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Data Provider: Welsh Government Pupils in nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools acquiring English as an additional language by local authority and stage of development
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Click here to sortStage A - New to EnglishNew to English: Needs a considerable amount of EAL support.Click here to sortStage B - Early AcquisitionEarly Acquisition: Still needs a significant amount of EAL support to access the curriculum.Click here to sortStage C - Developing competenceDeveloping competence: Requires ongoing EAL support to access the curriculum fully.Click here to sortStage D - CompetentCompetent: Needs some/occasional EAL support to access complex curriculum material and tasks.Click here to sortStage E - FluentFluent: Can operate across the curriculum to a level of competence equivalent to that of a pupil who uses English as his/her first language. Operates without EAL supportClick here to sortNot applicableNot applicable
Isle of AngleseyNorth Wales17570657017566,305
GwyneddNorth Wales700475575795710113,470
ConwyNorth Wales9357551,3501,245605102,795
DenbighshireNorth Wales1,1958601,3201,020440104,660
FlintshireNorth Wales2,6752,4452,5201,6951,165149,180
WrexhamNorth Wales2,5202,9403,7253,2352,170118,095
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales8508451,0808351,045111,565
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales4504406655851,27563,100
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales620550815760405115,840
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales1,5051,4551,7951,5302,190182,150
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales5,5905,9858,8557,3506,865215,960
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales8358901,0151,0852,200139,260
BridgendCentral South Wales9451,1251,4001,5401,370151,315
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales1,2051,1952,3002,3851,930149,885
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales1,5101,1501,6351,5652,610256,630
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales8151,0308208551,15057,440
CaerphillySouth East Wales1,045575610410585188,665
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales56542045038542062,110
TorfaenSouth East Wales66546536533073097,280
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales63535041536571577,875
NewportSouth East Wales14,5457,3157,8253,4652,100153,150
CardiffCentral South Wales13,35017,78023,70024,04516,500295,020
WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.53,32549,12563,31055,54047,3502,971,740

Metadata

Title

Pupils in nursery, primary and secondary schools acquiring English as an additional language by local authority and stage of development

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

See other items

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

* = Pupil numbers greater than zero but less than five. Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

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.