Pupil Level Annual School Census summary data by local authority (pupils aged 5 to 15 in primary, middle or secondary schools)

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [t] = total, [z] = not applicable.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local authority	Sector	Component
[c]	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
312	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
712	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
7,993	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	All pupils
4,112	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Male
3,881	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Female
1,571	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
395	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
150	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
75	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
275	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
10	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
83	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
500	Number of pupils	2021/22	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
9,598	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	All pupils
4,854	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Male
4,744	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Female
1,628	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
395	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
410	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
50	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
140	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
30	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
286	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
1,091	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
8,354	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	All pupils
4,239	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Male
4,115	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Female
1,140	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
550	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
260	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
60	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
225	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
5	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
163	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
1,118	Number of pupils	2021/22	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
15,055	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	All pupils
7,598	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Male
7,457	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Female
3,919	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
155	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
350	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
315	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
40	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
10	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
331	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
965	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
15,566	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	All pupils
7,809	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Male
7,757	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Female
3,297	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
130	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
185	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
310	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
10	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
100	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
866	Number of pupils	2021/22	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
4,322	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	All pupils
2,166	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Male
2,156	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Female
1,019	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
165	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
320	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
50	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
20	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
243	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
415	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,045	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	All pupils
1,571	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Male
1,474	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Female
658	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
180	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
270	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
55	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
[c]	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
50	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
283	Number of pupils	2021/22	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
12,222	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	All pupils
6,185	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Male
6,037	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Female
3,065	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
940	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
840	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
205	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
25	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
[c]	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
157	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	English as an additional language (A, B or C)
597	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
10,256	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	All pupils
5,254	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Male
5,002	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Female
2,390	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Eligible for free school meals (3 year average)
900	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action
605	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
245	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
15	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0	Number of pupils	2021/22	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Additional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan

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Main information

• Most recent update: 18 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 2018 to August 2025

Data notes

• Revisions:
  • 18 September 2025
  • 4 September 2025
• Rounding applied:

  Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.

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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