AQW 23156/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils that left special schools at the age of 19 in each of the three years.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 21 February 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 February 2025
- Answer due by
- 10 March 2025
- Answered
- 28 February 20257 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
School Census information below shows the number of pupils enrolled in special schools who were recorded as being 18 in each of the last three years. Age is recorded at 1 July, so the pupils below will turn 19 before the end of the academic year.
| Census Year | Number of pupils aged 18 |
| 2024/25 | 250 |
| 2023/24 | 284 |
| 2022/23 | 236 |