Teacher Workforce Statistics for Grant-Aided Schools in Northern Ireland

Teacher Workforce Statistics in Grant Aided Schools (Northern Ireland) is a statistical release from the Department of Education (Northern Ireland). It provides analysis of teacher numbers, vacancies, and pupil-teacher ratios, broken down by Education and Library Board, school type, and teacher characteristics. The release also includes data on teacher sickness absence and substitution, last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing teacher supply and demand trends based on vacancy data.
• Modeling pupil-teacher ratios across different school types and regions.
• Investigating workforce demographics based on teacher characteristics.
• Assessing operational impacts based on teacher sickness absence and substitution rates.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards.
• Analysis is provided across multiple dimensions: Education and Library Board, school type, and teacher characteristics.
• Includes multiple workforce metrics: teacher numbers, vacancies, pupil-teacher ratios, sickness absence, and substitution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data excludes voluntary grammar schools for sickness absence and substitution metrics.

Provenance

Source

Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

Collection Method

Official administrative and survey data collection.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:28.491511; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland