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Data Provider: Welsh Government Pupils with additional learning or special educational needs by local authority, region and type of provision
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Click here to sortStatementedPupils for whom the Authority maintains a statement of special educational needs under Part iv of the Education Act 1996. A statement may be issued by the LA after assessment of a child’s needs.Click here to sortSchool ActionWhen a class or subject teacher identify that a pupil has special educational needs they provide interventions that are additional to or different from those provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum.Click here to sortSchool Action PlusWhen the class or subject teacher and the SEN Co-ordinator are provided with advice or support from outside specialists, so that alternative interventions additional or different to those provided for the pupil through \'School Action\' can be put in place.Click here to sortSchool maintained individual development planStatutory plan created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021.Click here to sortLocal authority maintained individual development planStatutory plan created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021.
Isle of Anglesey3152,1951,1201,7901,300
Gwynedd9752,8652,7652,7701,870
Conwy9151,9002,9251,2601,285
Denbighshire1,1202,0902,5101,130*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Flintshire1,9103,6801,9952,725420
Wrexham1,8552,245*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.2,040225
Powys1,1106,2202,2852,325*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Ceredigion2701,690*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1,410*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Pembrokeshire1,0705,0603,070955*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Carmarthenshire1,8057,9054,4052,420*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Swansea4,1908,1555,5053,755*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Neath Port Talbot3,6303,3152,6452,135*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.
Bridgend9701,6401,6652,845830
Vale of Glamorgan1,2302,6101,7703,5001,110
Rhondda Cynon Taf2,9651,4401,6752,5152,050
Merthyr Tydfil6251,1752,160720685
Caerphilly1,9055,5904,9251,815160
Blaenau Gwent6551,4351,340315660
Torfaen5952,7852,9901,710520
Monmouthshire7402,6152,090690240
Newport2,8754,1053,7251,870860
Cardiff4,540*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.2,7958,930235

Metadata

Title

Pupils with Special Educational Needs by local authority, region and type of provision

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.