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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Speaking Welsh at home, as assessed by parents, of pupils aged 5 and over in primary, middle and secondary schools by local authority, region and category

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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[Collapse]North WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.113,396148,983252,276514,655
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 Wales24,07717,3618,54349,981
GwyneddNorth Wales54,31521,26711,77987,361
ConwyNorth Wales14,66020,41545,56480,639
DenbighshireNorth Wales13,00829,40638,42180,835
FlintshireNorth Wales3,97629,64485,581119,201
WrexhamNorth Wales3,36030,89062,38896,638
[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.82,174204,443367,249653,866
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 Wales8,76033,69348,20590,658
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales17,49220,38812,33650,216
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales6,11432,58748,28586,986
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales34,90470,71735,183140,804
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales6,46933,171140,308179,948
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales8,43513,88782,932105,254
[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.44,941146,236561,351752,528
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 Wales4,32319,49292,243116,058
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales6,62829,44379,311115,382
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales14,20544,937136,559195,701
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales4547,29835,86443,616
CardiffCentral South Wales19,33145,066217,374281,771
[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.8,511187,866261,129457,506
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 Wales3,08359,30478,003140,390
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales45711,48732,98044,924
TorfaenSouth East Wales2,53032,01440,25274,796
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales1,29734,47325,63561,405
NewportSouth East Wales1,14450,58884,259135,991
[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.249,022687,5281,442,0052,378,555

Metadata

Title

Speaking Welsh at home, as assessed by parents, of pupils aged 5 and over in primary, secondary and middle schools by local authority, region and category

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

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.

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.