AQW 6790/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education how many schools are currently falling below the minimum threshold of sustainable enrolment numbers, broken down by constituency.
Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 16 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 4 March 2024
- Answered
- 27 February 202411 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below details the number of schools that are currently falling below the minimum threshold of sustainable enrolment numbers (105 for rural and 140 for urban primary schools, and 500 for years 8-12 and 100 for post-16 post-primary schools) by constituency using verified census data for the 2022/23 academic year.
| Constituency | No of rural primary below 105 | No of urban primary below 140 | No of post- primary below 500 Y8 - 12 | No of post- primary below 100 post-16 |
| Belfast East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belfast North | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Belfast South | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Belfast West | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| East Antrim | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| East Londonderry | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Fermanagh And South Tyrone | 29 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Foyle | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Lagan Valley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mid Ulster | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Newry And Armagh | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| North Antrim | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| North Down | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Antrim | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| South Down | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Strangford | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Upper Bann | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| West Tyrone | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 191 | 41 | 44 | 39 |