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
189	Number of pupils	2019/20	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
365	Number of pupils	2020/21	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
357	Number of pupils	2019/20	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
201	Number of pupils	2019/20	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
25,949 [t]	Number of pupils	2019/20	Wales	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
368	Number of pupils	2020/21	Conwy	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,070	Number of pupils	2019/20	Flintshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
285	Number of pupils	2019/20	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
505	Number of pupils	2019/20	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
318	Number of pupils	2019/20	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,339	Number of pupils	2019/20	Newport	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
5,961	Number of pupils	2019/20	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
411	Number of pupils	2020/21	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
493	Number of pupils	2020/21	Conwy	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
327	Number of pupils	2019/20	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
452	Number of pupils	2019/20	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
718	Number of pupils	2019/20	Wrexham	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
384	Number of pupils	2019/20	Powys	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
703	Number of pupils	2019/20	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
587	Number of pupils	2019/20	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,025	Number of pupils	2019/20	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
576	Number of pupils	2019/20	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
371	Number of pupils	2019/20	Torfaen	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
238	Number of pupils	2019/20	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
9,023	Number of pupils	2019/20	Cardiff	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
25,635 [t]	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wales	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
18,225 [t]	Number of pupils	2019/20	Wales	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
143	Number of pupils	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
138	Number of pupils	2019/20	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
337	Number of pupils	2020/21	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
257	Number of pupils	2018/19	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
5,576	Number of pupils	2018/19	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
191	Number of pupils	2018/19	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
353	Number of pupils	2019/20	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
185	Number of pupils	2018/19	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,262	Number of pupils	2019/20	Wrexham	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
455	Number of pupils	2019/20	Powys	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
424	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
449	Number of pupils	2019/20	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,007	Number of pupils	2019/20	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
2,573	Number of pupils	2019/20	Swansea	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,762	Number of pupils	2019/20	Swansea	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
680	Number of pupils	2019/20	Bridgend	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,055	Number of pupils	2019/20	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
696	Number of pupils	2019/20	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
283	Number of pupils	2019/20	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
641	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
16,963 [t]	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wales	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
293	Number of pupils	2019/20	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
342	Number of pupils	2019/20	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
188	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
2,239	Number of pupils	2019/20	Newport	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
997	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,003	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
398	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
394	Number of pupils	2019/20	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
194	Number of pupils	2019/20	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
189	Number of pupils	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
476	Number of pupils	2018/19	Flintshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
498	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
486	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
258	Number of pupils	2018/19	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
657	Number of pupils	2018/19	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
667	Number of pupils	2018/19	Bridgend	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,260	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,057	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
315	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
567	Number of pupils	2018/19	Neath Port Talbot	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
514	Number of pupils	2019/20	Conwy	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
329	Number of pupils	2019/20	Conwy	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
641	Number of pupils	2018/19	Wrexham	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
315	Number of pupils	2018/19	Conwy	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
384	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
537	Number of pupils	2019/20	Flintshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
2,561	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
381	Number of pupils	2018/19	Torfaen	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
481	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
456	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
198	Number of pupils	2018/19	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,644	Number of pupils	2018/19	Swansea	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
798	Number of pupils	2018/19	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
327	Number of pupils	2019/20	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
340	Number of pupils	2018/19	Powys	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
351	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
319	Number of pupils	2018/19	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
304	Number of pupils	2018/19	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
3,275	Number of pupils	2018/19	Newport	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
8,937	Number of pupils	2018/19	Cardiff	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
279	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
444	Number of pupils	2019/20	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
813	Number of pupils	2019/20	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,007	Number of pupils	2018/19	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
2,053	Number of pupils	2018/19	Newport	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
406	Number of pupils	2019/20	Merthyr Tydfil	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
315	Number of pupils	2018/19	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
425	Number of pupils	2018/19	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
322	Number of pupils	2018/19	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
587	Number of pupils	2018/19	Caerphilly	Primary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
124	Number of pupils	2018/19	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
455	Number of pupils	2020/21	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Black, Asian and minority ethnic

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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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