Northern Ireland Post-Primary School Examination Performance, 2016-17

Northern Ireland's post-primary school examination results for Year 12 and Year 14 pupils from the 2016-17 academic year. The data was gathered by the Government Digital Service as part of the annual Summary of Annual Examination Results exercise, which runs from May to December each year. The dataset is provided in ODS format under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional or school-level academic performance trends based on annual examination results.
• Benchmark school performance across Northern Ireland based on the described annual results exercise.
• Study cohort progression and outcomes for Year 12 and Year 14 pupils based on the described data collection.

Strengths

• Data is collected through a formal, recurring government exercise (Summary of Annual Examination Results).
• Provides a specific geographic focus on Northern Ireland's post-primary education system.
• Covers a defined academic year (2016-17) for temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Gathered as part of the annual Summary of Annual Examination Results exercise.

Time Range

2016-17 academic year

Freshness

Annual collection cycle (May-December); data is for the 2016-17 academic year.

Geography

Northern Ireland