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Enrolments

This paper includes the following areas:

Date of Last Update: 30/03/17

School Enrolments[1]

Location of the School

Nursery School

In 2016/17 within LCCC;

• 183 pupils enrolled in the three Nursery Schools located within LCCC(3.1% of all Nursery School enrolments in Northern Ireland)
• an increase of one pupil from the previous two years
• almost one in five pupils (18.6%, 34 pupils) enrolled in the Nursery Schools were entitled to Free School Meals (compared to 36.6%in Northern Ireland)

Table 1: Enrolments in Nursery SchoolsLocated within LCCC by School (2016/17)

* refers to less than five cases where data is considered sensitive **Children with a parent in receipt of Income Support or Income based Jobseeker's allowance

Primary School[2]

In 2016/17 within LCCC;

• 12,861pupils enrolled in the 40 Primary Schools located within LCCC(7.1% of all Primary School enrolments in Northern Ireland)
• an increase of 5.4% from 2014/15 (659 pupils)
• almost one in five pupils (19.2%, 2,466 pupils) enrolled in the Primary Schools were entitled to free school meals (compared to 31.3% in Northern Ireland)
• almost one in five pupils (19.4%, 2,496 pupils) enrolled in the Primary Schools were SEN (Special Education Needs) Stage 1-5 (on the code of practice)(compared to 21.0% in Northern Ireland)

Table 2: Enrolments in Primary SchoolsLocated within LCCC by School (2016/17)

* refers to less than five cases where data is considered sensitive

Average Primary School Class Size (Years 1 – 7)

In 2015/16, the average primary school class for schools located within LCCC was 26.3, ranging from 23.7 in Downshire East DEA to 28.1 in Downshire West DEA.

Post Primary School[3]

In 2016/17 within LCCC;

• 6,987 pupils enrolled in the 9Post Primary Schools located within LCCC(5.0% of all Post Primary School enrolments in Northern Ireland)
• a decrease of 93 enrolments compared to the previous year
• just over one in fourpupils (26.8%, 1,871 pupils) enrolled in the Post Primary Schools were entitled to free school meals (compared to 28.8% in Northern Ireland)
• almost one in four pupils (23.3%, 1,630 pupils) enrolled in the Post Primary Schools were SEN (Special Education Needs) Stage 1-5 (on the code of practice) (compared to 21.5% in Northern Ireland)

Table 3: Enrolments in Post Primary SchoolsLocated within LCCC by School (2016/17)

* refers to less than five cases where data is considered sensitive

Special School

In 2016/17 within LCCC;

• 883 pupils enrolled in the 5 Special Schools located within LCCC(16.3% of all Special School enrolments in Northern Ireland)
• an increase of 54 enrolments compared to 2014/15
• Almost half of pupils enrolled (46.9%, 414 pupils) in the Special Schools were entitled to free school meals (compared to 54.0% in Northern Ireland)

Table 4: Enrolments in Special SchoolsLocated within LCCC by School (2016/17)

Essential Skills Enrolments[4]

In 2015/16 within LCCC;

• 2,205 enrolments – 5.8% of all essential skills enrolments in Northern Ireland (38,147 enrolments)

• 32.1% decline in the number of Essential Skills enrolments by residents within LCCC from 2012/13 (3,248 enrolments). This compares to a decline of 26.4% in Northern Ireland overall in the same time period. Possible explanations for this decline can be found in NI School Leaver data, which indicate that the number of school leavers not achieving grades A*-C in GCSE English and GCSE Maths has generally been decreasing over the past eight years.
• Essential Skills enrolments ranged from 150 enrolments in Downshire East DEA to 468 enrolments in Lisburn South DEA.
• Lowest number of essential skills enrolments across all councils

Table 5: Essential Skills Enrolments by DEA (LCCC) (2012/13 – 2015/16)

Further Education Enrolments[5]

The number of enrolments by residents within LCCC has declined over the last three years, a decrease of 14.1% from 12,689 in 2013/14 to 10,902 in 2015/16. This is slightly below the rate of decline in Northern Ireland overall (14.9%) from 180,825 in 2013/14 to 153,817 in 2015/16.

Table 6: Further Education Enrolments (LCCC) 2013/14 – 2015/16

Regulated Enrolments

In 2015/16, the majority of regulated enrolments by residents within LCCC were;

• Aged 19 and under (63.3%, 5,987 enrolments)
• Males (53.0%, 5,018 enrolments)
• Part-time (82.0%, 7,760 enrolments)
• Further Education Provision Area (72.9%, 6,900 enrolments)
• Level 2 of Study[6] (48.6%, 4,601 enrolments)
• Least Deprived Areas (42.0%, 3,976 enrolments)
• Non-STEM[7] (73.2%, 6,923 enrolments)
• Preparation for Life & Work Subject Area (45.6%, 4,312 enrolments)

‘Unknown’ Age Band Enrolments – 1 (2013/14) and 7 (2015/16)

‘Unknown’ Level of Study Enrolments – 33 (2013/14), 28 (2014/15) and 24 (2015/16)

Table 7: Regulated Enrolments by Subject Area (LCCC) (2013/14 – 2015/16)

Participants on Training for Success[8]

At October 2016, there were 302 people on the Training for Success Programme resident within LCCC(5.5% of all participants inNI). This is a decrease of 18 participants from 2014.

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[1] 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. In 2016/17, the school census date was 7th October. Figures in these tables are a snapshot of the situation in schools at that time.

A newcomer pupil is one who has enrolled in a school but who does not have the satisfactory language skills to participate fully in the school curriculum, and the wider environment, and does not have a language in common with the teacher, whether that is English or Irish. This has previously been referred to as English as an Additional Language. It does not refer to indigenous pupils who choose to attend an Irish medium school.

[2]Includes pupils in nursery, reception and Year 1 - Year 7 classes where applicable. Also includes 2 Prep Schools.

[3]Year groups refer to the level of study of pupils i.e. Pupils in their final year of GCSEs (including those repeating are in Year 12). Pupils aged 16+ that are not studying level 2 or 3 qualifications have been recorded as Year 12 pupils.

[4] Figures are correct as at 14th October 2016.

Please note there is a difference in the 2014/15 figure used in this paper (2,202 enrolments) compared to the LCCC Baseline report (2,304 enrolments). The source database continually gets updated and therefore the figures are provisional and are subject to change.

[5] From academic year 2013/14, only those courses which appear on the Register of Regulated Qualifications (RRQ)or the Department’s Prescribed List of Approved Non NQF/QCF Qualification (PLAQ) list (for level 3 and below) or are Higher Education (HE) in FE courses (level 4 and above), will be deemed as ‘regulated’ by the Department. Anything which falls outside this definition is not considered, in Departmental terms, as ‘regulated’ regardless of whether it is considered to produce "outcomes" e.g. internal college certification. Approximately 3% of all enrolments are not assigned to a geography due to invalid geo-referencing or non Northern Ireland domicile students.

[6] If the enrolment is regulated then the level is derived from the Register of Regulated Qualifications (RRQ). If the enrolment is not part of the RRQ then the level is based on the information entered against the enrolment by the FE college. Each regulated qualification has a level between entry level and level 8. Qualifications at the same level are a similar level of demand or difficulty. The content and size of qualifications at the same level may be quite different. For further information on comparing qualifications across the UK, Ireland and overseas please refer the link:

[7] STEM provision is identified by the subject code entered by the FE college. If the subject code starts with a letter between A and K (Medicine, Dentistry and Allied Subjects; Biological and Physical Sciences; Agriculture; Mathematics and IT; Engineering and Technology; Architecture, Building and Planning) then it is regarded as ‘Broad’ STEM. ‘Narrow’ STEM is those enrolment records with a subject code starting with a letter C, F, G, H or J (Biological and Physical Sciences; Mathematics and IT; Engineering and Technology).

[8]TfS 2013 is a programme designed for young people aged 16-17, or under 22 years for those with a disability, and under 24 years for those who qualify under the Children (Leaving Care) Act (NI) (2002). The data is a snapshot at 31st October. TfS 2013 is delivered through four options – each of which comprises a common curriculum of Essential Skills, personal and social development skills, employability skills, and professional and technical skills, as follows:

Skills for Your Life – to address the personal and development needs of young people who have disengaged from learning and/or have significant barriers to education, training or employment including Essential Skills needs. It is designed to address the need for more focused provision for the significant minority of young people for whom Skills for Work is not suitable.

Skills for Work Level 1 – to help young people gain skills and qualifications at Level 1, to be able to gain employment, to progress to Skills for Work Level 2 or ApprenticeshipsNI.

Skills for Work Level 2 – to ensure that those participants who have been assessed as capable of achieving at Level 2, but who have not yet secured employment, are prepared for future progression to an apprenticeship.

Skills for Work Level 3 – To ensure that those participants who have successfully completed the Skills for Work Level 2 strand but have not yet progressed to employment can develop Level 3 knowledge and skills.

Option not assigned refers to those participants whose option has not been recorded by the Supplier.

It should be noted that participation on TfS 2013 is not cohort based and participants can join and leave at any time during the year.