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 2009/10 Excel 101KB

PTRs by school type and management type 2000/01 - 2009/10 Excel 46 KB

PTRs for individual schools in Northern Ireland Excel 356KB

Statistical releases issued by the Department, in relation to pupil: teacher ratios can be accessed here.

The processes and procedures involved in the Pupil: Teacher Ratio data collection can be accessed via the following web link.

Teacher workforce statistics: information and procedures PDF 168kb

We welcome any feedback from users on the content, format and accessibility of our statistics. Please contact us at statistics@deni.gov.uk if you have any comments.

This page was last updated on 5 July 2010.