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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Support staff posts advertised, applications received, and appointments made by local authority
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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..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
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 Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
GwyneddNorth Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
ConwyNorth Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
DenbighshireNorth Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
FlintshireNorth Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
WrexhamNorth Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
BridgendCentral South Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
CaerphillySouth East Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
TorfaenSouth East Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
NewportSouth East Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
CardiffCentral South Wales.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable

Metadata

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.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Academic Year 2020/21 onwards

Users, uses and context

Figures relate to teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants, foreign language assistants, ALN coordinators and ALN support staff only.

Rounding applied

* = numbers greater than zero but less than three. Teaching assistant numbers have been rounded to the nearest 3.

Revisions information

The methodology to calculate the number of vacancies advertised and the average applications per post has been revised since last year so that each post advertised is only counted once. More information on this can be in the 'School Workforce Annual Census: Background Information'.

Title

Teaching assistant posts advertised, applications received, and appointments made by local authority

Last update

July 2025 July 2025

Next update

July 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

School Workforce Annual Census

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental 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

Keywords

SWAC; Support Staff; Workforce; Vacancies; Posts; Applications

Statistical quality

The information collected for 2021 to 2024 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.