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

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Data valuesData descriptionCategoryLocal Authority
33The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Newport
37The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2009/10Newport
51The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Newport
59The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Newport
61The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Merthyr Tydfil
84The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Newport
85The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2011/12Newport
87The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2011/12Newport
89The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Blaenau Gwent
109The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2010/11Newport
152The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Merthyr Tydfil
159The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2012/13Newport
274The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Ceredigion
302The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Blaenau Gwent
327The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Bridgend
442The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2021/22Ceredigion
461The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2013/14Newport
463The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Caerphilly
465The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2012/13Newport
562The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Bridgend
657The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Monmouthshire
681The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Vale of Glamorgan
686The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Merthyr Tydfil
688The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Caerphilly
691The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Ceredigion
696The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Bridgend
713The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Blaenau Gwent
725The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Blaenau Gwent
732The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Monmouthshire
736The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Monmouthshire
782The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Ceredigion
785The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2021/22Blaenau Gwent
795The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Powys
796The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Ceredigion
800The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Merthyr Tydfil
801The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Ceredigion
807The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Vale of Glamorgan
823The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Ceredigion
843The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2009/10Blaenau Gwent
844The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Torfaen
859The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Merthyr Tydfil
869The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Ceredigion
892The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2013/14Newport
894The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Blaenau Gwent
897The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2021/22Powys
898The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Denbighshire
907The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2014/15Newport
908The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Powys
912The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Torfaen
923The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2021/22Monmouthshire
936The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Denbighshire
946The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Monmouthshire
958The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Torfaen
960The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2013/14Ceredigion
960The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2016/17Ceredigion
972The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Denbighshire
976The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2012/13Blaenau Gwent
984The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Powys
985The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2011/12Monmouthshire
989The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2020/21Isle of Anglesey
992The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Powys
995The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2015/16Ceredigion
1,004The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2021/22Ceredigion
1,008The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Bridgend
1,009The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Torfaen
1,009The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Powys
1,011The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Powys
1,013The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2020/21Monmouthshire
1,019The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2011/12Blaenau Gwent
1,022The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Denbighshire
1,024The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2017/18Ceredigion
1,036The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Gwynedd
1,038The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Isle of Anglesey
1,040The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2019/20Ceredigion
1,045The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Monmouthshire
1,046The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2014/15Ceredigion
1,074The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2011/12Denbighshire
1,085The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Torfaen
1,091The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Isle of Anglesey
1,094The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2022/23Denbighshire
1,095The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Isle of Anglesey
1,096The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Ceredigion
1,097The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2009/10Monmouthshire
1,108The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2021/22Denbighshire
1,112The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2023/24Monmouthshire
1,113The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2010/11Blaenau Gwent
1,117The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2019/20Powys
1,120The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Isle of Anglesey
1,122The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Ceredigion
1,134The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2010/11Vale of Glamorgan
1,136The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2018/19Ceredigion
1,136The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2012/13Merthyr Tydfil
1,139The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Blaenau Gwent
1,149The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2024/25Monmouthshire
1,155The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2009/10Gwynedd
1,159The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2019/20Ceredigion
1,171The number of pupils who took at least one Free Breakfast in the week prior to census day2008/09Monmouthshire
1,179The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2012/13Monmouthshire
1,180The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2008/09Neath Port Talbot
1,180The number of pupils who took a free breakfast on census day2011/12Isle of Anglesey
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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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school.stats@gov.wales

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