Pupils by local authority and year group

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Year

Measure1

Year Group

Local authority

Nursery 1

Nursery 2

Reception

Year Group 1

Year Group 2

Year Group 3

Year Group 4

Year Group 5

Year Group 6

Year Group 7

Year Group 8

Year Group 9

Year Group 10

Year Group 11

Year Group 12

Year Group 13

Year Group 14

Isle of Anglesey North Wales

4,185

4,820

5,040

5,185

5,275

5,330

5,360

5,335

4,915

4,820

4,730

4,645

4,415

2,080

1,845

Numbers greater than zero but less than five.

Gwynedd

7,500

8,050

8,380

8,475

8,715

8,780

8,920

9,025

9,535

9,370

9,190

9,055

8,460

2,825

2,435

Conwy

7,085

7,485

7,705

7,910

8,100

8,155

8,245

8,235

8,110

8,025

7,865

7,720

7,370

4,260

3,730

100

Denbighshire North Wales

125

7,030

7,425

7,510

7,700

7,865

7,965

8,065

8,005

9,095

8,935

8,780

8,575

7,870

3,175

2,730

110

Flintshire North Wales

685

10,355

11,340

11,705

11,980

12,120

12,340

12,495

12,615

12,120

11,980

11,935

11,750

11,295

3,965

3,655

Wrexham

750

9,660

10,425

10,740

11,035

11,175

11,305

11,475

11,430

9,490

9,360

9,075

8,885

8,385

1,065

960

195

Powys

765

8,560

8,790

8,990

9,070

9,155

9,315

9,325

9,155

9,190

9,135

9,140

8,915

3,790

3,375

130

Ceredigion South West and Mid Wales

655

3,175

4,530

4,580

4,670

4,800

4,740

4,720

4,790

5,110

5,045

5,040

4,970

4,860

2,745

2,445

Pembrokeshire South West and Mid Wales

2,245

7,440

8,420

8,805

9,020

9,255

9,400

9,475

9,470

8,875

8,670

8,505

8,320

8,035

2,420

2,215

Carmarthenshire South West and Mid Wales

2,955

11,185

13,265

13,630

13,850

14,085

14,125

14,330

14,430

14,685

14,375

14,090

13,970

13,390

5,220

4,615

Swansea

5,870

16,475

17,545

18,120

18,380

18,710

18,825

19,075

19,175

18,615

18,300

17,905

17,720

17,390

5,300

4,410

135

Neath Port Talbot South West and Mid Wales

3,545

9,610

10,085

10,395

10,650

10,825

10,875

10,960

11,040

11,795

11,640

11,395

11,140

10,835

1,600

1,375

Bridgend

2,190

10,210

10,895

11,240

11,540

11,750

11,795

11,845

11,925

11,845

11,740

11,425

11,155

10,585

5,970

4,960

115

Vale of Glamorgan Central South Wales

3,205

9,855

11,015

11,320

11,460

11,625

11,700

11,725

11,785

11,850

11,675

11,435

11,165

10,700

5,690

4,920

145

Rhondda Cynon Taf Central South Wales

3,140

17,575

18,305

18,675

19,160

19,420

19,600

19,685

19,710

20,770

20,605

20,030

19,680

18,840

8,270

7,090

285

Merthyr Tydfil Central South Wales

1,390

4,815

5,000

5,115

5,130

5,080

5,100

5,075

5,025

4,510

4,420

4,310

4,270

3,975

Caerphilly South East Wales

3,720

13,100

13,930

14,235

14,485

14,670

14,745

14,815

14,845

14,520

14,395

14,235

14,020

13,565

3,250

2,700

Blaenau Gwent South East Wales

1,815

4,815

5,205

5,240

5,235

5,310

5,370

5,455

5,350

4,550

4,435

4,395

4,245

4,150

Torfaen

1,205

5,435

7,335

7,435

7,580

7,675

7,745

7,820

7,815

8,090

8,000

7,865

7,695

7,570

1,260

1,165

Monmouthshire South East Wales

855

2,210

5,975

6,115

6,220

6,315

6,370

6,390

6,405

5,665

5,660

5,670

5,655

5,495

3,015

2,700

Newport

2,125

11,120

13,905

14,025

14,185

14,200

14,110

13,955

13,745

13,475

13,075

12,705

12,130

6,165

5,120

Cardiff

5,810

24,895

28,065

29,025

29,640

29,870

29,925

29,965

29,700

28,480

27,770

26,845

26,095

24,670

12,665

9,925

155

Wales

43,025

200,165

231,580

237,805

242,470

245,890

247,470

249,325

249,390

245,525

241,875

236,920

232,550

222,905

84,850

72,475

2,030

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Title

Pupils by local authority and year group

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

* = Pupil numbers greater than zero but less than five. Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

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

SCHS0254