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
0Number of pupils2021/22CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2021/22TorfaenPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25GwyneddPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0Number of pupils2021/22MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2021/22DenbighshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22FlintshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25ConwyPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0Number of pupils2021/22TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22CaerphillySecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0Number of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2021/22TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0Number of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0Number of pupils2021/22Merthyr TydfilSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0Number of pupils2021/22SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25Merthyr TydfilPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0Number of pupils2021/22MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22Merthyr TydfilPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25Blaenau GwentSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0Number of pupils2021/22Rhondda Cynon TafSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22TorfaenSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22TorfaenPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22CarmarthenshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22PowysSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25ConwyPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Rhondda Cynon TafSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25GwyneddPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Neath Port TalbotPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22PembrokeshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22CaerphillySecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Merthyr TydfilPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Merthyr TydfilSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25Rhondda Cynon TafPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2022/23CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25Merthyr TydfilPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25Blaenau GwentSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22FlintshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22MonmouthshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22MonmouthshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22DenbighshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action Plus
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.0Percentage of pupils2024/25NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School Action
0.0Percentage of pupils2021/22Blaenau GwentPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2022/23BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2021/22NewportSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - School maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2022/23FlintshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2022/23SwanseaSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25DenbighshirePrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.1Percentage of pupils2024/25GwyneddSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Statemented
0.1Percentage of pupils2023/24CardiffPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2023/24CardiffSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2022/23FlintshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2023/24BridgendPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2023/24CaerphillyPrimary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2021/22BridgendSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2022/23CarmarthenshireSecondary schoolsAdditional learning or special educational needs - Local authority maintained Individual Development Plan
0.1Percentage of pupils2023/24WrexhamPrimary schoolsAdditional 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.

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

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