Pupil teacher ratios

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 2012/13 Excel 50KB

PTRs by school type and management type 2003/04 - 2012/13 Excel 49 KB

PTRs for individual schools in Northern Ireland 2012/13 Excel 274KB

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 153kb

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.