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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
94% 
Page structure
39% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
76% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.92 s
File size
48.90 kB
Words
825
Media files
4
Number of links
66 internal / 42 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Department of Education
The length of the page title is perfect. (293 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Welcome to the home page of the Department of Education. Department of Education is part of the Northern Ireland Executive.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (778 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 25.75 words is high.
This page contains 825 words. That's ok.
26.1% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 17 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
.../2026-06/Picture 1 (1).jpg?itok=lkos8ZA7Image taken at the Launch of the Northern Ireland Curriculum which includes Matthew Best, Greenisland Primary School, Christine Counsell OBE, Chair of the Curriculum Taskforce, Mark Roberts, Carrickfergus Grammar School, Education Minister, Paul Givan, Noeleen Tiffney, St Catherine's College, Karen Irwin, Ballyclare Primary School and Alistair Hamill, Lurgan College.
...l media ban - Web (1).png?itok=ucoZ5BwJIllustrated graphics that says - Paul Givan said: I strongly welcome this decisive action to place children’s wellbeing and safety at the heart of the online world. Young people today are growing up in an increasingly digital environment, and it is vital that protections keep pace with the risks they face.
...ouncement RAISE call 2.png?itok=6WsF3vHlgraphic image with text: RAISE Programme £1.91m funding for further Locality Led Projects announcedRAISE Programme £1.91m funding for further Locality Led Projects announced
...le/Paul-Givan-Square_0.jpg?itok=x3WUO_K2Paul Givan PhotoPaul Givan

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome to Department for Education
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome to! Use important keywords instead.
Headings
(Important)
There are 40 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome to Department for Education
H2 Main navigation
H2 Translation help
H2 Featured
H2 Quick links
H2 Follow us
H2 Our responsibilities
H2 Curriculum and learning
H2 Children and Young People Issues
H2 Pupils and parents
H2 Teaching staff
H2 Non-teaching staff
H2 Schools and infrastructure
H2 Support and development
H2 Statistics and research
H2 TransformED
H2 Good Relations and Social Change
H2 Corporate Governance
H2 We work with these bodies
H2 Our documents
H2 Access to information
H2 The Minister
H2 About us
H2 Corporate information
H2 Contact us
H2 Department footer links
H3 Select a language
H3 Givan launches consultation on new Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028
H3 Education Minister welcomes social media ban to protect children online
H3 Givan announces further £1.91m funding to deliver RAISE locality led projects across Northern Ireland
H3 Our publications
H3 Our consultations
H3 Minister for the Department of Education
H3 Frequently viewed contacts
H4 DE 2026-27 Business Plan
H4 DE FOI/2026-062
H4 DE FOI/2026-070
H4 Consultation on the Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028
H4 Public Consultation on Stronger Futures: A Northern Ireland Youth Work Policy Statement
H4 Consultation on Leading Together for Excellence: A TransformED NI Strategy for Teacher Professional Learning
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
There are too many external links (42) on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/Home
/topicsTopics
/publicationsPublications
/consultationsConsultations
/contactContact
/translations?urlTranslate this page
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Arabic — عربي
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Chinese (Simplified) — 中文简体
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Chinese (Traditional) — 中文繁體
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Dutch — Nederlands
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Filipino — Filipino
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain French — Français
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain German — Deutsch
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Hungarian — Magyar
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Irish — Gaeilge
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Italian — Italiano
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Latvian — Latviešu
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Lithuanian — Lietuvių kalba
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Polish — Polski
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Portuguese — Português
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Romanian — Română
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Russian — Русский
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Slovak — Slovenčina
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Spanish — Español
https://translate.google.com/t...External Subdomain Ukrainian — Українська
/news/givan-launches-consultat...Givan launches consultation on new Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028 16 June 2026 Paul Givan has launched a 16-week public consultation on a new world-leading...
IMG-ALT Image taken at the Launch of the Northern Ireland Curriculum which includes Matthew Best, Greenisland Primary School, Christine Counsell OBE, Chair of the Cu...
/news/education-minister-welco...Education Minister welcomes social media ban to protect children online 15 June 2026 Paul Givan has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement to ban social m...
IMG-ALT Illustrated graphics that says - Paul Givan said: I strongly welcome this decisive action to place children’s wellbeing and safety at the heart of the online...
/news/givan-announces-further-...Givan announces further £1.91m funding to deliver RAISE locality led projects across Northern Ireland 15 June 2026 Education Minister Paul Givan has announce...
IMG-ALT graphic image with text: RAISE Programme £1.91m funding for further Locality Led Projects announced
/newsMore news...
/consultations/consultation-no...Consultation on the Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028
/articles/review-northern-irel...Review of Northern Ireland Curriculum
/topics/raise-programmeRAISE Programme
/topics/transformedTransformED NI
/consultations/consultation-dr...Consultation on the draft Executive ELC Strategy
/articles/qualificationsQualifications
/services/schools-plusSchools +
/department-education-circularsDE Circulars
/articles/childcare-strategyNorthern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme
https://x.com/Education_NIExternal X
https://www.youtube.com/user/T...External Subdomain YouTube
/topics/curriculum-and-learningCurriculum and learning Information to support the delivery of the curriculum in schools, raising standards and school improvement
/topics/children-and-young-peo...Children and Young People Issues Working together to improve the well-being of all children and young people in Northern Ireland.
/topics/pupils-and-parentsPupils and parents Help and advice for pupils and parents on a range of educational and personal issues is available on nidirect, the government website for ...
/topics/teaching-staffTeaching staff Teachers' pay and conditions, including pensions and teacher training information
/topics/non-teaching-staffNon-teaching staff Information for non teaching staff in relation to pay related issues and terms and conditions
/topics/schools-and-infrastruc...Schools and infrastructure Types of schools, schools’ management, transport to school, school admissions policy, area planning, and health and safety in scho...
/topics/support-and-developmentSupport and development Support on issues including child protection and safeguarding, school meals and keeping children safe online
/topics/statistics-and-researc...Statistics and research Publications produced by Statistics and Research Team on behalf of the Department.Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office...
/topics/transformedTransformED TransformED is the Department of Education's major education reform programme to transform teaching and learning in Northern Ireland. It focuses ...
/topics/good-relations-and-soc...Good Relations and Social Change Good relations and social change, building a united community.
/topics/corporate-governanceCorporate Governance Corporate Governance is the oversight and responsibility for departmental business planning, governance, accountability and assurance an...
http://www.eani.org.uk/External Subdomain Education Authority
https://www.middletownautism.com/External Subdomain Middletown Centre for Autism
https://www.ccmsschools.com/External Subdomain Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
http://www.gbani.org/External Subdomain Governing Bodies Association NI
http://www.etini.gov.uk/External Subdomain Education and Training Inspectorate
https://www.catholiceducation-...External Subdomain Catholic Schools Trustee Service (CSTS)
http://www.nicie.org/External Subdomain Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
http://www.gtcni.org.uk/External Subdomain General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
http://www.comhairle.org/External Subdomain Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
http://www.ccea.org.uk/External Subdomain Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
https://www.csscni.org.uk/External Subdomain Controlled Schools’ Support Council
/publications/de-2026-27-busin...DE 2026-27 Business Plan Published 18 June 2026
/publications/de-foi2026-062DE FOI/2026-062 Published 17 June 2026
/publications/de-foi2026-070DE FOI/2026-070 Published 17 June 2026
/publicationsSee all our publications
/consultations/consultation-no...Consultation on the Northern Ireland Curriculum 2028 Closes 30 September 2026
/consultations/public-consulta...Public Consultation on Stronger Futures: A Northern Ireland Youth Work Policy Statement Closes 25 September 2026
/consultations/consultation-le...Consultation on Leading Together for Excellence: A TransformED NI Strategy for Teacher Professional Learning Closes 06 July 2026
/consultationsSee all our consultations
/articles/freedom-information-...Freedom of Information (FOI)
/articles/de-publication-schemePublication Scheme
/articles/foieir-disclosure-logDisclosure Log
/profiles/minister-department-...Minister for the Department of Education Paul Givan MLA was appointed Minister for the Department of Education.
IMG-ALT Paul Givan Photo
/articles/about-department-edu...Read more about the department
/department-education-strategi...Strategic planning
/de-appointments-pageAppointments Page
/department-education-legislationLegislation
/de-social-media-policySocial media
/department-education-financeFinance
/de-equality-and-human-rightsEquality and human rights
/articles/customer-service-sta...Customer service standards
/complaints-procedure-3Complaints procedure
/forms/feedbackfeedback form
/contacts/teachers-pay-teamTeachers' Pay Team
/contacts/teachers-pensions-teamTeachers' Pensions Team
/contacts/education-authorityText duplicate Education Authority
/contacts/general-teaching-cou...General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI)
/contacts/council-curriculum-e...Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA)
/contacts/inclusion-and-divers...Intercultural Education Service (IES)
/contactSee all contacts
/articles/crown-copyright-educ...Crown copyright
/articles/terms-and-conditions...Terms and Conditions
/articles/using-website-educationPrivacy
/articles/cookies-educationCookies
/articles/accessibility-statem...Accessibility
https://www.northernireland.go...External Subdomain The Northern Ireland Executive
https://www.executiveoffice-ni...External Subdomain The Executive Office
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
https://www.communities-ni.gov...External Subdomain Department for Communities
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/Department for Education
https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for the Economy
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Finance
https://www.infrastructure-ni....External Subdomain Department for Infrastructure
https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department for Health
https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/External Subdomain Department of Justice
https://nidirect.gov.uk/External nidirect.gov.uk — the official government website for Northern Ireland citizens

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.92 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (49 kB).

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This page has backlinks from 345 referring domains.
This page has 52,155 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 271 different ip addresses.

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