DCELL December 2015: Administrative Boundaries for Education in Wales

Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELL) digital vector boundaries for Wales as of December 2015. The dataset contains five boundary versions at different resolutions, from full resolution to ultra generalised (500m), all clipped to the coastline. It is provided by the Office for National Statistics and contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Use Cases

• Map the administrative jurisdiction of the DCELL based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Perform spatial analysis of education-related data at different geographic scales based on the multiple resolution levels (20m, 200m, 500m).
• Integrate administrative boundaries for Wales into regional planning systems based on the coastline-clipped features.

Strengths

• Provides five distinct boundary versions, including ultra generalised (500m) and full resolution.
• File sizes are specified, ranging from 22 KB for ultra generalised to 3 MB for full resolution clipped.
• Contains intellectual property rights from two authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the snapshot date of December 2015.

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 13:33:06.532891; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wales