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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority, region and national identity
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[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.341,97180,3132,098222,83632,89713,964694,079
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 Wales46,3564,00916014,5609331,22367,241
GwyneddNorth Wales84,2466,03823719,7753,5943,785117,675
ConwyNorth Wales49,8286,88635448,2422,943592108,845
DenbighshireNorth Wales56,15115,11824533,2933,7381,748110,293
FlintshireNorth Wales50,30536,78272159,7289,0382,768159,342
WrexhamNorth Wales55,08511,48038147,23812,6513,848130,683
[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.474,41066,4552,334276,52248,22111,602879,544
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 Wales44,76119,13329951,3305,0121,977122,512
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales38,5017,44420915,6503,2661,53066,600
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales59,7489,65626441,8443,1882,412117,112
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales103,43810,15743664,0898,4901,792188,402
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales130,90512,86376970,26424,5723,581242,954
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales97,0577,20235733,3453,693310141,964
[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.566,73634,5612,507331,28072,47614,0831,021,643
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 Wales104,7788,34936437,2784,6681,829157,266
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales73,1594,85639172,1675,530862156,965
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales187,7569,72441457,1047,1591,995264,152
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales32,37099412320,0404,3121,83859,677
CardiffCentral South Wales168,67310,6381,215144,69150,8077,559383,583
[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.320,90535,2471,145213,42234,52410,636615,879
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 Wales125,2576,76415449,6713,8101,704187,360
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales35,9414,4587617,9932,1211,17461,763
TorfaenSouth East Wales53,9334,71713735,8492,2223,09099,948
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales32,4429,25123535,9222,6601,29081,800
NewportSouth East Wales73,33210,05754373,98723,7113,378185,008
[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.1,704,022216,5768,0841,044,060188,11850,2853,211,145

Metadata

Title

Number of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority, region and national identity

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

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.