Pupil: teacher ratios (PTRs)

The Department of Education conducts an annual exercise to produce pupil: teacher ratios for all grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland. This involves verification of teacher numbers with individual schools. Pupil figures are taken from the Annual School Census.

The following tables present analyses of pupil: teacher ratios for Northern Ireland.

PTRs by Education and library board (ELB) area, school type and management type Excel 77 KB
The latest pupil: teacher ratios for grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland summarised by ELB area, school type and school management type,1999/2000 - 2008/2009.

PTRs for individual schools in Northern Ireland Excel 262KB

Pupil:Teacher Ratio metadata is also available.

PTR: Processes and procedures PDF 238kb

This file lays out the processes and procedures involved in the Pupil: Teacher Ratio data collection.

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This page was last updated on 4 December 2009.