Free school breakfasts by local authority, region and category

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Free Breakfasts on census day The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day.

Pupils eligible for free school meals who took free breakfasts on census day. The number of Free School Meal eligible pupils who took a free breakfast on census day. Data is not available for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

The number of Free School Meal eligible pupils who took a free breakfast on census day. Data is not available for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Pupils who took Free Breakfasts in week prior to census. The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day.

Pupils eligible for free school meals who took free breakfasts in week prior to census day. The number of Free School Meal eligible pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day. Data is not available for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

The number of Free School Meal eligible pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day. Data is not available for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

North Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

62,414

7,748

83,488

10,493

North Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Isle of Anglesey North Wales

8,109

900

10,315

1,195

Gwynedd

10,306

1,094

12,581

1,215

Conwy

12,623

1,580

15,497

1,866

Denbighshire North Wales

7,224

898

10,264

1,425

Flintshire North Wales

11,611

1,689

17,089

2,413

Wrexham

12,541

1,587

17,742

2,379

South West and Mid Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

92,225

12,238

122,469

15,857

South West and Mid Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Powys

6,034

617

9,123

937

Ceredigion South West and Mid Wales

4,452

464

7,222

651

Pembrokeshire South West and Mid Wales

16,298

1,831

20,885

2,255

Carmarthenshire South West and Mid Wales

25,504

3,162

31,937

3,948

Swansea

24,875

3,656

32,703

4,677

Neath Port Talbot South West and Mid Wales

15,062

2,508

20,599

3,389

Central South Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

92,138

13,454

122,096

17,338

Central South Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Bridgend

12,210

1,714

16,301

2,287

Vale of Glamorgan Central South Wales

13,346

1,263

18,528

1,655

Rhondda Cynon Taf Central South Wales

27,784

3,972

37,927

5,225

Merthyr Tydfil Central South Wales

8,353

1,143

10,105

1,442

Cardiff

30,445

5,362

39,235

6,729

South East Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

56,322

8,189

76,126

11,389

South East Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Caerphilly South East Wales

17,536

2,562

22,141

3,153

Blaenau Gwent South East Wales

7,043

1,247

9,680

2,154

Torfaen

10,971

1,677

14,098

2,041

Monmouthshire South East Wales

6,160

554

9,339

945

Newport

14,612

2,149

20,868

3,096

Wales

303,099

41,629

404,179

55,077

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Title

Free school breakfasts served in schools by local authority, region and category

Last update

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.

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SCHS0232