Pupils in Northern Ireland 2023

There were 348,925 pupils at schools in Northern Ireland in 2022/23, with 181,075 primary school students,154,312 high school students, and 5,796 pupils at nursery schools, with a further 7,742 at other types of schools such as special schools.

Number of pupils attending schools in Northern Ireland from 2010/11 to 2022/23

Characteristic	Secondary	Primary	Nursery	Other*
2022/23	154,312	181,075	5,796	7,742
2021/22	151,901	182,142	5,795	7,397
2020/21	148,918	183,079	5,835	7,068
2019/20	145,085	183,711	5,824	6,836
2018/19	142,239	184,245	5,832	6,641
2017/18	140,545	183,453	5,837	6,389
2016/17	140,413	181,302	5,864	5,921
2015/16	141,112	178,222	5,904	5,831
2014/15	142,553	175,042	5,882	5,706
2013/14	143,973	171,548	5,852	5,520
2012/13	145,658	168,034	5,910	5,340
2011/12	146,747	164,746	5,911	5,230
2010/11	147,902	163,378	5,906	5,089

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

2010 to 2023

Supplementary notes

*Includes Special Schools, EOTAS Centres and Independent Schools
This statistic using original data from the Department of Education and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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