School Locations
Location of nursery schools, preschools, preparatory departments, primary schools, special schools and post-primary schools throughout Northern Ireland.
Data are collected annually through the School Census exercise. This takes place in early October, when each school is required to submit a return detailing information about the numbers of pupils on their register.
Data reference year: 2014/15
Source: Department of Education (NI) (via Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service)
In addition to the location, the following school information is included:
- DE ref: reference code for the centre (school)
- Centre name: name of the education centre (school)
- Address
- Town
- Postcode
- ELB: (now former) Education and Library Board for the school
- School type: educational stage of the school
- Management type: i.e. controlled/maintained/voluntary etc
- Irish Medium: yes/no whether the school is set up as an Irish Medium school
- District Council: the former (pre-2014) local government district the school is in
- New District Council: The new (post-2014) local government district the school is in
- Parliamentary Constituency: which Assembly and Westminster constituency the school is in
Data and Resources
- School Locationscsv
Locations are given as Irish Grid Reference easting/northing as well as...
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Dataset Info
These fields are compatible with DCAT, an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web.| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | |
| Modified Date | 2016-06-20 |
| Release Date | 2016-06-20 |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Identifier | 8a2ec4f8-c85e-4b2a-91f5-9b236e76a948 |
| Licence | |
| Open Definition |  |
| Topic | |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area (WKT) | POLYGON ((-8.21777 55.3198, -5.41626 55.3198, -5.41626 53.9755, -8.21777 53.9755, -8.21777 55.3198)) |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Northern Ireland |
| Temporal Coverage | 01/04/2014 to 31/03/2015 |
| Granularity | School |
| Contact Name | Paul Matthews |
| Contact Email | |
| Language | English |