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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Number of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority, region and ethnicity
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Click here to sortWhite BritishClick here to sortAny other ethnic backgroundPupils with ethnic background recorded as anything other than \'White-British\'. Excludes pupils for whom no data were available and those who explicitly stated that they did not want their schools to record a category for them.Click here to sortUnknown or not stated
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.397,55834,7453,663435,966
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 Wales39,9181,80455642,278
GwyneddNorth Wales67,9014,2901,71273,903
ConwyNorth Wales63,3634,81525068,428
DenbighshireNorth Wales64,2784,50825769,043
FlintshireNorth Wales91,1668,771380100,317
WrexhamNorth Wales70,93210,55750881,997
[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.495,00952,1603,322550,491
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 Wales71,7514,73434776,832
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales37,4063,58986541,860
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales68,0194,30189473,214
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales108,7189,028444118,190
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales125,85824,711594151,163
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales83,2575,79717889,232
[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.521,809115,6392,802640,250
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 Wales91,7166,59862398,937
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales86,08912,03911598,243
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales156,7259,078431166,234
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales33,6003,52019737,317
CardiffCentral South Wales153,67984,4041,436239,519
[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.337,04745,9512,225385,223
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 Wales112,0845,017541117,642
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales36,2232,12016238,505
TorfaenSouth East Wales58,5843,58640762,577
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales47,1873,43056351,180
NewportSouth East Wales82,96931,798552115,319
[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.1,751,423248,49512,0122,011,930

Metadata

Title

Number of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority, region and ethnic background

Last update

19/09/2023 19/09/2023

Next update

July 2024 (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

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.