The data requested are presented in below. Consideration will be given to providing data disaggregated in this manner in further editions of the key statistics document.
Key Statistics 2011/2012
First Released on 3rd September 2012
Version 22
nd
October 2012 showing disaggregated data for Post Leaving Certificate Courses (PLCs)
Table 1 Number of Full-time Students in Institutions Aided by the Department of Education and Skills, 2011/2012
|
Level
|
No. of Students
|
|
First Level
|
516, 460
|
|
Primary Schools
|
509,040
|
|
Special Schools
|
7,420
|
|
Second Level~
|
359,047
|
|
Secondary
|
186,409
|
|
Vocational
|
116,839
|
|
Community and Comprehensive
|
55,799
|
|
Second-Level Students in PLC courses
|
36,528
|
|
Secondary
|
858
|
|
Vocational
|
34,495
|
|
Community and Comprehensive
|
1,175
|
|
Third Level*
|
162,786
|
|
University Sector
|
89,928
|
|
Institutes of Technology Sector
|
63,874
|
|
Teacher Training Institutions
|
5,723
|
|
Other Aided Institutions
|
3,261
|
~ Includes Pupils Enrolled in Post Leaving Certificate Courses in Second Level Schools
*The 2011/2012 figure for Third Level is provisional.
Table 2 Number of Schools Aided by the Department of Education and Skills as of the 30
th
September 2011
|
Level
|
No. of Schools
|
|
First Level
|
3,300
|
|
Primary Schools
|
3,159
|
|
Special Schools
|
141
|
|
Second Level
|
723
|
|
Secondary
|
376
|
|
Vocational
|
254
|
|
Community and Comprehensive
|
93
|
|
Total
|
4,023
|
|
Second-Level Schools Offering PLCcourses
|
180
|
|
Secondary
|
18
|
|
Vocational
|
141
|
|
Community and Comprehensive
|
21
|
Table 3 Number of Teaching Staff (Full-time Equivalent Posts Allocated)
|
Level
|
2010/2011
|
2011/2012
|
|
First Level
|
32,489
|
31,928
|
|
All Second Level
Second Level -excluding PLC
PLC
|
26,185
24,327
1,858
|
25,808
23,897
1,911
|
Only teachers paid from funds provided by the Department of Education and Skills are included in the above table. Second level teacher numbers exclude all Further Education other than PLC.
Table 4 Overview of Pupil-Teacher Ratio at First and Second level
|
Level
|
2010/2011
|
2011/2012
|
|
First Level
|
15.7
|
16.2
|
|
All Second Level
Second Level -excluding PLC
PLC
|
13.6
13.0
20.8
|
13.9
13.5
19.1
|
The PTR (pupil-teacher ratio) is calculated at each level by dividing the total number of pupils by the total number of teaching posts (classroom teachers and support teachers). This calculation differs for example from the staffing schedule at primary level which is the basis for allocating classroom teachers to each school based on their enrolments.
Table 8 School Size at Second Level in 2011/2012
|
Enrolment Size (Number of Pupils)
|
Number of Schools (Second Level)
|
Number of Schools (Second Level)
offering PLC
|
|
fewer than 50 Pupils
|
4
|
0
|
|
50 - 99
|
11
|
4
|
|
100 - 199
|
66
|
20
|
|
200 - 299
|
97
|
26
|
|
300 - 499
|
212
|
57
|
|
500+
|
332
|
73
|
|
Total
|
722
|
180
|
Note. The number of Second-level schools in Table 8 does not match the total in Table 2. This is because 2 schools make a joint return and it is not possible to separate the returns by enrolment size.
Table 10 Public Examination Candidates 2011
|
Examination
|
Pupils
|
|
Junior Certificate Candidates
|
56,841
|
|
Leaving Certificate Candidates
|
57,539
|
|
Of which Leaving Cert School candidates
|
49,645
|
|
Non-school candidates
|
4,699
|
|
Leaving Certificate Applied
|
3,195
|
|
Total
Exam Candidates
|
114,380
|
|
PLC Candidates
|
45
|
Table 11a Enrolments of Full-time Students in Institutions Aided by the Department of Education and Skills
|
Level
|
1971/1972
|
1981/1982
|
1991/1992
|
2001/2002
|
2011/2012
|
|
First Level
|
509,096
|
556,034
|
534,269
|
441,065
|
516,460
|
|
Second Level~
|
217,684
|
307,039
|
349,546
|
341,099
|
359,047
|
|
Third Level
|
25,776
|
34,231
|
74,449
|
124,589
|
162,786*
|
|
Total
|
752,556
|
897,304
|
958,264
|
906,753
|
1,038,293
|
~ Includes Pupils Enrolled in Post Leaving Certificate Courses in Second Level Schools
*The 2011/2012 figure for Third Level is provisional.
Table 11b Enrolments of Full-time Students ON PLC COURSES in Institutions Aided by the Department of Education and Skills
|
Level
|
1971/1972
|
1981/1982
|
1991/1992
|
2001/2002
|
2011/2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PLC
|
|
|
15,212
|
26,685
|
36,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
The PLC programme, also known as VPT2, was introduced in 1985.
The series of tables in this document and more detailed tables can be found in the Department’s Educational Statistical Database at Department of Education and Skills - Education Statistics Database.
