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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of pupils by local authority and school language (from 2024/25)
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Click here to sortWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Includes dual language schools transitioning to Welsh medium.Click here to sortDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Includes schools recording more than one school language category (except C3 – Welsh medium and CP – Designated Welsh medium secondary). Also includes English medium transitioning to dual language.Click here to sortEnglish medium school / provisionClick here to sortNot applicableIncludes nursery and special schools.
[Collapse]Wales93,37723,807336,1666,741460,091
WalesIsle of Anglesey8,975309.The data item is not applicable1239,407
Gwynedd14,3151,911.The data item is not applicable23116,457
Conwy3,3092,8158,76627215,162
Denbighshire3,2182,8029,66423315,917
Flintshire1,459.The data item is not applicable20,48523122,175
Wrexham2,501.The data item is not applicable15,93835518,794
Powys1,6414,02510,16731416,147
Ceredigion6,1052,0011,120.The data item is not applicable9,226
Pembrokeshire3,2871,10912,27618716,859
Carmarthenshire10,9237,6007,88520826,616
Swansea4,964.The data item is not applicable30,81323036,007
Neath Port Talbot3,588.The data item is not applicable16,41030020,298
Bridgend1,683.The data item is not applicable20,23145022,364
Vale of Glamorgan3,154.The data item is not applicable19,18952322,866
Rhondda Cynon Taf6,81451029,30576537,394
Merthyr Tydfil689.The data item is not applicable7,9682048,861
Caerphilly4,477.The data item is not applicable21,74430626,527
Blaenau Gwent341.The data item is not applicable8,8192359,395
Torfaen1,679.The data item is not applicable12,17414213,995
Monmouthshire449.The data item is not applicable10,891.The data item is not applicable11,340
Newport1,337.The data item is not applicable25,95433627,627
Cardiff8,46972546,3671,09656,657

Metadata

Title

Number of schools and pupils by local authority and school language (from 2024/25)

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

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

Number of schools and pupils by local authority and school language (from 2024/25)

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 2024/25

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.