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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Number of classes in primary, middle and secondary schools by local authority, region and Welsh category

Classes running during the third period of the school’s timetable on Census day.

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Click here to sortWelsh is the sole or main medium of instructionClick here to sortWelsh is used as a teaching medium for part of the curriculum (i.e. less than half)Click here to sortWelsh is taught as a second language onlyClick here to sortNo Welsh is used or taught
[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.8,2141,9278,4827,36825,991
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 Wales1,6244311312482,434
GwyneddNorth Wales3,735355213984,509
ConwyNorth Wales7948549551,6084,211
DenbighshireNorth Wales1,0112851,5001,2414,037
FlintshireNorth Wales40923,1872,3595,957
WrexhamNorth Wales641.The data item is not applicable2,6881,5144,843
[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.8,1901,29313,18610,00932,678
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 Wales6353851,9531,5384,511
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales1,4133583074932,571
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales8231531,9971,2834,256
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales3,1573941,7271,7567,034
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales1,29834,4753,2158,991
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales864.The data item is not applicable2,7271,7245,315
[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.5,2054017,23113,25935,735
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 Wales459.The data item is not applicable2,8812,2625,602
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales721.The data item is not applicable2,5832,1555,459
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales1,806314,2293,3649,430
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales161.The data item is not applicable1,2017522,114
CardiffCentral South Wales2,05896,3374,72613,130
[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.2,031311,3957,94021,369
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 Wales1,122.The data item is not applicable3,3212,2266,669
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales59.The data item is not applicable1,5026332,194
TorfaenSouth East Wales465.The data item is not applicable1,7141,2653,444
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales90.The data item is not applicable1,4551,2072,752
NewportSouth East Wales29533,4032,6096,310
[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.23,6403,26350,29438,576115,773

Metadata

Title

Classes in primary, secondary and middle schools by local authority, region and year group

Last update

19/09/2023 19/09/2023

Next update

July 2024 (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.