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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Support staff (headcount) by local authority and staff category
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[Collapse]WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.3,63031,015555307,0707602,2205655,685675130655554,480*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.3,57561,015
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 Wales70645*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.2301025*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.11010.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.55*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.301,205
GwyneddNorth Wales205960*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.46030303017025*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable201,950
ConwyNorth Wales1601,040.The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.210301103022520*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable15110.The data item is not applicable802,045
DenbighshireNorth Wales1751,000.The data item is not applicable30225201203022020*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1575.The data item is not applicable1502,090
FlintshireNorth Wales2051,465*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.35240604255028040*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.20390.The data item is not applicable1553,385
WrexhamNorth Wales1501,640*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.3029550852025515*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable20140.The data item is not applicable752,775
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales1151,255*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1514030703524530.The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.4090*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.3252,400
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales45720*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.10155*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.25.The data item is not applicable11530*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable2025.The data item is not applicable2151,375
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales1451,340*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.15275301053023030*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable10240.The data item is not applicable552,505
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales1402,055.The data item is not applicable3043565853027540*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.45380.The data item is not applicable1503,730
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales1803,0551075550502106042550*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1530*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable1554,885
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales1351,795.The data item is not applicable208520453024520*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.215.The data item is not applicable552,675
BridgendCentral South Wales1001,085*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1556520115303004010*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.80325.The data item is not applicable2202,910
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales2201,150.The data item is not applicable3557075602524035*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.2015255*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1602,880
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales3552,050*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.20670501452547550*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.55320*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.3854,625
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales125680.The data item is not applicable1590*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.30*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.95*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.135.The data item is not applicable651,280
CaerphillySouth East Wales2351,420.The data item is not applicable2535040953033550*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable55475.The data item is not applicable1403,250
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales110615.The data item is not applicable*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1701030*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.11010.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable20165*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.451,310
TorfaenSouth East Wales130860*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.23530801516015*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable20140.The data item is not applicable1151,825
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales110740.The data item is not applicable151151045.The data item is not applicable18015*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.125.The data item is not applicable651,430
NewportSouth East Wales1801,645*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.1529540752033540*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.25290.The data item is not applicable1503,125
CardiffCentral South Wales3503,805*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.9072080220606757520.The data item is not applicable35495.The data item is not applicable7707,395

Metadata

Title

Support staff (headcount) by local authority, region and category

Last update

July 2024 July 2024

Next update

July 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

School Workforce Annual Census

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

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

General description

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC).

Data collection and calculation

School's data are derived from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) returns in November each year. In 2019, there were 4 schools out of 1,502 (99.7% return rate) that did not submit a SWAC school return. For these schools the total number of staff was estimated using a scaling factor derived by comparing staff headcount numbers returned in SWAC and the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) by schools with similar characteristics within the same local authority. The estimated figures for the missing schools have been recorded as ‘unknown’ for breakdowns by specific characteristics (e.g. sex, age).

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2019/20 onwards.

Users, uses and context

As SWAC is an individual level collection there may be instances where a workforce member is recorded against multiple roles within the same school or in multiple schools. For local authority staff headcount, as part of the linking and aggregation process, those teachers with more than one role (e.g. working part-time in two schools) have their information combined into one record for each local authority they appear in, recorded against the highest grade for that individual.
For Wales level headcount, the same rationale is applied where teachers with more than one role (e.g. working part-time in two schools) but in different local authorities have their information combined into one record, recorded against the highest grade for the individual. For this reason, where information is published by local authority the sum of local authorities may not equal to the Wales figure published.

Due to changes to calculation of headcounts for 2020, figures for 2019 are not directly comparable to future years figures. See our 'School Workforce Census Results' statistical release and accompanying ‘School Workforce Annual Census: Background Information’ for further detail.


Rounding applied

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


Statistical quality

The information collected from 2019 to 2023 have not undergone a formal final validation period. However, various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making. A final validation period is being considered to be introduced for future collections for schools and LAs to review the information they return, and re-submit their data where errors are identified prior to publication.

Keywords

SWAC; Support Staff; Workforce