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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of teachers in middle and secondary schools not in class by local authority, region and year

Number of teachers who were present in school but not teaching in the classroom during the third period in the school timetable on Census day.

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Click here to sort2013/14Click here to sort2014/15Click here to sort2015/16Click here to sort2016/17Click here to sort2017/18Click here to sort2018/19Click here to sort2019/20Whilst most of the usual data validation processes on the 2020 school census data have taken place, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the data did not undergo the usual final validation process. As part of the Welsh Local Government Finance Settlement, the data is usually returned to local authorities for final validation. Typically, overall numbers of pupils and teachers will not change significantly during this period, with the most likely change being in the characteristics of the pupils themselves e.g. free school meal entitlement. Users should therefore be more cautious when comparing data on characteristics of pupils and staff over time, in particular where small cohorts are involved.Click here to sort2020/21The schools census would usually take place in January. School closures between December 2020 and March 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic meant that the census date was delayed to 20 April 2021. The number of pupils was higher in April 2021 partly due to the later census date which meant that more pupils had entered nursery classes by the census date.Click here to sort2021/22The schools census would usually take place in January. Due to the level of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in January 2022, the census date was delayed to 15 February 2022.Click here to sort2022/23Click here to sort2023/24Click here to sort2024/25
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.657617584562650546621668615743685582
North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.Isle of AngleseyNorth Wales525762516565706469736754
GwyneddNorth Wales1189710310781738512315216114776
ConwyNorth Wales86116959813312511213410897104101
DenbighshireNorth Wales1438698528077101915812972102
FlintshireNorth Wales139154138162157134144153121172199144
WrexhamNorth Wales11910788921347210910310711196105
[Collapse]South West and Mid WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.848846790860775816781794707801798739
South West and Mid WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.PowysSouth West and Mid Wales12312189140122104110146129148143106
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales948591807081868781676345
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales100112113105102132118109737076119
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales155179177167123143150136104175163103
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales232222220242212227212190195232238254
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales144127100126146129105126125109115112
[Collapse]Central South WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.1,0421,0159819999429468969991,0329881,056915
Central South WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.BridgendCentral South Wales220157129162109135119165185153165158
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales128182164177181192159169188179151109
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales302293279220233260214236260244290229
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales425739474641272514464230
CardiffCentral South Wales350326370393373318377404385366408389
[Collapse]South East WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.697620594571530521562590593562539536
South East WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.CaerphillySouth East Wales240227197182250219193225156159183167
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales686472523551434650544039
TorfaenSouth East Wales12098943964427555107969050
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales96909491779910088988273105
NewportSouth East Wales173141137207104110151176182171153175
[Collapse]WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.3,2443,0982,9492,9922,8972,8292,8603,0512,9473,0943,0782,772

Metadata

Title

Number of teachers in middle and secondary schools not in class by local authority, region and year

Last update

23/07/2025 23/07/2025

Next update

July 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Data are for a specific period in the school timetable on the day of enumeration.

Data collection and calculation

Schools’ data are derived from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) returns and STATS 1 returns supplied by schools open on Census day in January each year. The returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2003/04 or more recently if the data item is not available for earlier years.

Rounding applied

None.

Statistical quality

School Census returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Whilst most of the usual data validation processes on the 2020 school census data have taken place, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the data did not undergo the usual final validation process. As part of the Welsh Local Government Finance Settlement, the data is usually returned to local authorities for final validation. Typically, overall numbers of pupils and teachers will not change significantly during this period, with the most likely change being in the characteristics of the pupils themselves e.g. free school meal entitlement. Users should therefore be more cautious when comparing data on characteristics of pupils and staff over time, in particular where small cohorts are involved.