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Data Provider: Welsh Government Teaching of Welsh in primary, middle and secondary schools by local authority, region and category
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Click here to sortQualified teachers teaching Welsh as a first languageClick here to sortQualified teachers teaching Welsh as a second language onlyClick here to sortQualified teachers teaching other subjects through the medium of WelshClick here to sortQualified teachers able to teach Welsh or through the medium of Welsh, but not doing soClick here to sortNot qualified to teach Welsh or through the medium of Welsh.
[Collapse]Wales3,1259,1752,3858858,61024,185
Wales[Collapse]North Wales1,1701,6258652451,4655,370
North WalesIsle of Anglesey260251852045530
Gwynedd525103003585955
Conwy14519517045290845
Denbighshire13527010035310845
Flintshire5063535953951,215
Wrexham554907025340980
[Collapse]South West and Mid Wales1,1452,3208102402,1606,675
South West and Mid WalesPowys1103559555295905
Ceredigion2055017015110550
Pembrokeshire1403406035300870
Carmarthenshire465290270953601,480
Swansea135845125307001,835
Neath Port Talbot9544085154001,035
[Collapse]Central South Wales5603,1605451853,1257,575
Central South WalesBridgend3548560205651,160
Vale of Glamorgan7549095455001,210
Rhondda Cynon Taf190655165507451,800
Merthyr Tydfil30205.The data item is not applicable15170415
Cardiff2301,330230501,1502,990
[Collapse]South East Wales2552,0651652151,8604,560
South East WalesCaerphilly120570100705251,385
Blaenau Gwent15240.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable205465
Torfaen5031040100210705
Monmouthshire25260.The data item is not applicable20310610
Newport4568530206101,395

Metadata

Title

Teaching of Welsh in primary, middle and secondary schools by local authority, region and category

Last update

July 2025 July 2025

Next update

July 2026

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@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 2003/04 or more recently if the data item is not available for earlier years.

Rounding applied

* = numbers greater than zero but less than five. Teacher numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Statistical quality

School Census returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.