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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics 'Ability to Speak Welsh' & 'Speaking Welsh at Home', as assessed by parents, of pupils aged 5-10 in middle schools by local authority

The data mainly represents parents perceptions of their children’s fluency and will not necessarily be the same as the ability shown by the pupil in their school work.

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Area Code[Filter]
Year[Filtered]
Measure1
Ability to speak Welsh[Filter]
Speaking Welsh at home[Filtered]
Local Authority[Filter]
[Collapse]Fluent in Welsh[Collapse]Can speak Welsh but not fluently[Collapse]Cannot speak Welsh[Collapse]Information not obtained
Click here to sortSpeaks Welsh at homeClick here to sortDoes not speak Welsh at homeClick here to sortNot applicable / cannot speak WelshClick here to sortSpeaks Welsh at homeClick here to sortDoes not speak Welsh at homeClick here to sortNot applicable / cannot speak WelshClick here to sortSpeaks Welsh at homeClick here to sortDoes not speak Welsh at homeClick here to sortNot applicable / cannot speak WelshClick here to sortSpeaks Welsh at homeClick here to sortDoes not speak Welsh at homeClick here to sortNot applicable / cannot speak Welsh
Isle of Anglesey............
Gwynedd11530*3560*..5...
Conwy............
Denbighshire...*8020..15...
Flintshire............
Wrexham............
Powys25**2565*..50...
Ceredigion23075*4519570..15..5
Pembrokeshire............
Carmarthenshire............
Swansea............
Neath Port Talbot2055515155..205...
Bridgend............
Vale of Glamorgan25140**.*......
Rhondda Cynon Taf4520*151510......
Merthyr Tydfil............
Caerphilly*..*105..150..*
Blaenau Gwent...*185745..45...
Torfaen............
Monmouthshire............
Newport............
Cardiff............

Metadata

Title
'Ability to Speak Welsh' & 'Speaking Welsh at Home', as assessed by parents, of pupils aged 5-10 in middle schools by local authority

Last update
15/10/2018 15/10/2018

Next update
July 2019

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 2007/08 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.