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
1.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.1Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.4Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
9.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAll pupils
51.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsMale
48.7Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsFemale
17.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.3Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.5Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.6Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.8Percentage of pupils2024/25CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.0Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsMale
49.0Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsFemale
23.2Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.6Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.9Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.7Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.1Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
12.1Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
22.8Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAll pupils
51.5Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsMale
48.5Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsFemale
21.4Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
1.3Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.5Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.5Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.6Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.7Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
6.4Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
19.9Percentage of pupils2024/25SwanseaSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsMale
48.8Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsFemale
28.5Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.8Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
2.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
5.9Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
3.1Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.8Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsMale
49.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsFemale
23.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.8Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.4Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
2.4Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.5Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
2.1Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
7.5Percentage of pupils2024/25Neath Port TalbotSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAll pupils
51.1Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsMale
48.9Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsFemale
25.1Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
2.2Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.9Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.9Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.3Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.3Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.6Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAll pupils
51.5Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsMale
48.5Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsFemale
22.4Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.9Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.7Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
4.2Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.6Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
1.6Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
8.0Percentage of pupils2024/25BridgendSecondary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAll pupils
49.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsMale
50.3Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsFemale
16.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
6.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
1.0Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
3.7Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsEnglish as an additional language (A, B or C)
13.4Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganPrimary schoolsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic
[z]Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsAll pupils
50.8Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsMale
49.2Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsFemale
15.5Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsEligible for free school meals (3 year average)
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25Vale of GlamorganSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
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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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