Pupils in maintained schools with additional learning or special educational needs by local authority, type of provision and year

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal AuthorityProvision
[c]Number of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2021/22SwanseaLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2024/25CardiffSchool Action
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22PowysLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22CeredigionLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2021/22Neath Port TalbotLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22CarmarthenshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2024/25WrexhamSchool Action Plus
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22DenbighshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2021/22CarmarthenshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2021/22PowysLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25WrexhamSchool Action Plus
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22Neath Port TalbotLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22SwanseaLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CardiffSchool Action
[c]Number of pupils2021/22DenbighshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2021/22PembrokeshireLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Number of pupils2021/22CeredigionLocal authority maintained individual development plan
[c]Percentage of pupils2024/25CeredigionSchool Action Plus
[c]Number of pupils2024/25CeredigionSchool Action Plus
105,625 [t]Number of pupils2017/18WalesAll Provisions
105,575 [t]Number of pupils2016/17WalesAll Provisions
105,305 [t]Number of pupils2013/14WalesAll Provisions
105,145 [t]Number of pupils2015/16WalesAll Provisions
104,955 [t]Number of pupils2014/15WalesAll Provisions
103,975 [t]Number of pupils2018/19WalesAll Provisions
103,790 [t]Number of pupils2012/13WalesAll Provisions
103,040 [t]Number of pupils2011/12WalesAll Provisions
99,930 [t]Number of pupils2010/11WalesAll Provisions
99,005 [t]Number of pupils2009/10WalesAll Provisions
97,550 [t]Number of pupils2019/20WalesAll Provisions
97,020 [t]Number of pupils2008/09WalesAll Provisions
96,395 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesAll Provisions
95,505 [t]Number of pupils2007/08WalesAll Provisions
95,200 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesAll Provisions
92,690 [t]Number of pupils2020/21WalesAll Provisions
91,670 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesAll Provisions
89,590 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesAll Provisions
74,660 [t]Number of pupils2021/22WalesAll Provisions
63,090 [t]Number of pupils2022/23WalesAll Provisions
59,500 [t]Number of pupils2015/16WalesSchool Action
59,265 [t]Number of pupils2016/17WalesSchool Action
59,245 [t]Number of pupils2014/15WalesSchool Action
58,145 [t]Number of pupils2013/14WalesSchool Action
57,935 [t]Number of pupils2017/18WalesSchool Action
56,510 [t]Number of pupils2011/12WalesSchool Action
56,315 [t]Number of pupils2018/19WalesSchool Action
56,000 [t]Number of pupils2012/13WalesSchool Action
54,470 [t]Number of pupils2010/11WalesSchool Action
54,255 [t]Number of pupils2009/10WalesSchool Action
53,255 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesSchool Action
53,115 [t]Number of pupils2008/09WalesSchool Action
52,575 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesSchool Action
52,150 [t]Number of pupils2023/24WalesAll Provisions
51,520 [t]Number of pupils2007/08WalesSchool Action
50,780 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesSchool Action
50,750 [t]Number of pupils2019/20WalesSchool Action
49,470 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesSchool Action
46,790 [t]Number of pupils2020/21WalesSchool Action
43,885 [t]Number of pupils2024/25WalesAll Provisions
35,055 [t]Number of pupils2012/13WalesSchool Action Plus
34,795 [t]Number of pupils2017/18WalesSchool Action Plus
34,625 [t]Number of pupils2013/14WalesSchool Action Plus
34,495 [t]Number of pupils2018/19WalesSchool Action Plus
33,710 [t]Number of pupils2016/17WalesSchool Action Plus
33,430 [t]Number of pupils2011/12WalesSchool Action Plus
33,290 [t]Number of pupils2019/20WalesSchool Action Plus
33,275 [t]Number of pupils2014/15WalesSchool Action Plus
33,205 [t]Number of pupils2015/16WalesSchool Action Plus
32,190 [t]Number of pupils2021/22WalesSchool Action
32,055 [t]Number of pupils2010/11WalesSchool Action Plus
31,815 [t]Number of pupils2020/21WalesSchool Action Plus
30,980 [t]Number of pupils2009/10WalesSchool Action Plus
29,785 [t]Number of pupils2008/09WalesSchool Action Plus
29,655 [t]Number of pupils2007/08WalesSchool Action Plus
28,460 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesSchool Action Plus
27,485 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesSchool Action Plus
25,440 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesSchool Action Plus
25,135 [t]Number of pupils2021/22WalesSchool Action Plus
24,220 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesSchool Action Plus
22,720 [t]Number of pupils2024/25WalesSchool maintained individual development plan
22,570 [t]Number of pupils2022/23WalesSchool Action
17,905 [t]Number of pupils2022/23WalesSchool Action Plus
15,895 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesStatemented
15,850 [t]Number of pupils2023/24WalesSchool maintained individual development plan
15,450 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesStatemented
15,140 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesStatemented
14,680 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesStatemented
14,330 [t]Number of pupils2007/08WalesStatemented
14,115 [t]Number of pupils2008/09WalesStatemented
14,080 [t]Number of pupils2020/21WalesStatemented
14,005 [t]Number of pupils2021/22WalesStatemented
13,765 [t]Number of pupils2009/10WalesStatemented
13,515 [t]Number of pupils2019/20WalesStatemented
13,405 [t]Number of pupils2010/11WalesStatemented
13,270 [t]Number of pupils2023/24WalesSchool Action
13,170 [t]Number of pupils2018/19WalesStatemented
13,100 [t]Number of pupils2011/12WalesStatemented
12,895 [t]Number of pupils2017/18WalesStatemented
12,740 [t]Number of pupils2012/13WalesStatemented
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Main information

Most recent update
24 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 2003 to August 2025

Data notes

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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school.stats@gov.wales

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