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Data Provider: Welsh Government Accredited Official 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.474,89043,0914,469522,450
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 Wales47,7692,18571750,671
GwyneddNorth Wales80,9945,4762,11588,585
ConwyNorth Wales75,6865,93230481,922
DenbighshireNorth Wales77,1115,60930483,024
FlintshireNorth Wales108,70710,849441119,997
WrexhamNorth Wales84,62313,04058898,251
[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.591,88465,0404,034660,958
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 Wales85,7535,87742592,055
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales44,7114,4121,02350,146
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales81,3375,4121,11087,859
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales130,18111,079530141,790
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales150,32931,050723182,102
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales99,5737,210223107,006
[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.624,091141,8833,435769,409
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 Wales109,6448,107707118,458
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales103,31314,728135118,176
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales186,99811,495555199,048
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales40,3774,29328244,952
CardiffCentral South Wales183,759103,2601,756288,775
[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.402,67957,1612,739462,579
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 Wales133,8616,276659140,796
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales43,4112,75819546,364
TorfaenSouth East Wales69,8864,44652774,859
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales56,4184,29065861,366
NewportSouth East Wales99,10339,391700139,194
[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.2,093,544307,17514,6772,415,396

Metadata

Title

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

Last update

31/07/2024 31/07/2024

Next update

July 2025 (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.

Name

SCHS0229