Cost of Education

Two of the Commissioner’s priority areas are child poverty and education. Through NICCY’s ongoing engagement with children and young people, their parents and guardians on these subject areas, the issue of the costs associated with education has been consistently raised. Young people, their parents and guardians have told NICCY that the costs associated with education is impacting on the ability of children and young people to fully participate in their education.

April 2018 Update

• Update including Department of Education’s official response to our report

NICCY Survey

In February 2017, NICCY commissioned a survey of parents across Northern Ireland, to identify the amount parents are having to spend in relation to the education of their children, and how affordable these costs are.  The survey is based on a representative sample of 1,006 parents across Northern Ireland.

• You can view the Cost of Education for Families in Northern Ireland 2016-17 NICCY summary report here (pdf) and in MS Word format here
• You can view the Cost of Education SMR Reference Report 2016-17 (pdf) and in MS Word format here

You can find out more by reading our press release here.

Infographics

We have a range of infographics which you can view by clicking this link:

NICCY Cost of Education Infographics

More Information

• Please contact Alex Tennant for more information.