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Support staff by measure (Full-Person Equivalent (FPE) and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)) and staff categoryLast update
July 2025Next update
July 2026 (provisional)Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
School Workforce Annual CensusContact email
EducationWorkforceData@gov.walesDesignation
Experimental statisticsGeographical coverage
Local authoritiesLanguages covered
English and WelshData 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-licenceGeneral 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.Frequency of publication
AnnualData reference periods
From 2019/20 onwardsUsers, uses and context
For the 2020 data, the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) and the Full-Person Equivalent (FPE) were introduced to help communicate the distribution of the school workforce. Both the FTE and the FPE take into account that an individual may work in more than role. These measures differ to the Headcount (first published for the 2019 dataset) which counts individuals in their highest (most senior) role only.The full-time equivalent (FTE) is an employee's scheduled hours divided by the employer's hours for a full-time workweek e.g. a part-time worker employed for 20 hours a week where full-time work is 40 hours is counted as 0.5 FTE.
The FPE is the proportion of a person's total working time that is spent in a particular role. As the FPE is concerned with the individual, a person's FPE will always sum to 1, even if their FTE is not equal to 1.
The guidance for categorising schools according to Welsh medium provision has been updated. The aim of the new arrangements for categorising schools according to Welsh medium provision is to help local authorities and schools to plan their Welsh medium education provision in such a way that supports the Curriculum for Wales as well as the national goal of one million Welsh speakers, as set out in Cymraeg 2050. Information relating to academic year 2024/25 is the first year that data using the new categorisation system has been published. The data is not comparable with the previous categorisation system.