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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Pupils aged 5 and over with a first language other than English or Welsh by local authority, region and year
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[Collapse]Other first language (Excludes ‘Refused/Classification Pending’)Where a child has learned and used another language in their early years as well as English and/or Welsh, the other language would be described as the first language irrespective of the pupil’s proficiency in ‘English and/or Welsh’.
Click here to sort2012/13Click here to sort2013/14Click here to sort2014/15Click here to sort2015/16Click here to sort2016/17Click here to sort2017/18Click here to sort2018/19Click here to sort2019/20Whilst 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.Click here to sort2020/21The schools census would usually take place in January. School closures between December 2020 and March 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic meant that the census date was delayed to 20 April 2021. The number of pupils was higher in April 2021 partly due to the later census date which meant that more pupils had entered nursery classes by the census date.Click here to sort2021/22The schools census would usually take place in January. Due to the level of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in January 2022, the census date was delayed to 15 February 2022.Click here to sort2022/23Click here to sort2023/24
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.2,5622,8403,0523,2293,4853,7123,8804,1124,2414,3985,0255,320
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 Wales35329121614811610710199103104122129
GwyneddNorth Wales328409431434469502452448449483603652
ConwyNorth Wales268282313322361378390427459472552579
DenbighshireNorth Wales370405414414420404430476477483594654
FlintshireNorth Wales4325476557538649741,0391,1151,1831,2521,3971,444
WrexhamNorth Wales8119061,0231,1581,2551,3471,4681,5471,5701,6041,7571,862
[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.3,9114,3454,7995,3305,6525,9286,0956,2146,5136,6587,6998,191
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 Wales364379409453487483493472576581695773
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales259300316383390403394444461460517544
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales288333352338344354344336336336415454
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales6356977908849071,0371,1341,1471,0801,0381,1331,179
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales1,9872,2232,4892,7702,9703,0823,1403,1943,3943,5684,1834,424
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales378413443502554569590621666675756817
[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.10,23411,12111,71112,45113,13513,59913,89214,28114,64215,07115,65015,987
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 Wales409451486522529581608624644670734747
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales7818098669901,0261,0351,0391,0091,0451,0491,0801,114
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales4415005455936737037097217678909771,088
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales352388397442465494517529520534552583
CardiffCentral South Wales8,2518,9739,4179,90410,44210,78611,01911,39811,66611,92812,30712,455
[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.3,2643,6253,8914,1794,3344,5975,0525,2325,3745,5636,0886,433
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 Wales171202251293328383404399421432524578
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales151163180186195210225235222250302344
TorfaenSouth East Wales158169181194219240260269261247298334
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales126128128142152165164210214216370323
NewportSouth East Wales2,6582,9633,1513,3643,4403,5993,9994,1194,2564,4184,5944,854
[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.19,97121,93123,45325,18926,60627,83628,91929,83930,77031,69034,46235,931

Metadata

Title

Pupils aged 5 and over with a first language other than English or Welsh by local authority, region and year

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

SCHS0230