DCELL: Administrative Boundaries for Education and Skills in Wales, December 2015

Wales administrative boundaries for the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills as of December 2015. The dataset contains digital vector boundaries at five resolutions, from full extent to ultra-generalized. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains Ordnance Survey and ONS intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map education service jurisdictions based on the provided full-resolution boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of education policy coverage using the coastline-clipped boundaries.
• Create simplified visualizations for reports using the 20m, 200m, or 500m generalized boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary resolutions, including full extent and four coastline-clipped versions.
• Includes specific file sizes for each resolution, such as 2 MB for the full realm extent and 22 KB for the ultra-generalized version.
• Contains intellectual property rights information for both Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the December 2015 snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Digital vector boundaries likely derived from official administrative records.

Time Range

December 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:49.974116; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales