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Data Provider: Welsh Government 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 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 sort2023/24Click here to sort2024/25
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.2,8403,0523,2293,4853,7123,8804,1124,2414,3985,0255,3205,577
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 Wales29121614811610710199103104122129141
GwyneddNorth Wales409431434469502452448449483603652633
ConwyNorth Wales282313322361378390427459472552579591
DenbighshireNorth Wales405414414420404430476477483594654755
FlintshireNorth Wales5476557538649741,0391,1151,1831,2521,3971,4441,457
WrexhamNorth Wales9061,0231,1581,2551,3471,4681,5471,5701,6041,7571,8622,000
[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.4,3454,7995,3305,6525,9286,0956,2146,5136,6587,6998,1918,600
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 Wales379409453487483493472576581695773792
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales300316383390403394444461460517544545
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales333352338344354344336336336415454509
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales6977908849071,0371,1341,1471,0801,0381,1331,1791,189
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales2,2232,4892,7702,9703,0823,1403,1943,3943,5684,1834,4244,709
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales413443502554569590621666675756817856
[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.11,12111,71112,45113,13513,59913,89214,28114,64215,07115,65015,98716,675
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 Wales451486522529581608624644670734747791
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales8098669901,0261,0351,0391,0091,0451,0491,0801,1141,157
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales5005455936737037097217678909771,0881,162
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales388397442465494517529520534552583581
CardiffCentral South Wales8,9739,4179,90410,44210,78611,01911,39811,66611,92812,30712,45512,984
[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.3,6253,8914,1794,3344,5975,0525,2325,3745,5636,0886,4336,664
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 Wales202251293328383404399421432524578608
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales163180186195210225235222250302344391
TorfaenSouth East Wales169181194219240260269261247298334369
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales128128142152165164210214216370323378
NewportSouth East Wales2,9633,1513,3643,4403,5993,9994,1194,2564,4184,5944,8544,918
[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.21,93123,45325,18926,60627,83628,91929,83930,77031,69034,46235,93137,516

Metadata

Title

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

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.