Pupils in maintained schools aged 5 and over with a first language other than English or Welsh by local authority and year

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

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal Authority
258Number of pupils2011/12Gwynedd
245Number of pupils2011/12Conwy
334Number of pupils2011/12Denbighshire
343Number of pupils2011/12Flintshire
710Number of pupils2011/12Wrexham
309Number of pupils2011/12Powys
245Number of pupils2011/12Ceredigion
281Number of pupils2011/12Pembrokeshire
528Number of pupils2011/12Carmarthenshire
1,853Number of pupils2011/12Swansea
366Number of pupils2011/12Neath Port Talbot
355Number of pupils2011/12Bridgend
739Number of pupils2011/12Vale of Glamorgan
355Number of pupils2011/12Rhondda Cynon Taf
345Number of pupils2011/12Merthyr Tydfil
142Number of pupils2011/12Caerphilly
135Number of pupils2011/12Blaenau Gwent
92Number of pupils2011/12Torfaen
121Number of pupils2011/12Monmouthshire
2,399Number of pupils2011/12Newport
7,813Number of pupils2011/12Cardiff
18,402 [t]Number of pupils2011/12Wales
353Number of pupils2012/13Isle of Anglesey
328Number of pupils2012/13Gwynedd
268Number of pupils2012/13Conwy
370Number of pupils2012/13Denbighshire
432Number of pupils2012/13Flintshire
811Number of pupils2012/13Wrexham
364Number of pupils2012/13Powys
259Number of pupils2012/13Ceredigion
288Number of pupils2012/13Pembrokeshire
635Number of pupils2012/13Carmarthenshire
1,987Number of pupils2012/13Swansea
378Number of pupils2012/13Neath Port Talbot
409Number of pupils2012/13Bridgend
781Number of pupils2012/13Vale of Glamorgan
441Number of pupils2012/13Rhondda Cynon Taf
352Number of pupils2012/13Merthyr Tydfil
171Number of pupils2012/13Caerphilly
151Number of pupils2012/13Blaenau Gwent
158Number of pupils2012/13Torfaen
126Number of pupils2012/13Monmouthshire
2,658Number of pupils2012/13Newport
8,251Number of pupils2012/13Cardiff
19,971 [t]Number of pupils2012/13Wales
291Number of pupils2013/14Isle of Anglesey
409Number of pupils2013/14Gwynedd
282Number of pupils2013/14Conwy
405Number of pupils2013/14Denbighshire
547Number of pupils2013/14Flintshire
906Number of pupils2013/14Wrexham
379Number of pupils2013/14Powys
300Number of pupils2013/14Ceredigion
333Number of pupils2013/14Pembrokeshire
697Number of pupils2013/14Carmarthenshire
2,223Number of pupils2013/14Swansea
413Number of pupils2013/14Neath Port Talbot
451Number of pupils2013/14Bridgend
809Number of pupils2013/14Vale of Glamorgan
500Number of pupils2013/14Rhondda Cynon Taf
388Number of pupils2013/14Merthyr Tydfil
202Number of pupils2013/14Caerphilly
163Number of pupils2013/14Blaenau Gwent
169Number of pupils2013/14Torfaen
128Number of pupils2013/14Monmouthshire
2,963Number of pupils2013/14Newport
8,973Number of pupils2013/14Cardiff
21,931 [t]Number of pupils2013/14Wales
216Number of pupils2014/15Isle of Anglesey
431Number of pupils2014/15Gwynedd
313Number of pupils2014/15Conwy
414Number of pupils2014/15Denbighshire
655Number of pupils2014/15Flintshire
1,023Number of pupils2014/15Wrexham
409Number of pupils2014/15Powys
316Number of pupils2014/15Ceredigion
352Number of pupils2014/15Pembrokeshire
790Number of pupils2014/15Carmarthenshire
2,489Number of pupils2014/15Swansea
443Number of pupils2014/15Neath Port Talbot
486Number of pupils2014/15Bridgend
866Number of pupils2014/15Vale of Glamorgan
545Number of pupils2014/15Rhondda Cynon Taf
397Number of pupils2014/15Merthyr Tydfil
251Number of pupils2014/15Caerphilly
180Number of pupils2014/15Blaenau Gwent
181Number of pupils2014/15Torfaen
128Number of pupils2014/15Monmouthshire
3,151Number of pupils2014/15Newport
9,417Number of pupils2014/15Cardiff
23,453 [t]Number of pupils2014/15Wales
148Number of pupils2015/16Isle of Anglesey
434Number of pupils2015/16Gwynedd
322Number of pupils2015/16Conwy
414Number of pupils2015/16Denbighshire
753Number of pupils2015/16Flintshire
1,158Number of pupils2015/16Wrexham
453Number of pupils2015/16Powys
383Number of pupils2015/16Ceredigion
434Number of pupils2011/12Isle of Anglesey
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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 2011 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.

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

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