Maintained schools and pupils by local authority, sector, school language and year, from 2024/25

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal authoritySectorSchool language
1,034Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
4,117 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAll schools
1,248Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionMiddle schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
967Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionMiddle schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
2,215 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionMiddle schoolsAll schools
1,774Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
1,120Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
2,894 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAll schools
6,105 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
2,001 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionAll schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
1,120 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
9,226 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionAll schoolsAll schools
1,448Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
535Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
6,897Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
8,880 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAll schools
1,839Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireMiddle schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
606Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireMiddle schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
2,445 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireMiddle schoolsAll schools
574Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
4,773Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
5,347 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAll schools
187Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSpecial schoolsNot applicable
187 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSpecial schoolsAll schools
3,287 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
1,109 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireAll schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
12,276 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
187 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireAll schoolsNot applicable
16,859 [t]Number of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireAll schoolsAll schools
81Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireNursery schoolsNot applicable
81 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireNursery schoolsAll schools
7,657Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
2,524Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
4,705Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
14,886 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAll schools
3,266Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
5,076Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
3,180Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
11,522 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAll schools
127Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSpecial schoolsNot applicable
127 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSpecial schoolsAll schools
10,923 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
7,600 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireAll schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
7,885 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
208 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireAll schoolsNot applicable
26,616 [t]Number of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireAll schoolsAll schools
2,964Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
17,894Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
20,858 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAll schools
2,000Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
12,919Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
14,919 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAll schools
230Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaSpecial schoolsNot applicable
230 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaSpecial schoolsAll schools
4,964 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
30,813 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
230 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaAll schoolsNot applicable
36,007 [t]Number of pupils2024/25SwanseaAll schoolsAll schools
2,031Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
9,010Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
11,041 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAll schools
1,557Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotMiddle schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
2,822Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotMiddle schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
4,379 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotMiddle schoolsAll schools
4,578Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
4,578 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAll schools
300Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSpecial schoolsNot applicable
300 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSpecial schoolsAll schools
3,588 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
16,410 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
300 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotAll schoolsNot applicable
20,298 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotAll schoolsAll schools
980Number of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
11,272Number of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
12,252 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAll schools
703Number of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
8,959Number of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
9,662 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAll schools
450Number of pupils2024/25BridgendSpecial schoolsNot applicable
450 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendSpecial schoolsAll schools
1,683 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
20,231 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
450 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendAll schoolsNot applicable
22,364 [t]Number of pupils2024/25BridgendAll schoolsAll schools
1,723Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
10,532Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
12,255 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAll schools
1,431Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganMiddle schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
1,559Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganMiddle schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
2,990 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganMiddle schoolsAll schools
7,098Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
7,098 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsAll schools
523Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSpecial schoolsNot applicable
523 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSpecial schoolsAll schools
3,154 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganAll schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
19,189 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganAll schoolsEnglish medium school / provision
523 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganAll schoolsNot applicable
22,866 [t]Number of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganAll schoolsAll schools
3,302Number of pupils2024/25Rhondda Cynon TafPrimary schoolsWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
510Number of pupils2024/25Rhondda Cynon TafPrimary schoolsDual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)
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Main information

Most recent update
26 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 2024 to August 2025

Data notes

Revisions
  • 26 September 2025
  • 18 September 2025

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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