number of education establishments in NI by management type1991-2017

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.
Among the information collected are details on: year group, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, Special Educational Needs and on newcomer pupils.
Statistics produced from the school census exercise qualify as National Statistics.

Schools fall under various management types:
Controlled schools are managed by the Education Authority through Boards of Governors.
Primary and secondary school Boards of Governors consist of representatives of transferors (mainly the Protestant Churches) along with representatives of parents,
teachers and the Education Authority. Nursery, grammar and special school Boards of Governors consist of representatives of the latter 3 categories.
Within the controlled sector there is a small but growing number of controlled integrated schools.
Voluntary (maintained) schools are managed by Boards of Governors which consist of members nominated by trustees (mainly Roman Catholic),
along with representatives of parents, teachers and the Education Authority.
Voluntary schools vary in the rates of capital grant to which they are entitled, depending on the management structures they have adopted.
A majority are entitled to capital grants at 100%.
Voluntary: (Non-Maintained) schools are mainly voluntary grammar schools, managed by Boards of Governors
which consist of persons appointed as provided in each school's scheme of management along with representatives of parents and teachers and, in most cases,
members appointed by the Department or the Education Authority. Voluntary Grammar Schools are funded directly by the Department.
In recent years a number of grant-maintained integrated schools have been established at primary level and post-primary levels.
Such schools are funded directly by the Department.
The practical operation of all schools has increasingly become a matter for Boards of Governors. They are responsible
for the delivery of the curriculum, admission of pupils, and in the case of schools with delegated budgets, for the management of their own financial affairs,
including staffing matters.
Independent schools do not receive recurrent funding from the Dept Education.

数据采集活动每年定期进行，该活动于每年的十月初开展，届时各所学校需提交详细报告，以阐述其注册学生的人数情况。所收集的信息包括：年级、性别、年龄、宗教信仰、民族、特殊教育需求以及新生情况。由学校普查活动产生的统计数据被认定为国家级统计数据。学校的管理类型各异：公立学校由教育当局通过董事会进行管理。小学和中学的董事会由移交方（主要是新教教会）的代表、家长、教师以及教育当局的代表共同组成。幼儿园、文法学校和特殊学校的董事会则由后三类代表组成。在公立教育领域，存在少量但逐渐增多的公立融合学校。自愿（维持）学校由由受托人提名（主要是罗马天主教徒）的董事会管理，董事会成员还包括家长、教师以及教育当局的代表。自愿学校有权获得资本补助的比例因采用的治理结构而异，其中大多数学校有权获得100%的资本补助。自愿（非维持）学校主要是自愿文法学校，由董事会管理，董事会成员按照每所学校的治理方案任命，并包括家长、教师代表以及大多数情况下由部门或教育当局任命的成员。自愿文法学校直接由部门资助。近年来，在小学和中学层面建立了一系列补助维持的融合学校，此类学校直接由部门资助。近年来，所有学校的实际运营管理权越来越多地移交给了董事会。董事会负责课程的实施、学生的录取，以及对于拥有委托预算的学校，负责管理自身的财务事务，包括人事问题。独立学校不获得教育部的经常性资金支持。