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
1,175Number of pupils2006/07SwanseaStatemented
835Number of pupils2007/08PowysStatemented
895Number of pupils2005/06CaerphillyStatemented
1,075Number of pupils2006/07CarmarthenshireStatemented
430Number of pupils2006/07MonmouthshireStatemented
785Number of pupils2007/08WrexhamStatemented
495Number of pupils2005/06PembrokeshireStatemented
215Number of pupils2005/06Merthyr TydfilStatemented
410Number of pupils2006/07Isle of AngleseyStatemented
435Number of pupils2006/07PembrokeshireStatemented
225Number of pupils2006/07Merthyr TydfilStatemented
395Number of pupils2006/07TorfaenStatemented
370Number of pupils2007/08Isle of AngleseyStatemented
710Number of pupils2007/08FlintshireStatemented
970Number of pupils2004/05NewportStatemented
470Number of pupils2005/06CeredigionStatemented
1,100Number of pupils2005/06CarmarthenshireStatemented
610Number of pupils2005/06Rhondda Cynon TafStatemented
435Number of pupils2005/06MonmouthshireStatemented
15,140 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesStatemented
605Number of pupils2006/07ConwyStatemented
455Number of pupils2006/07CeredigionStatemented
380Number of pupils2006/07BridgendStatemented
590Number of pupils2006/07Rhondda Cynon TafStatemented
560Number of pupils2004/05PembrokeshireStatemented
340Number of pupils2006/07Blaenau GwentStatemented
905Number of pupils2006/07NewportStatemented
14,680 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesStatemented
670Number of pupils2005/06ConwyStatemented
565Number of pupils2007/08DenbighshireStatemented
725Number of pupils2004/05ConwyStatemented
1,075Number of pupils2004/05SwanseaStatemented
770Number of pupils2004/05Neath Port TalbotStatemented
850Number of pupils2005/06PowysStatemented
660Number of pupils2004/05DenbighshireStatemented
610Number of pupils2004/05Rhondda Cynon TafStatemented
710Number of pupils2005/06Neath Port TalbotStatemented
510Number of pupils2005/06Vale of GlamorganStatemented
410Number of pupils2005/06Blaenau GwentStatemented
420Number of pupils2005/06TorfaenStatemented
235Number of pupils2004/05Merthyr TydfilStatemented
1,570Number of pupils2005/06CardiffStatemented
375Number of pupils2004/05MonmouthshireStatemented
660Number of pupils2006/07GwyneddStatemented
750Number of pupils2006/07FlintshireStatemented
850Number of pupils2006/07PowysStatemented
425Number of pupils2005/06Isle of AngleseyStatemented
670Number of pupils2006/07Neath Port TalbotStatemented
1,560Number of pupils2004/05CardiffStatemented
550Number of pupils2006/07Vale of GlamorganStatemented
720Number of pupils2003/04DenbighshireStatemented
495Number of pupils2003/04Vale of GlamorganStatemented
15,450 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesStatemented
875Number of pupils2006/07CaerphillyStatemented
765Number of pupils2005/06GwyneddStatemented
625Number of pupils2003/04Rhondda Cynon TafStatemented
440Number of pupils2003/04CeredigionStatemented
1,545Number of pupils2006/07CardiffStatemented
1,075Number of pupils2004/05CarmarthenshireStatemented
245Number of pupils2003/04Merthyr TydfilStatemented
600Number of pupils2007/08GwyneddStatemented
530Number of pupils2007/08ConwyStatemented
440Number of pupils2003/04Isle of AngleseyStatemented
875Number of pupils2003/04CaerphillyStatemented
585Number of pupils2003/04PembrokeshireStatemented
885Number of pupils2004/05FlintshireStatemented
950Number of pupils2003/04FlintshireStatemented
460Number of pupils2003/04Blaenau GwentStatemented
815Number of pupils2005/06FlintshireStatemented
790Number of pupils2005/06WrexhamStatemented
750Number of pupils2003/04ConwyStatemented
500Number of pupils2003/04TorfaenStatemented
1,125Number of pupils2003/04CarmarthenshireStatemented
350Number of pupils2004/05BridgendStatemented
1,110Number of pupils2005/06SwanseaStatemented
420Number of pupils2003/04MonmouthshireStatemented
500Number of pupils2004/05Vale of GlamorganStatemented
345Number of pupils2005/06BridgendStatemented
755Number of pupils2003/04GwyneddStatemented
950Number of pupils2003/04NewportStatemented
1,080Number of pupils2003/04SwanseaStatemented
820Number of pupils2004/05WrexhamStatemented
875Number of pupils2003/04WrexhamStatemented
1,570Number of pupils2003/04CardiffStatemented
875Number of pupils2004/05CaerphillyStatemented
905Number of pupils2005/06NewportStatemented
445Number of pupils2004/05Blaenau GwentStatemented
15,895 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesStatemented
820Number of pupils2003/04Neath Port TalbotStatemented
840Number of pupils2004/05PowysStatemented
595Number of pupils2006/07DenbighshireStatemented
450Number of pupils2004/05Isle of AngleseyStatemented
415Number of pupils2004/05TorfaenStatemented
765Number of pupils2006/07WrexhamStatemented
475Number of pupils2004/05CeredigionStatemented
785Number of pupils2004/05GwyneddStatemented
380Number of pupils2003/04BridgendStatemented
625Number of pupils2005/06DenbighshireStatemented
840Number of pupils2003/04PowysStatemented
435Number of pupils2007/08CeredigionStatemented
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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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Contact email
school.stats@gov.wales

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