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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of schools 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]Wales40566933451,449
WalesIsle of Anglesey421.The data item is not applicable144
Gwynedd893.The data item is not applicable294
Conwy211423159
Denbighshire15928254
Flintshire6.The data item is not applicable69277
Wrexham10.The data item is not applicable57269
Powys121156382
Ceredigion3461.The data item is not applicable41
Pembrokeshire17340161
Carmarthenshire6215292108
Swansea12.The data item is not applicable79293
Neath Port Talbot11.The data item is not applicable50263
Bridgend5.The data item is not applicable52259
Vale of Glamorgan7.The data item is not applicable45153
Rhondda Cynon Taf171874109
Merthyr Tydfil2.The data item is not applicable21124
Caerphilly12.The data item is not applicable72185
Blaenau Gwent1.The data item is not applicable22225
Torfaen4.The data item is not applicable27132
Monmouthshire3.The data item is not applicable31.The data item is not applicable34
Newport5.The data item is not applicable48356
Cardiff1839610127

Metadata

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

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

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.