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Data Provider: Welsh Government Free school breakfasts by local authority, region and category
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Click here to sortFree Breakfasts on census dayThe number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day.Click here to sortPupils 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, 2023/24, and 2024/25.Click here to sortPupils 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.Click here to sortPupils 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, 2023/24, and 2024/25.
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.73,4607,74898,82210,493
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 Wales9,59090012,2201,195
GwyneddNorth Wales12,3281,09415,0071,215
ConwyNorth Wales14,7101,58018,2731,866
DenbighshireNorth Wales8,60789812,5511,425
FlintshireNorth Wales13,6471,68919,9472,413
WrexhamNorth Wales14,5781,58720,8242,379
[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.108,86512,238145,27115,857
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 Wales6,94261710,616937
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales5,2484648,540651
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales19,2541,83124,7132,255
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales29,8423,16237,6713,948
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales29,7103,65639,2024,677
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales17,8692,50824,5293,389
[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.109,72113,454145,90417,338
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 Wales14,6811,71419,5042,287
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales15,7171,26321,6691,655
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales32,6453,97245,1355,225
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales10,1991,14312,3431,442
CardiffCentral South Wales36,4795,36247,2536,729
[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.68,0678,18991,45211,389
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 Wales21,1052,56226,6063,153
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales8,7961,24711,9872,154
TorfaenSouth East Wales13,1511,67716,8042,041
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales7,30955411,238945
NewportSouth East Wales17,7062,14924,8173,096
[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.360,11341,629481,44955,077

Metadata

Title

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

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.