Maintained schools and pupils by local authority, Welsh medium type and year (up to 2023/24)

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local Authority	Sector	Welsh Medium Type
10,852	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
10,852	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Secondary schools	All schools
89	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
89	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Special schools	All schools
387	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
13,527	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
10,852	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
216	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
24,982	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	All schools
321	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
321	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Nursery schools	All schools
2,907	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
390	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
25,372	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
28,669	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Primary schools	All schools
1,833	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
20,262	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
22,095	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Secondary schools	All schools
461	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
461	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Special schools	All schools
2,907	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
390	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
25,372	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
1,833	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
20,262	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
782	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
51,546	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	All schools
783 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
783 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Nursery schools	All schools
51,131 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
8,930 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
213,900 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
273,961 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Primary schools	All schools
40,169 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
175,440 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
215,609 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Secondary schools	All schools
3,808 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
3,808 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Special schools	All schools
51,131 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
8,930 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
213,900 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
40,169 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
175,440 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
4,591 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
494,161 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	All schools
4,201	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
440	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
974	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
5,615	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	All schools
3,834	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
915	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
4,749	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	All schools
76	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
76	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	All schools
4,201	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
440	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
974	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
3,834	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
915	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
76	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
10,440	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	All schools
9,881	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
355	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
30	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
10,266	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Primary schools	All schools
6,762	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
1,261	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
8,023	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	All schools
137	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
137	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Special schools	All schools
9,881	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
355	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
30	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
6,762	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
1,261	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
137	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
18,426	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All schools	All schools
2,640	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,813	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
9,453	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Primary schools	All schools
1,407	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
6,492	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
7,899	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Secondary schools	All schools
180	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
180	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Special schools	All schools
2,640	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,813	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
1,407	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
6,492	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
180	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
17,532	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All schools	All schools
1,730	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
450	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
6,463	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
8,643	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Primary schools	All schools
2,010	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
5,877	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
7,887	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	All schools
263	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
263	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Special schools	All schools

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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 2003 to August 2024

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.

• Related reports:
  • Schools' census results

Published by

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

Metadata

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