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
89	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Special schools	All schools
4,749	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	All schools
11,740	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	All schools
10,852	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Secondary schools	All schools
461	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Special schools	All schools
5,615	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	All schools
13,369	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	All schools
55	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	Special schools	All schools
75	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	Special schools	All schools
13,914	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Primary schools	All schools
321	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Nursery schools	All schools
22,095	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Secondary schools	All schools
783 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Nursery schools	All schools
494,161 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All schools	All schools
22,761	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	All schools	All schools
17,821	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	Primary schools	All schools
20,923	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	Primary schools	All schools
4,856	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	All schools
22,239	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	All schools	All schools
8,171	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	Secondary schools	All schools
5,779	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	All schools
127	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Nursery schools	All schools
24,982	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All schools	All schools
19,222	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	All schools
42,303	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	All schools	All schools
28,669	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Primary schools	All schools
4,483	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	All schools
51,546	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All schools	All schools
145	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	Special schools	All schools
3,808 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Special schools	All schools
8,629	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	All schools
9,983	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	Secondary schools	All schools
9,472	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	All schools
22,703	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	All schools
75	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	Special schools	All schools
27,973	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	All schools	All schools
31,323	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	All schools	All schools
6,829	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	All schools
12,315	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	All schools
76	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Nursery schools	All schools
129	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	Nursery schools	All schools
8,842	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	Primary schools	All schools
17,088	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	All schools	All schools
7,335	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	All schools
36,520	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	All schools	All schools
13,175	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	All schools	All schools
10,963	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	All schools
10,256	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	All schools	All schools
140	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	Special schools	All schools
10,590	Number of pupils	2003/04	Ceredigion	All schools	All schools
8,731	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	Primary schools	All schools
12,546	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	All schools
378	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Special schools	All schools
7,799	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	All schools
4,843	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	All schools
280	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	Special schools	All schools
12,420	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	Primary schools	All schools
20,779	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	All schools	All schools
22,750	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	All schools	All schools
121	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Special schools	All schools
273,961 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Primary schools	All schools
215,609 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	Secondary schools	All schools
16,810	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	All schools	All schools
18,553	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	All schools	All schools
10,621	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	All schools	All schools
14,440	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	Primary schools	All schools
5,694	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	All schools
15,230	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	All schools
10,806	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	Secondary schools	All schools
15,441	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	Secondary schools	All schools
259	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	Special schools	All schools
9,541	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	Primary schools	All schools
84	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	All schools
9,313	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	Secondary schools	All schools
358	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	Special schools	All schools
133	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	Special schools	All schools
25,505	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	All schools	All schools
7,938	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	Secondary schools	All schools
130	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Nursery schools	All schools
10,362	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	Primary schools	All schools
187	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	Special schools	All schools
182	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	Special schools	All schools
11,784	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Primary schools	All schools
5,380	Number of pupils	2003/04	Ceredigion	Primary schools	All schools
156	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	Special schools	All schools
7,175	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Secondary schools	All schools
9,576	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	All schools
225	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Special schools	All schools
5,210	Number of pupils	2003/04	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	All schools
13,153	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	All schools
8,051	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	All schools
19,667	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	All schools	All schools
219	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	Special schools	All schools
61	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	Special schools	All schools
19,314	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	All schools	All schools
17,666	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	All schools	All schools
125	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	Special schools	All schools
5,628	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	All schools
11,284	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	Primary schools	All schools
76	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	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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