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Data Provider: Welsh Government Pupil Level Annual School Census summary data by local authority (pupils aged 5 to 15 in primary, middle or secondary schools)
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Click here to sortAll pupilsAged 5 to 15.Click here to sortMaleClick here to sortFemaleClick here to sortEligible for free school meals (3 year average)Pupils are eligible for free school meals if their parents or guardians are in receipt of certain means-tested benefits or support payments. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may have impacted on the quality of this data and may have resulted in over recording of this data in 2020 to 2022. These figures do not include pupils who only receive free schools meals due to the universal primary free school meal policy.Click here to sortAdditional learning or special educational needs - School ActionClick here to sortAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action PlusClick here to sortAdditional learning or special educational needs - StatementedClick here to sortAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development PlanIndividual Development Plans (IDPs) are statutory plans created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021. A learner may have either a school maintained IDP or a local authority maintained IDP.Click here to sortAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development PlanIndividual Development Plans (IDPs) are statutory plans created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021. A learner may have either a school maintained IDP or a local authorityClick here to sortEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)A = New to English, B = Early acquisition, C = Developing competence.Click here to sortBlack, Asian and minority ethnicPupils with ethnic background recorded as anything other than \'White-British\'. Excludes pupils for whom no data were available and those who explicitly stated that they did not want their schools to record a category for them.
[Collapse]Wales1,201,073612,468589,205266,53233,59227,31910,03022,6475,32878,761168,487
WalesIsle of Anglesey26,22413,41013,4144,599910445*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,0754141501,213
Gwynedd40,90421,30220,2026,1231,1571,1871521,2946858163,043
Conwy40,29020,76420,1268,1727611,370666555581,6243,187
Denbighshire37,25719,16018,6978,2958331,255117417*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,2712,403
Flintshire60,96531,53630,02912,7621,8181,1465711,4701363,9976,638
Wrexham55,92628,56827,95812,7661,011*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.586905*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.4,9258,194
Powys43,66922,85921,4106,6062,8699171621,328*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,3972,998
Ceredigion20,18510,43810,3473,15995752541649*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.5501,824
Pembrokeshire42,72622,05821,2687,7392,3381,749188*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.3919653,103
Carmarthenshire71,43936,87435,16514,6743,8771,9816051,1354292,3566,174
Swansea94,97449,41146,16322,7113,7182,7721,7861,706*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.9,52418,220
Neath Port Talbot51,53326,78525,34814,7391,5931,2041,3661,1543851,2963,887
Bridgend58,40730,34428,66314,3297079191521,218*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,8854,434
Vale of Glamorgan57,26729,11928,7489,4851,132889*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,4652021,8696,882
Rhondda Cynon Taf88,87445,18244,29222,2467508766291,0633932,1076,027
Merthyr Tydfil24,62212,69912,5236,0514567991084052361,1852,086
Caerphilly72,51836,99836,12018,2002,6122,561550761*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.1,0763,876
Blaenau Gwent21,34511,09810,8476,042673679821441235941,550
Torfaen38,77020,14119,22910,1971,3101,2491687361376262,633
Monmouthshire30,82616,30715,1194,2021,2031,030286423926432,600
Newport72,51837,36635,75215,8872,0271,8501,134*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.27712,81322,376
Cardiff149,83476,46573,96940,2001,260*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.3,66511527,68856,501

Metadata

Title

Pupil Level Annual School Census summary data by local authority (pupils aged 5 to 15 in primary, middle or secondary schools)

Last update

23/07/2025 23/07/2025

Next update

July 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

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.

General description

Pupil Level Annual School Census summary data by local authority (pupils aged 5 to 15 in primary, middle or secondary schools)