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.

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal authoritySectorComponent
17.4Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
1.4Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.3Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.6Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.0Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.9Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
2.7Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
10.1Percentage of pupils2024/25FlintshireSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAll pupils
50.7Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsMale
49.3Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsFemale
22.6Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
10.2Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
17.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.7Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsMale
49.3Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsFemale
20.3Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.2Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.3Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.1Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
16.2Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.8Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsMale
48.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsFemale
13.8Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
3.4Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
7.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
2.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAll pupils
51.1Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsMale
48.9Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsFemale
12.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
6.4Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
1.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.1Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.9Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PowysSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAll pupils
50.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsMale
50.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsFemale
15.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
8.6Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.9Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
9.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.9Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsMale
49.1Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsFemale
16.4Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.9Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.6Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
9.9Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.4Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsMale
48.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsFemale
17.9Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
4.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
3.1Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
2.3Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
3.4Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
2.8Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
9.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAll pupils
49.7Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsMale
50.3Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsFemale
15.9Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
3.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
1.6Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
3.5Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.2Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
7.3Percentage of pupils2024/25PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.2Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsMale
48.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsFemale
18.6Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
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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.

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

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