The dataset contains enrolment figures for schools and funded pre-school education in Northern Ireland. It is produced by the Department of Education (Northern Ireland) and designated as National Statistics. The data includes breakdowns by management type, religion, and pupil ethnicity.
Use Cases
- Analyze enrolment trends across different school management types mentioned in the description.
- Study the distribution of pupils by religious affiliation across the education system.
- Examine the ethnic diversity of the student population in Northern Ireland schools.
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of official data quality.
- Includes multiple demographic breakdowns: management type, religion, and ethnicity.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:26.842666; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northern Ireland