Northern Ireland Post-Primary School Examination Performance 2023-24

The 2023-24 academic year data on examination performance for Year 12 and Year 14 pupils in Northern Ireland. These data are gathered as part of the annual Summary of Annual Examination Results (SAER) exercise, which runs from May to December each year. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional or school-level performance trends based on annual examination results.
• Compare Year 12 and Year 14 cohort outcomes based on the described pupil groupings.
• Study the impact of educational policies using the official, government-collected performance data.

Strengths

• Data is collected through an official annual government exercise (SAER).
• Covers two key academic year groups (Year 12 and Year 14) for a full academic year (2023-24).
• Published under a permissive open government license (OGL-UK-3.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Collected as part of the annual Summary of Annual Examination Results (SAER) exercise between May and December.

Time Range

2023-24 academic year

Freshness

Covers the 2023-24 academic year. Last update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland