As suggested in a pull request by Edafe Onerhime:
Proposed code: GB-IRN
- Title: Department of Education, Northern Ireland
- Description:
The Department of Education, Northern Ireland issues a unique IRN
(Institution Reference Number) to schools in Northern Ireland. The
registry can be searched at http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx and includes contact details and statistics for the schools. - Category: GB
- URL: http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.asp
- Public database: Yes
Proposed code: GB-SEED
- Title: Education Scotland
- Description: Education Scotland issues a unique seven-digit number to every Scottish school: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/myschool/glossary.as… - The registry can be searched at http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/myschool/findaschool… and includes contact details of the schools.
- Category: GB
- URL: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/myschool/findaschool…
- Public database: Yes
AS IRN relates to the number used by the Department of Education, Northern Ireland rather than the organisation itself, it is proposed that a code of GB-DOENI should be used rather than GB-IRN
Just to flag that there appear to be issues with 3 of the 4 unique links in the original proposal.
The URL link for the Department of Education, Northern Ireland appears invalid, although appending ‘x’ does work - i.e. http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.asp -> http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx
All links to http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk pages show a timeout. It appears this site has been replaced with the https://education.gov.scot domain.
In terms of a searchable public database, it appears that the https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/find-a-school page has functionality to search by school name rather than SEED number.
Steven Flower Tim Davies As this pull request (initially raised by Edafe Onerhime) relates to the the government identifiers work, let me know whether you will be able to look into this in more detail and advise on the most appropriate way to go about creating the identifiers.
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