Primary education
What does the survey entail?
Purpose
The purpose of this survey is to collect data on the number of pupils in primary education, special primary education, and special schools, based on the characteristics of the target population.Special primary education (SBO) provide learning programmes to children who require support with their learning or who have mild behavioural needs.
Special schools (SO) for primary and secondary education provide learning programmes to children who require intensive supervision. For example, because they have a disability, chronic illness, or disorder.
Target population
All pupils in state-funded primary education, special primary education, and special schools.Statistical unit
All pupils including those with a cultural minority background and with special needs. Data on pupils with a cultural minority background is available until school year 2010/’11. Schools can request additional financial resources for pupils with special needs, as classified by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW).Date/year survey started
Since school year 2010/’11, a time series has been published in StatLine for all three forms of primary education with data on origin, disadvantage, cluster, and region of residence of pupils. Also, since school year 2000/’01, a time series has been published for all three forms of primary education with data on the pupils’ age and school region.Between the 1991/’92 and 2013/’14 school years, a time series was published for all three forms of primary education with data on the pupils’ cultural minority background, special need, age, and type of disability. These tables are no longer published.Frequency
Every year.Publication strategy
As soon as provisional or definitive figures are available for a new school year, the existing StatLine tables are updated.How is the survey conducted?
Survey type
Since the 2010/’11 school year, data on pupils in state-funded primary education, special primary education and special schools has been based on register information at an individual level.Before 2010/’11, the data was based on an aggregated census of pupils in state-funded primary education, special primary education, and special schools at school level.
Data collection method
The figures are based on the Education Database Register (BRON). This database includes individual information on pupils, students, and examination results in state-funded education. It is managed by the Education Executive Agency (DUO), that collects the data from educational institutions. DUO converts this information into single-number datasets and shares them with Statistics Netherlands (CBS). CBS uses the single-number datasets to determine the number of pupils and students.The Education Database Register is based on the citizen service number (BSN) of pupils, students, and graduates, which allows CBS to link it with other registers at individual level of, such as the Municipal Personal Records Database (GBA) and, as of 2014, the Basic Registration of Persons (BRP). The tables therefore include data from the Municipal Personal Records Database and Basic Registration of Persons on the pupils’ gender, age, origin, and region of residence.