road, east of the Swords Western Distributor
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands south of the Rathbeale Road, And east of the Swords Western Dist
- CommencedLands south of the Rathbeale Road, And east of the Swords Western Dist
- CommencedLands at Mooretown, Off Rathbeale Road, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin.
- GrantedThree parcels of land adjacent to the approved Watermill Park, at land
Appeals within 100 m of the school grounds 1 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Building work started within 100 m of the school grounds 21 commencement notices
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- Commenced2 No. sites totalling approximately 6.34 Ha in the townland of Mooreto
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedOn Lands to the South of Rathbeale Road and to the North of Main Stree
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands to the south of Rathbeale Road and to the north and south of Mai
- CommencedLands south of the Rathbeale Road, And east of the Swords Western Dist
Source: Department of Education · fetched 27 Sept 2026 · Data on Individual Schools, 2025/26
Source: OpenStreetMap (school grounds) · fetched 27 Sept 2026
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Planning report for Swords Community College
Every application, appeal and deadline within 500 m, with zoning and heritage, in one report.
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