Pupils in maintained schools receiving free breakfasts by local authority, category and year

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Data valuesData descriptionCategoryLocal Authority
2,036The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Flintshire
77,270 [t]The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Wales
2,180The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Torfaen
1,383The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Denbighshire
2,037The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Wrexham
5,734The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Carmarthenshire
4,861The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Rhondda Cynon Taf
2,426The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Gwynedd
2,956The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Pembrokeshire
3,203The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Bridgend
1,481The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Isle of Anglesey
2,087The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Conwy
2,706The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Torfaen
1,899The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Monmouthshire
3,569The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Caerphilly
2,371The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Vale of Glamorgan
1,905The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Isle of Anglesey
4,338The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Carmarthenshire
1,846The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Merthyr Tydfil
57,014 [t]The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Wales
3,082The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Wrexham
3,930The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Neath Port Talbot
3,828The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Pembrokeshire
8,018The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Cardiff
908The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Powys
2,022The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Gwynedd
4,465The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Caerphilly
2,307The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Blaenau Gwent
2,238The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Merthyr Tydfil
3,949The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Newport
7,208The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Rhondda Cynon Taf
1,149The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Monmouthshire
3,094The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Newport
2,776The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Conwy
2,287The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Denbighshire
4,835The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Swansea
2,807The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Neath Port Talbot
6,034The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Cardiff
3,141The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Vale of Glamorgan
796The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Ceredigion
1,493The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Powys
2,471The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Bridgend
2,858The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Flintshire
1,753The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Blaenau Gwent
1,318The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Ceredigion
6,499The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2024/25Swansea
2,049The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Denbighshire
2,212The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Gwynedd
2,576The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Flintshire
2,161The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Wrexham
1,315The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Denbighshire
1,992The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Isle of Anglesey
2,915The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Wrexham
1,523The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Isle of Anglesey
1,814The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Gwynedd
1,486The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Powys
984The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Powys
2,245The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Conwy
1,961The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Flintshire
2,123The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Torfaen
1,112The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Monmouthshire
2,769The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Conwy
3,629The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Caerphilly
75,446 [t]The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Wales
1,874The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Merthyr Tydfil
2,879The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Newport
5,675The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Cardiff
2,703The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Torfaen
4,182The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Carmarthenshire
1,714The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Monmouthshire
869The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Ceredigion
2,659The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Vale of Glamorgan
2,722The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Pembrokeshire
4,255The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Caerphilly
2,005The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Blaenau Gwent
2,297The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Bridgend
2,913The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Neath Port Talbot
4,532The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Swansea
4,324The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Newport
3,151The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Bridgend
56,587 [t]The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Wales
3,231The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Vale of Glamorgan
5,942The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Swansea
3,725The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Neath Port Talbot
7,786The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Rhondda Cynon Taf
1,451The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Blaenau Gwent
1,506The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Ceredigion
3,646The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Pembrokeshire
5,667The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Rhondda Cynon Taf
5,529The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Carmarthenshire
2,262The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Merthyr Tydfil
7,668The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2023/24Cardiff
51,613 [t]The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Wales
5,457The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Cardiff
1,045The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Monmouthshire
2,119The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Torfaen
2,625The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Newport
1,580The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Merthyr Tydfil
1,988The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Conwy
1,094The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Denbighshire
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Main information

Most recent update
24 September 2025
Next update expected
July 2026
Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Government
Data source
Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC)
Time period covered
September 2008 to August 2025

Data notes

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

Data from the annual School Census which collects information on schools, pupils, classes, ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, additional learning needs and special educational needs.

Data collection or calculation

The data in this report is collected by the Welsh Government from local authority maintained schools in a return called the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC). PLASC is an electronic collection of pupil and school level data. Schools record data on pupils and the school throughout the year in their Management Information System (MIS) software. This data is collated into an electronic PLASC return and submitted to the Welsh Government through DEWI, a secure online data transfer system developed by the Welsh Government. Various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making and funding.

Statistical quality

The returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by local authorities.

The school census date is usually in January. Due to the level of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in January 2022, the 2022 census date was delayed to 15 February 2022. School closures between December 2020 and March 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic meant that the 2021 census date was delayed to 20 April 2021.

Pupils are eligible for free school meals if their parents or guardians are in receipt of certain means-tested benefits or support payments. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may have impacted on the quality of this data and may have resulted in over recording of this data in 2020 to 2022. These figures do not include pupils who only receive free school meals due to the universal primary free school meal policy.

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Contact email
school.stats@gov.wales

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