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The Public Sector Equality Duty Composite Report 2025

Occupational Segregation – Grades and Occupations – sex, disability and ethnicity

Sex - Occupational Segregation - Grades

Grades Female % Male %
MA/App 10 62.5% 6 37.5%
CNL1-CNL6 169 73.80% 60 26.20%
CNL7-CNL13 25 67.57% 12 32.43%
Teachers All Grades 2578 82.76% 537 17.24%
Education Support Officers 11 78.57% <5 21.43%
Music Instructors 18 41.86% 25 58.14%
Principal Teachers 545 73.85% 193 26.15%
DHT/HT All Grades 251 68.21% 117 31.79%
Educational Psychologists All Grades 29 87.88% <5 12.12%
NLC1-NLC5 4631 84.83% 828 15.17%
NLC6-NLC14 4600 75.18% 1519 24.82%
NLC15-NLC18 74 54.81% 61 45.19%
NLLT1-NLLT8 101 46.12% 118 53.88%
QIM/QIO 13 86.67% <5 13.33%
CE/ED/HOS 8 53.33% 7 56.66%

Occupational Segregation - Service / occupation

  Female % Number Male % Number  
Adult Health & Social Care          
Adult Services - North 82.67% 229 17.33% 48 100.00%
Adult Services - South 84.40% 211 15.60% 39 100.00%
Central Services 89.20% 1487 10.80% 180 100.00%
Directorate 100.00% 3 0.00%   100.00%
Chief Executive's Office          
Audit & Risk 63.64% 7 36.36% 4 100.00%
Business and Digital 40.53% 92 59.47% 135 100.00%
Directorate 0.00%   100.00% 2 100.00%
Finance & Technology 74.48% 216 25.52% 74 100.00%
Legal & Democratic Services 89.29% 75 10.71% 9 100.00%
People Resources 83.11% 187 16.89% 38 100.00%
Strategy & Engagement 67.54% 77 32.46% 37 100.00%
Education & Families          
1140 Expansion (Temp Structure) 98.78% 81 1.22% 1 100.00%
CLD 84.79% 223 15.21% 40 100.00%
Directorate 77.27% 17 22.73% 5 100.00%
Employability Services 55.07% 38 44.93% 31 100.00%
Head Quarters 78.28% 191 21.72% 53 100.00%
North Area 87.47% 3462 12.53% 496 100.00%
Social Work Services (New) 83.73% 592 16.27% 115 100.00%
South Area 86.69% 2474 13.31% 380 100.00%
Tackling Poverty Team 72.97% 54 27.03% 20 100.00%
Enterprise & Communities            
Assets & Procurement 39.84% 49 60.16% 74 100.00%  
Community Operations 65.11% 2790 34.89% 1495 100.00%  
Directorate 25.00% 1 75.00% 3 100.00%  
Housing Management 52.93% 433 47.07% 385 100.00%  
Place 43.45% 73 56.55% 95 100.00%  
NL Properties            
(blank) 11.11% 1 88.89% 8 100.00%  
Grand Total 77.62% 13063 22.38% 3767 100.00%  

Disability Occupational Segregation - Grades

  Not Recorded   No   Not Known   Yes  
MA/App 0 11     (68.75%) <5        (6.25%) <5     (25.00%)
CNL1-CNL6 157   (68.56%) 57     (24.89%) 6          (2.62%) 9         (3.93%)
CNL7-CNL13 25    (67.57%) <5     (24.32%) <5        (5.41%) <5       (2.70%)
Teachers All Grades 1822 (58.51%) 1180 (37.89%) 34        (1.09%) 78 (2.51%)
Education Support Officers 5      (35.71%) 9      (64.29%) 0
Music Instructors 34     (79.07%) 7       (16.28%) <5       (4.65%)
Principal Teachers 381   (51.63%) 334   (45.25%) 11         (1.49%) 12      (1.63%)
DHT/HT All Grades 162   (47.50%) 169  (49.56%) <5         (0.89%) 7        (2.05%)
Educational Psychologists 23     (69.70%) 10    (30.30%) 0 0
NLC1-NLC5 2299 (39.92%) 3096 (53.75%) 137       (2.38%) 227    (3.95%)
NLC6-NLC14 2343 (38.28%) 3398 (55.52%) 127        (2.08%) 252    (4.12%)
NLC15-NLC18 38     (28.15%) 90    (66.67%) <5         (2.22%) <5      (2.96%)
NLLT1-NLLT8 5         (2.28%) 207  (94.52%) <5         (1.83%) <5      (1.37%)
QIM/QIO <5     (20.00%) 12    (80.00%) 0 0
CE/ED/HOS 6      (35.29%) 11    (64.71%)  0 0

Disability - Occupational Segregation - Service / occupation

  Disabled Yes % Number Total % All
Adult Health & Social Care       2197
Adult Services - North 5.05% 14 100.00% 277
Adult Services - South 5.20% 13 100.00% 250
Central Services 3.30% 55 100.00% 1667
Directorate 0.00%   100.00% <5
Chief Executive's Office       954
Audit & Risk 0.00%   100.00% 11
Business and Digital 2.63% 6 100.00% 228
Directorate 0.00%   100.00% <5
Finance & Technology 3.45% 10 100.00% 290
Legal & Democratic Services 4.76% <5 100.00% 84
People Resources 7.11% 16 100.00% 225
Strategy & Engagement 5.26% 6 100.00% 114
Education & Families       8273
1140 Expansion (Temp Structure) 2.44% <5 100.00% 82
CLD 5.70% 15 100.00% 263
Directorate 0.00%   100.00% 22
Employability Services 34.78% 24 100.00% 69
Head Quarters 4.51% 11 100.00% 244
North Area 2.37% 94 100.00% 3958
Social Work Services (New) 6.93% 49 100.00% 707
South Area 2.45% 70 100.00% 2854
Tackling Poverty Team 8.11% 6 100.00% 74
Enterprise & Communities       5406
Assets & Procurement 3.25% <5 100.00% 123
Community Operations 3.57% 153 100.00% 4285
Directorate 0.00%   100.00% <5
Housing Management 4.77% 39 100.00% 818
Place 2.98% 5 100.00% 168
NL Properties        
(blank) 33.33% <5 100.00% 8
Grand Total 3.56% 599 100.00% 16830

Ethnicity Occupational Segregation - Grades

Grades White BME Other Ethnic Group Other (Not Recorded/ Prefer not to Say
MA/App 14     (87.50%) <5  (12.50%) 0 0
CNL1-CNL6 200   (87.34%) <5   (0.44%) <5    (0.87%) 26    (11.35%)
CNL7-CNL13 30     (81.08%) 0 0 7      (18.92%)
Teachers All Grades 1774 (56.97%) 28   (0.90%) 99    (3.18%) 1213 (38.95%)
Education Support Officers 11     (78.57%) 0 0 <5     (21.43%)
Music Instructors 19     (44.19%) 0 0 24     (55.81%)
Principal Teachers 549   (74.39%) <5   (0.14%) 49     (6.64%) 139    (18.83%)
DHT/HT All Grades 269   (78.89%) 0 38   (11.14%) 34      (9.97%)
Educational Psychologists All Grades 19     (57.58%) 0 <5   (9.09%) 11      (33.33%)
NLC1-NLC5 4718 (81.92%) 88   (1.53%) 80   (1.39%) 873    (15.16%)
NLC6-NLC14 4859 (87.77%) 86   (1.55%) 14   (0.25%) 577    (10.43%)
NLC15-NLC18 124   (91.85%) 0 0 11      (8.15%)
NLLT1-NLLT8 208   (94.55) <5   (1.82%) 0 8        (3.63%)
QIM/QIO 12     (80.00%) 0 <5    (6.67%) <5      (13.33%)
CE/ED/HOS 15     (88.24%) 0 0 <5       (11.76%)

Ethnicity - Occupational Segregation - Service / occupation

Grades White BME Other Ethnic Group Other (Not Recorded/ Prefer not to Say Total
Adult Health & Social Care 1927 29 4 237 (10.7%) 2197
Adult Services - North 253 7 0    
Adult Services - South 226 10 <5    
Central Services 1447 12 <5    
Directorate <5 0 0    
Chief Executive's Office 860 23 8 63 (6.6%) 954
Audit & Risk 11 0 0    
Business and Digital 188 5 <5    
Directorate <5 0 0    
Finance & Technology 265 <5 <5    
Legal & Democratic Services 78 <5 <5    
People Resources 211 6 <5    
Strategy & Engagement 105 <5 0    
Education & Families 5848 95 257 2073 (25%) 8273
1140 Expansion (Temp Structure) 70 <5 0    
CLD 237 <5 <5    
Directorate 19 0 0    
Employability Services 63 0 0    
Head Quarters 178 <5 6    
North Area 2655 40 154    
Social Work Services (New) 653 6 <5    
South Area 1903 40 95    
Tackling Poverty Team 70 <5 0    
Enterprise & Communities 4697 71 18 612 (11.3%) 5398
Assets & Procurement 111 5 0    
Community Operations 3733 50 17    
Directorate <5 0 0    
Housing Management 721 10 <5    
Place 127 8 0    
NL Properties 9 0 0    
(blank) 9 0 0    
Grand Total 13340 218  (1.3%) 287 2985 (17.73%) 16830

Page last updated:
25 Apr 2025

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