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Data Provider: Welsh Government 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.550,61251,8245,277607,713
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 Wales55,4662,56190358,930
GwyneddNorth Wales93,8126,6852,513103,010
ConwyNorth Wales87,7597,10136395,223
DenbighshireNorth Wales89,7646,82633496,924
FlintshireNorth Wales125,81312,968498139,279
WrexhamNorth Wales97,99815,683666114,347
[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.686,84778,5354,742770,124
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 Wales99,4987,072520107,090
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales51,8675,2231,15458,244
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales94,4366,5921,372102,400
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales151,20713,180606164,993
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales174,34837,820824212,992
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales115,4918,648266124,405
[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.724,420168,7594,043897,222
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 Wales127,3459,707781137,833
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales120,29117,512151137,954
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales216,67813,995704231,377
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales47,0135,05835452,425
CardiffCentral South Wales213,093122,4872,053337,633
[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.467,29368,9313,274539,498
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 Wales155,2337,577779163,589
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales50,5303,45622154,207
TorfaenSouth East Wales81,0355,34567887,058
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales65,5415,22074671,507
NewportSouth East Wales114,95447,333850163,137
[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.2,429,172368,04917,3362,814,557

Metadata

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

Title

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

Last update

23/07/2025 23/07/2025

Next update

July 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

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.