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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Teachers (headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE)) by pay range and local authority
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[Collapse]TotalIn the category breakdown, individuals are counted for each category they appear in. In the total, indivduals are counted once. Therefore the sum of the breakdown may not equal the total.Click here to sortTotalIn the category breakdown, individuals are counted for each category they appear in. In the total, indivduals are counted once. Therefore the sum of the breakdown may not equal the total.
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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.1,40518,44050,02010011,180.The data item is not applicable80,910
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 Wales353751,025*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.280.The data item is not applicable1,705
GwyneddNorth Wales706551,980.The data item is not applicable625.The data item is not applicable3,300
ConwyNorth Wales555551,93510445.The data item is not applicable2,995
DenbighshireNorth Wales257051,765*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.395.The data item is not applicable2,885
FlintshireNorth Wales501,0202,430.The data item is not applicable565.The data item is not applicable4,060
WrexhamNorth Wales1008302,065.The data item is not applicable510.The data item is not applicable3,510
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales857851,975*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.590.The data item is not applicable3,430
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales353501,155.The data item is not applicable335.The data item is not applicable1,860
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales257801,74020370.The data item is not applicable2,925
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales751,0553,065.The data item is not applicable675.The data item is not applicable4,860
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales1158903,320*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.600.The data item is not applicable4,925
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales758402,175.The data item is not applicable485.The data item is not applicable3,570
BridgendCentral South Wales957902,710.The data item is not applicable495.The data item is not applicable4,085
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales459702,625*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.525.The data item is not applicable4,165
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales901,3153,500.The data item is not applicable995.The data item is not applicable5,885
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales15290920.The data item is not applicable225.The data item is not applicable1,450
CaerphillySouth East Wales1401,1452,755.The data item is not applicable690.The data item is not applicable4,720
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales20400940*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.230.The data item is not applicable1,595
TorfaenSouth East Wales456101,470*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.275.The data item is not applicable2,390
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales304751,235*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.260.The data item is not applicable2,020
NewportSouth East Wales551,1552,805*Numbers greater than zero but less than five.540.The data item is not applicable4,555
CardiffCentral South Wales1352,5306,515201,090.The data item is not applicable10,255

Metadata

Title

Teachers by Pay Range

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

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

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

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 teachers' pay data are derived from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) returns in November each year. The returns are completed by local authorities and those schools which have opted-out of payroll and / or HR service level agreements with their local authority.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2019/20 onwards.

Users, uses and context

Information relating to pay (including average salary and distribution across pay ranges) are based on information submitted in the SWAC Pay, HR and Absences return. Records from this return were linked to the SWAC School return using the minimum data set to provide a breakdown by school sector (i.e. primary, secondary etc). Where no corresponding record was identified in the SWAC School return their sector has been recorded as ‘Other’.

Rounding applied

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

Keywords

SWAC; Teachers; Workforce; Pay

Statistical quality

The information collected from 2019 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.