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
92Number of pupils2011/12Torfaen
99Number of pupils2019/20Isle of Anglesey
101Number of pupils2018/19Isle of Anglesey
103Number of pupils2020/21Isle of Anglesey
104Number of pupils2021/22Isle of Anglesey
107Number of pupils2017/18Isle of Anglesey
116Number of pupils2016/17Isle of Anglesey
121Number of pupils2011/12Monmouthshire
122Number of pupils2022/23Isle of Anglesey
126Number of pupils2012/13Monmouthshire
128Number of pupils2013/14Monmouthshire
128Number of pupils2014/15Monmouthshire
129Number of pupils2023/24Isle of Anglesey
135Number of pupils2011/12Blaenau Gwent
141Number of pupils2024/25Isle of Anglesey
142Number of pupils2015/16Monmouthshire
142Number of pupils2011/12Caerphilly
148Number of pupils2015/16Isle of Anglesey
151Number of pupils2012/13Blaenau Gwent
152Number of pupils2016/17Monmouthshire
158Number of pupils2012/13Torfaen
163Number of pupils2013/14Blaenau Gwent
164Number of pupils2018/19Monmouthshire
165Number of pupils2017/18Monmouthshire
169Number of pupils2013/14Torfaen
171Number of pupils2012/13Caerphilly
180Number of pupils2014/15Blaenau Gwent
181Number of pupils2014/15Torfaen
186Number of pupils2015/16Blaenau Gwent
194Number of pupils2015/16Torfaen
195Number of pupils2016/17Blaenau Gwent
202Number of pupils2013/14Caerphilly
210Number of pupils2019/20Monmouthshire
210Number of pupils2017/18Blaenau Gwent
214Number of pupils2020/21Monmouthshire
216Number of pupils2021/22Monmouthshire
216Number of pupils2014/15Isle of Anglesey
219Number of pupils2016/17Torfaen
222Number of pupils2020/21Blaenau Gwent
225Number of pupils2018/19Blaenau Gwent
235Number of pupils2019/20Blaenau Gwent
240Number of pupils2017/18Torfaen
245Number of pupils2011/12Conwy
245Number of pupils2011/12Ceredigion
247Number of pupils2021/22Torfaen
250Number of pupils2021/22Blaenau Gwent
251Number of pupils2014/15Caerphilly
258Number of pupils2011/12Gwynedd
259Number of pupils2012/13Ceredigion
260Number of pupils2018/19Torfaen
261Number of pupils2020/21Torfaen
268Number of pupils2012/13Conwy
269Number of pupils2019/20Torfaen
281Number of pupils2011/12Pembrokeshire
282Number of pupils2013/14Conwy
288Number of pupils2012/13Pembrokeshire
291Number of pupils2013/14Isle of Anglesey
293Number of pupils2015/16Caerphilly
298Number of pupils2022/23Torfaen
300Number of pupils2013/14Ceredigion
302Number of pupils2022/23Blaenau Gwent
309Number of pupils2011/12Powys
313Number of pupils2014/15Conwy
316Number of pupils2014/15Ceredigion
322Number of pupils2015/16Conwy
323Number of pupils2023/24Monmouthshire
328Number of pupils2016/17Caerphilly
328Number of pupils2012/13Gwynedd
333Number of pupils2013/14Pembrokeshire
334Number of pupils2011/12Denbighshire
334Number of pupils2023/24Torfaen
336Number of pupils2020/21Pembrokeshire
336Number of pupils2019/20Pembrokeshire
336Number of pupils2021/22Pembrokeshire
338Number of pupils2015/16Pembrokeshire
343Number of pupils2011/12Flintshire
344Number of pupils2016/17Pembrokeshire
344Number of pupils2018/19Pembrokeshire
344Number of pupils2023/24Blaenau Gwent
345Number of pupils2011/12Merthyr Tydfil
352Number of pupils2012/13Merthyr Tydfil
352Number of pupils2014/15Pembrokeshire
353Number of pupils2012/13Isle of Anglesey
354Number of pupils2017/18Pembrokeshire
355Number of pupils2011/12Rhondda Cynon Taf
355Number of pupils2011/12Bridgend
361Number of pupils2016/17Conwy
364Number of pupils2012/13Powys
366Number of pupils2011/12Neath Port Talbot
369Number of pupils2024/25Torfaen
370Number of pupils2012/13Denbighshire
370Number of pupils2022/23Monmouthshire
378Number of pupils2017/18Conwy
378Number of pupils2012/13Neath Port Talbot
378Number of pupils2024/25Monmouthshire
379Number of pupils2013/14Powys
383Number of pupils2017/18Caerphilly
383Number of pupils2015/16Ceredigion
388Number of pupils2013/14Merthyr Tydfil
390Number of pupils2018/19Conwy
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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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