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.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local authority	Sector	Component
3,538	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
6,203	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Female
2,561	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
7,697	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Female
2,176	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Male
6,398	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Male
16,343	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	All pupils
1,417	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
5,237	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	Male
7,777	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Male
798	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
4,314	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	All pupils
398	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
12,601	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Primary schools	All pupils
456	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,003	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
7,857	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	Female
3,375	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
2,070	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
10,095	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	All pupils
667	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
15,474	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	All pupils
219	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
6,939	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	All pupils
3,478	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	Male
7,190	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	All pupils
2,138	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Female
223	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
2,261	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Female
3,524	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Female
953	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
169	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
6,202	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Male
375	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
8,486	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	Male
6,343	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	All pupils
3,229	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Male
2,301	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Male
8,819	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	All pupils
4,227	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Female
168	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
567	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
4,858	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	Female
285	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
4,807	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Female
1,057	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
4,562	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	All pupils
10,674	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	All pupils
5,464	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	Male
5,210	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	Female
1,721	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
599	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
997	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,461	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	Female
1,197	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
3,666	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Male
248	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
856	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
498	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
9,927	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	All pupils
5,021	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	Male
4,906	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	Female
1,762	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
835	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
1,260	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
702	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
181	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
12,224	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	All pupils
6,022	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Female
2,065	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
384	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
7,396	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	All pupils
3,759	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	Male
3,637	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	Female
848	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
213	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
481	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,114	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Female
1,213	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
19	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
173	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
4,592	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Male
351	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,388	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	All pupils
1,692	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Male
1,696	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Female
399	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
114	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
279	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,901	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
9,801	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	All pupils
4,994	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Male
1,254	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
325	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
188	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
7,484	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	All pupils
3,754	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Male
3,730	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Female
1,284	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
2,578	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)

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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.

• Related reports:
  • Schools' census results

Published by

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

Metadata

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