Thornleigh Educate Together National School
Thornleigh Educate Together National School is a primary school in Dublin. 313 pupils, Multi-denominational ethos, 3 special classes, 1.92 applicants per place last year, DEIS.
The facts
| Type | Primary school |
|---|---|
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ethos | Multi-denominational |
| Patron | Educate Together |
| Fees | Free |
| Enrolment | 313 (155 boys, 158 girls) 2025/26 |
| Language of instruction | English Medium School |
| DEIS | Yes — this school is in the DEIS programme |
| Roll number | 20302E |
| Eircode | K67PH68 |
| Address | Thornleigh Green, Applewood Village, Swords, Co. Dublin |
Getting in
Hard. 73 applications for 38 places in 2025/26 — 1.92 applicants per place, and 2 names went on the waiting list.
| Places in the coming year | 40 |
|---|---|
| Places last year | 38 |
| Applications last year | 73 |
| Waiting list | 2 |
| Applications open | 01 November 2025 |
| Applications close | 19 December 2025 |
Ratio calculated against the previous year's places, as stated in the notice.
read from the school's Annual Admission Notice.
Read the school's Annual Admission Notice ↗ (2026/27)
Ireland has no catchment areas. A place depends on the school's own oversubscription criteria — siblings, feeder school, parish, distance, date of application — not on where you live. Read the admissions policy for those.
Special classes
3 special classes sanctioned for 26/27:
- 3 × Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorders
1 of these are newly sanctioned for 26/27, up from 2 classes last year.
Source: National Council for Special Education. Children in a special class travel under a separate transport scheme with its own rules.
The area around this school
School planning area: Swords. This is how the Department plans where to build capacity. It is not a catchment.
Local house prices: the median residential sale price in Eircode district K67 (Swords) was €441,250 in 2025. That is up 29.4% since 2020. CSO figures for the whole district, not the streets beside the school.
Area profile: the Pobal HP Deprivation Index rates Swords-lissenhall at 3.54 (Marginally Above Average), where 0 is the national average. 44% of adults there hold a third-level qualification.
Contact
| Principal | Eoin Walsh |
|---|---|
| Phone | 018074969 |
| office@thornleighet.com | |
| Local authority | Fingal County Council |
Other schools in Swords
- Brackenstown Senior N S Primary school, Dublin
- Brighde Naofa Primary school, Dublin
- Broadmeadow Community National School Primary school, Dublin
- Coláiste Choilm Secondary school, Dublin
- Fingal Community College Secondary school, Dublin
- Gaelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe Primary school, Dublin
- Holy Family Junior N S Primary school, Dublin
- Holy Family Senior N S Primary school, Dublin
- Holywell Educate Together National School Primary school, Dublin
- Loreto College Secondary school, Dublin
- Mary Queen Of Ireland N S Primary school, Dublin
- River Valley Cns Primary school, Dublin
How we know
DoE Schools GIS 2026 (CC BY 4.0) — checked 2026-08-27.