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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Teaching / working through the medium of Welsh by local authority
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Click here to sortTeaching/working in Welsh in current postTeaching/Working through the medium of Welsh in current postClick here to sortAble to teach/work in Welsh but not doing so in current postAble to teach/work through the medium of Welsh but not doing so in current postClick here to sortUnable to teach/work in WelshNot able to teach/work through the medium of WelshClick here to sortTeaching Welsh as a subject onlyTeaching Welsh as a subject only (*for teachers teaching up to NC year 6 only)Click here to sortUnknown
[Collapse]WalesThere are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.6,6101,62010,3207,895.The data item is not applicable26,445
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 Wales5052030*Numbers greater than zero but less than five..The data item is not applicable560
GwyneddNorth Wales9603065.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,055
ConwyNorth Wales370120380110.The data item is not applicable980
DenbighshireNorth Wales29060315255.The data item is not applicable920
FlintshireNorth Wales120105600535.The data item is not applicable1,360
WrexhamNorth Wales16580395460.The data item is not applicable1,105
PowysSouth West and Mid Wales23585470310.The data item is not applicable1,105
CeredigionSouth West and Mid Wales440759025.The data item is not applicable625
PembrokeshireSouth West and Mid Wales23060385300.The data item is not applicable980
CarmarthenshireSouth West and Mid Wales810165380225.The data item is not applicable1,585
SwanseaSouth West and Mid Wales315125790750.The data item is not applicable1,975
Neath Port TalbotSouth West and Mid Wales21565430405.The data item is not applicable1,110
BridgendCentral South Wales14065745335.The data item is not applicable1,290
Vale of GlamorganCentral South Wales19070640460.The data item is not applicable1,360
Rhondda Cynon TafCentral South Wales430130865590.The data item is not applicable2,015
Merthyr TydfilCentral South Wales5535175210.The data item is not applicable470
CaerphillySouth East Wales29090630455.The data item is not applicable1,465
Blaenau GwentSouth East Wales3025310145.The data item is not applicable510
TorfaenSouth East Wales12535310280.The data item is not applicable750
MonmouthshireSouth East Wales4010335255.The data item is not applicable640
NewportSouth East Wales11050740540.The data item is not applicable1,440
CardiffCentral South Wales5601151,2451,245.The data item is not applicable3,165

Metadata

Title

Teachers teaching / working through the medium of Welsh by local authority, region and category

Last update

July 2023 July 2023

Next update

July 2024 (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. Teacher numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.


Statistical quality

The information collected for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 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; Teachers; Workforce; Welsh Language