Maintained schools and pupils by local authority, type of school and year

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

Data values	Data description	Year	Local Authority	School Type
21,632	Number of pupils	2006/07	Neath Port Talbot	All maintained schools
20,182	Number of pupils	2007/08	Powys	All maintained schools
11,404	Number of pupils	2005/06	Blaenau Gwent	All maintained schools
35,705	Number of pupils	2006/07	Swansea	All maintained schools
479,370 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All maintained schools
18,916	Number of pupils	2007/08	Wrexham	All maintained schools
19,453	Number of pupils	2005/06	Pembrokeshire	All maintained schools
30,486	Number of pupils	2005/06	Caerphilly	All maintained schools
16,734	Number of pupils	2006/07	Conwy	All maintained schools
27,480	Number of pupils	2006/07	Carmarthenshire	All maintained schools
16,443	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All maintained schools
49,765	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All maintained schools
16,477	Number of pupils	2007/08	Conwy	All maintained schools
24,345	Number of pupils	2007/08	Flintshire	All maintained schools
24,900	Number of pupils	2004/05	Newport	All maintained schools
10,351	Number of pupils	2005/06	Ceredigion	All maintained schools
22,143	Number of pupils	2005/06	Neath Port Talbot	All maintained schools
9,956	Number of pupils	2005/06	Merthyr Tydfil	All maintained schools
24,799	Number of pupils	2005/06	Newport	All maintained schools
18,045	Number of pupils	2006/07	Gwynedd	All maintained schools
19,005	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wrexham	All maintained schools
19,204	Number of pupils	2006/07	Pembrokeshire	All maintained schools
9,822	Number of pupils	2006/07	Merthyr Tydfil	All maintained schools
11,195	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All maintained schools
12,593	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All maintained schools
24,534	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All maintained schools
16,581	Number of pupils	2005/06	Denbighshire	All maintained schools
9,802	Number of pupils	2007/08	Isle of Anglesey	All maintained schools
16,236	Number of pupils	2007/08	Denbighshire	All maintained schools
17,772	Number of pupils	2007/08	Gwynedd	All maintained schools
22,704	Number of pupils	2004/05	Bridgend	All maintained schools
9,998	Number of pupils	2004/05	Merthyr Tydfil	All maintained schools
20,189	Number of pupils	2005/06	Powys	All maintained schools
22,513	Number of pupils	2004/05	Neath Port Talbot	All maintained schools
27,654	Number of pupils	2005/06	Carmarthenshire	All maintained schools
36,094	Number of pupils	2005/06	Swansea	All maintained schools
22,741	Number of pupils	2005/06	Bridgend	All maintained schools
41,341	Number of pupils	2005/06	Rhondda Cynon Taf	All maintained schools
19,584	Number of pupils	2004/05	Pembrokeshire	All maintained schools
12,923	Number of pupils	2005/06	Monmouthshire	All maintained schools
50,254	Number of pupils	2005/06	Cardiff	All maintained schools
9,959	Number of pupils	2006/07	Isle of Anglesey	All maintained schools
13,108	Number of pupils	2004/05	Monmouthshire	All maintained schools
24,557	Number of pupils	2006/07	Flintshire	All maintained schools
18,426	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	All maintained schools
10,266	Number of pupils	2006/07	Ceredigion	All maintained schools
50,810	Number of pupils	2004/05	Cardiff	All maintained schools
40,853	Number of pupils	2006/07	Rhondda Cynon Taf	All maintained schools
29,990	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All maintained schools
20,779	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	All maintained schools
16,793	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	All maintained schools
10,192	Number of pupils	2005/06	Isle of Anglesey	All maintained schools
16,810	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	All maintained schools
24,982	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	All maintained schools
18,553	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	All maintained schools
10,590	Number of pupils	2003/04	Ceredigion	All maintained schools
10,256	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	All maintained schools
18,251	Number of pupils	2005/06	Gwynedd	All maintained schools
11,740	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	All maintained schools
25,118	Number of pupils	2004/05	Flintshire	All maintained schools
51,546	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	All maintained schools
17,203	Number of pupils	2005/06	Conwy	All maintained schools
19,667	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	All maintained schools
36,448	Number of pupils	2004/05	Swansea	All maintained schools
19,187	Number of pupils	2004/05	Wrexham	All maintained schools
10,440	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	All maintained schools
24,790	Number of pupils	2005/06	Flintshire	All maintained schools
19,054	Number of pupils	2005/06	Wrexham	All maintained schools
25,505	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	All maintained schools
17,532	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	All maintained schools
20,393	Number of pupils	2004/05	Powys	All maintained schools
27,973	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	All maintained schools
17,088	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	All maintained schools
22,239	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	All maintained schools
494,161 [t]	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wales	All maintained schools
41,842	Number of pupils	2004/05	Rhondda Cynon Taf	All maintained schools
21,990	Number of pupils	2005/06	Vale of Glamorgan	All maintained schools
22,246	Number of pupils	2004/05	Vale of Glamorgan	All maintained schools
17,666	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	All maintained schools
36,520	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	All maintained schools
11,595	Number of pupils	2004/05	Blaenau Gwent	All maintained schools
16,697	Number of pupils	2005/06	Torfaen	All maintained schools
10,621	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	All maintained schools
10,547	Number of pupils	2004/05	Ceredigion	All maintained schools
30,942	Number of pupils	2004/05	Caerphilly	All maintained schools
484,546 [t]	Number of pupils	2005/06	Wales	All maintained schools
22,750	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	All maintained schools
19,314	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	All maintained schools
42,303	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	All maintained schools
16,454	Number of pupils	2006/07	Denbighshire	All maintained schools
31,323	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	All maintained schools
13,175	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	All maintained schools
17,044	Number of pupils	2004/05	Torfaen	All maintained schools
20,437	Number of pupils	2006/07	Powys	All maintained schools
22,761	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	All maintained schools
27,700	Number of pupils	2004/05	Carmarthenshire	All maintained schools
22,623	Number of pupils	2006/07	Bridgend	All maintained schools
22,074	Number of pupils	2006/07	Vale of Glamorgan	All maintained schools
489,870 [t]	Number of pupils	2004/05	Wales	All maintained schools
10,122	Number of pupils	2007/08	Ceredigion	All maintained 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 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.

• Related reports:
  • Schools' census results

Published by

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

Metadata

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