The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) commissioned Social Market Research to undertake a survey of parents on the cost of education in Northern Ireland. The survey is based on a representative sample of 1006 parents. Parents were interviewed in the own home on a face-to-face basis using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI). Fieldwork was undertaken between 7 March and 10 May 2017. Key Findings Total Cost of Education On average parents spent £1222.30 per child on education in the previous year; ▪ Parents spent an average of £421.21on pre-school children, £1004.64 on primary school children and, £1611.31 on children attending post primary schools; ▪ Parents with children attending controlled schools spent an average of £1286.14 per child (maintained, £1131.55: integrated, £1292.71); ▪ Parents with children attending secondary schools spent an average of £1517.85 per child with the spend on a child attending a grammar school estimated at £1989.70; ▪ Parents in the legacy Western Education and Library Board area recorded the highest average annual cost per child (£1341.29), whereas parents in the Southern Education and Library Board area (£1073.50) recorded the lowest cost; ▪ On average households spent £1979.18 on education costs in the last year; ▪ Households in the WELB area recorded the highest average annual spend (£2390.47) on education, whereas households in the SELB area (£1679.23) recorded the lowest average annual spend […]