Northern Ireland Audit Office

Assessing the Quality of Education in Northern Ireland

Assessing the Quality of Education in Northern Ireland - Read the full report here

Programme for 2026 - 2027

Public Reporting Programme 2026 - 2027

Evaluation of Programmes Addressing Educational Disadvantage - Read the report here

Evaluation of Programmes Addressing Educational Disadvantage

Partnership Working - Departments and Arm's Length Bodies. Read the report here

Partnership Working: Departments and Arm's Length Bodies. Read the full report here

Leading and Resourcing the NI Civil Service - click here to read the full report

Leading and Resourcing the NI Civil Service - Click here to read the full report

Latest news

Code of Audit Practice (Local Government)
15 April 2026
C&AG announces Public Reporting Programme 2026-27
03 April 2026
NIAO intends to issue an invitation to tender
23 January 2026
NIAO Director Brian O’Neill has taken up the role of Northern Ireland’s Local Government Auditor (LGA)
05 January 2026

Recent reports

Code of Audit Practice 2026
15 April 2026
Statement of responsibilities of the Local Government Auditor and Local Government Bodies – issued by the Local Government Auditor 2026
15 April 2026
Assessing the Quality of Education in Northern Ireland
02 April 2026

What we do

Financial Audit

Value for money audit

Work in progress

Strategic Review of the Planning Appeals Commission

The Use of Temporary and Agency Nurses

Governance in the Voluntary Grammar Sector

Department of Education’s Landscape Review of the Education Authority (June 2022): Progress report on implementation of recommendations