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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.3,35420,7122,928
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 Wales10222290
GwyneddNorth Wales237612195
ConwyNorth Wales7229463
DenbighshireNorth Wales159879135
FlintshireNorth Wales153909129
WrexhamNorth Wales186843159
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales10533948
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales3914436
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales135813126
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales2851,920252
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales2581,605246
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales1921,008162
BridgendCentral South Wales1891,335165
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales10884987
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales1081,11996
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales3015324
CaerphillySouth East Wales9984099
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales4819548
TorfaenSouth East Wales1231,029117
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales11137896
NewportSouth East Wales2732,553243
CardiffCentral South Wales3422,676312

Metadata

Title

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

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

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.

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'.

Statistical quality

The information collected for 2021 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; Vacancies; Posts; Applications