Education

Schools in statistics

An overview of the key statistics on schools, teachers and pupils in Northern Ireland’s complex education system.

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Pupil-teacher ratios (2011-2012)

25.4 Nursery
20.5 Primary
16.3 Prep departments
15.6 Post-primary: grammar
14.3 Post-primary: non-grammar
6.0 Special

All figures for 2011-2012 unless otherwise stated.

School types

Total number of schools 1,210
Nursery schools 97
Controlled 65
Catholic maintained 32
Primary schools 839
Catholic maintained 392
Controlled 378
Irish medium 23
Grant maintained integrated 23
Controlled integrated 19
Other maintained 4
Post-primary
(non-grammar) schools
148
Catholic maintained 71
Controlled 56
Grant maintained integrated 15
Controlled integrated 5
Irish medium 1
Grammar schools 68
Catholic voluntary 29
Non-Catholic voluntary 22
Controlled 17
Special schools 41
Independent schools* 15
Hospital schools 2

*13 schools offering both primary and post-primary education and two primary schools

Pupils and sectors by background in 2011-2012 (%)

Level Sector Protestant Catholic Other
Primary Controlled 72.3 5.4 22.3
Maintained 1.0 96.9 2.1
Integrated 45.6 27.1 27.4
Post-primary
(non-grammar)
Controlled 82.4 2.1 15.4
Maintained 0.8 98.1 1.1
Integrated 47.9 36.2 15.9
Post-primary
(grammar)
Controlled 76.8 7.7 15.4
Maintained 0.9 97.9 1.2
Integrated 67.1 11.1 21.8

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Deprived areas: education score

Most deprived Least deprived
1 Shankill Malone
2 Crumlin Stranmillis
3 Woodvale Cultra
4 Falls Stormont
5 Dunanney (Newtownabbey) Galwally (Castlereagh)
6 Ballymacarrett Cairnshill (Castlereagh)
7 The Mount (East Belfast) Hillfoot (Castlereagh)
8 Whiterock Drumbo
9 Duncairn Craigavad (North Down)
10 Shaftesbury Knockbracken

Source: Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2010.

A-level

% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
A* 9.3 8.6 7.7
A*-A 33.2 35.4 34.5 35.7 34.5 31.9
A*-C 83.8 84.4 84.6 84.5 84.2 83.5
A*-E 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.1
Entries (no.) 30,815 30,020 31,374 31,741 32,582 32,908

AS-level

% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
A 32.8 33.1 34.3 33.9 31.6 29.5
A-C 77.2 77.4 78.2 77.6 76.5 76.1
A-E 95.1 95.2 95.0 94.4 94.3 94.6
Entries (no.) 38,886 37,017 42,095 41,921 42,666 44,468

GCSE

% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
A* 8.2 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.5 8.9
A*-A 24.8 26.4 27.1 27.5 27.7 27.9
A*-C 72.4 74.5 75.1 76.3 74.8 75.6
A*-E 98.0 98.4 98.6 98.7 98.7 99.0
Entries (no.) 197,485 192,360 184,748 183,899 178,017 171,354
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