Pupil Level Annual School Census summary data by local authority (pupils aged 5 to 15 in primary, middle or secondary schools)

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [t] = total, [z] = not applicable.

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal authoritySectorComponent
0.3Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.1Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.1Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
2.4Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.4Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.9Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsMale
49.1Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsFemale
21.1Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
1.7Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.7Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.9Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.5Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
6.6Percentage of pupils2024/25TorfaenSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.2Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsMale
48.8Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsFemale
11.6Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
3.2Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
2.4Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.5Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
3.8Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.1Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
2.2Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
10.1Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAll pupils
52.2Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsMale
47.8Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsFemale
14.2Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
4.5Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
3.7Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
1.5Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
2.7Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.7Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
2.3Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.4Percentage of pupils2024/25MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAll pupils
50.4Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsMale
49.6Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsFemale
21.8Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.7Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
3.7Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.2Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
17.3Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
34.6Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.9Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsMale
49.1Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsFemale
20.8Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.6Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.2Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
13.4Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
31.9Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAll pupils
50.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsMale
49.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsFemale
26.9Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
20.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
40.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAll pupils
51.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsMale
48.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsFemale
27.2Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
8.2Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
38.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAll pupils
50.8 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsMale
49.2 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsFemale
21.7 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
1.3 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
1.0 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.2 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.4 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
7.4 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
16.0 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.8 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsMale
49.2 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsFemale
20.1 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
1.5 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.8 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4 [t]Percentage of pupils2024/25WalesSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
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Main information

Most recent update
18 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 2018 to August 2025

Data notes

Revisions
  • 18 September 2025
  • 4 September 2025
Rounding applied

Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.

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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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
school.stats@gov.wales

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