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
7,780Number of pupils2006/07SwanseaAll Provisions
4,455Number of pupils2007/08PowysAll Provisions
5,765Number of pupils2005/06CaerphillyAll Provisions
6,525Number of pupils2006/07CarmarthenshireAll Provisions
4,570Number of pupils2006/07NewportAll Provisions
2,715Number of pupils2007/08WrexhamAll Provisions
2,910Number of pupils2005/06CeredigionAll Provisions
2,370Number of pupils2005/06Merthyr TydfilAll Provisions
2,125Number of pupils2006/07Isle of AngleseyAll Provisions
5,045Number of pupils2006/07PembrokeshireAll Provisions
2,625Number of pupils2006/07Merthyr TydfilAll Provisions
1,865Number of pupils2006/07MonmouthshireAll Provisions
96,395 [t]Number of pupils2006/07WalesAll Provisions
4,265Number of pupils2007/08FlintshireAll Provisions
2,940Number of pupils2005/06DenbighshireAll Provisions
4,240Number of pupils2005/06PowysAll Provisions
7,290Number of pupils2005/06SwanseaAll Provisions
7,800Number of pupils2005/06Rhondda Cynon TafAll Provisions
3,110Number of pupils2005/06TorfaenAll Provisions
95,200 [t]Number of pupils2005/06WalesAll Provisions
3,440Number of pupils2006/07ConwyAll Provisions
2,720Number of pupils2006/07CeredigionAll Provisions
3,770Number of pupils2006/07Vale of GlamorganAll Provisions
7,960Number of pupils2006/07Rhondda Cynon TafAll Provisions
91,670 [t]Number of pupils2004/05WalesAll Provisions
3,025Number of pupils2006/07TorfaenAll Provisions
4,405Number of pupils2004/05PembrokeshireAll Provisions
10,180Number of pupils2006/07CardiffAll Provisions
3,590Number of pupils2007/08GwyneddAll Provisions
3,035Number of pupils2007/08DenbighshireAll Provisions
3,945Number of pupils2004/05Neath Port TalbotAll Provisions
4,075Number of pupils2004/05NewportAll Provisions
3,545Number of pupils2004/05ConwyAll Provisions
2,685Number of pupils2005/06WrexhamAll Provisions
3,995Number of pupils2004/05BridgendAll Provisions
6,315Number of pupils2005/06CarmarthenshireAll Provisions
4,040Number of pupils2004/05Vale of GlamorganAll Provisions
3,975Number of pupils2005/06Vale of GlamorganAll Provisions
4,350Number of pupils2004/05FlintshireAll Provisions
2,340Number of pupils2005/06Blaenau GwentAll Provisions
5,610Number of pupils2004/05CaerphillyAll Provisions
10,150Number of pupils2005/06CardiffAll Provisions
2,575Number of pupils2004/05WrexhamAll Provisions
3,650Number of pupils2006/07GwyneddAll Provisions
4,435Number of pupils2006/07FlintshireAll Provisions
4,285Number of pupils2006/07PowysAll Provisions
3,715Number of pupils2006/07Neath Port TalbotAll Provisions
4,640Number of pupils2006/07BridgendAll Provisions
3,580Number of pupils2003/04ConwyAll Provisions
6,455Number of pupils2004/05CarmarthenshireAll Provisions
3,880Number of pupils2003/04BridgendAll Provisions
9,700Number of pupils2004/05CardiffAll Provisions
5,960Number of pupils2006/07CaerphillyAll Provisions
2,465Number of pupils2006/07Blaenau GwentAll Provisions
4,020Number of pupils2003/04Vale of GlamorganAll Provisions
3,910Number of pupils2003/04PowysAll Provisions
2,005Number of pupils2005/06Isle of AngleseyAll Provisions
3,425Number of pupils2005/06ConwyAll Provisions
7,825Number of pupils2003/04Rhondda Cynon TafAll Provisions
1,900Number of pupils2007/08Isle of AngleseyAll Provisions
3,670Number of pupils2005/06GwyneddAll Provisions
3,275Number of pupils2007/08ConwyAll Provisions
2,485Number of pupils2003/04Merthyr TydfilAll Provisions
2,580Number of pupils2003/04CeredigionAll Provisions
2,705Number of pupils2003/04DenbighshireAll Provisions
7,840Number of pupils2004/05Rhondda Cynon TafAll Provisions
5,490Number of pupils2003/04CaerphillyAll Provisions
3,375Number of pupils2003/04GwyneddAll Provisions
7,230Number of pupils2004/05SwanseaAll Provisions
4,425Number of pupils2005/06FlintshireAll Provisions
2,095Number of pupils2003/04Blaenau GwentAll Provisions
4,080Number of pupils2003/04PembrokeshireAll Provisions
1,990Number of pupils2003/04Isle of AngleseyAll Provisions
4,795Number of pupils2005/06PembrokeshireAll Provisions
2,700Number of pupils2003/04TorfaenAll Provisions
2,950Number of pupils2004/05DenbighshireAll Provisions
3,840Number of pupils2005/06Neath Port TalbotAll Provisions
4,595Number of pupils2005/06BridgendAll Provisions
1,670Number of pupils2003/04MonmouthshireAll Provisions
6,280Number of pupils2003/04CarmarthenshireAll Provisions
4,255Number of pupils2003/04FlintshireAll Provisions
4,085Number of pupils2004/05PowysAll Provisions
4,175Number of pupils2003/04NewportAll Provisions
2,660Number of pupils2004/05Merthyr TydfilAll Provisions
1,925Number of pupils2005/06MonmouthshireAll Provisions
4,630Number of pupils2005/06NewportAll Provisions
9,545Number of pupils2003/04CardiffAll Provisions
6,600Number of pupils2003/04SwanseaAll Provisions
2,045Number of pupils2004/05Blaenau GwentAll Provisions
1,465Number of pupils2004/05MonmouthshireAll Provisions
89,590 [t]Number of pupils2003/04WalesAll Provisions
3,020Number of pupils2006/07DenbighshireAll Provisions
2,780Number of pupils2004/05TorfaenAll Provisions
2,590Number of pupils2006/07WrexhamAll Provisions
1,985Number of pupils2004/05Isle of AngleseyAll Provisions
3,880Number of pupils2003/04Neath Port TalbotAll Provisions
2,480Number of pupils2003/04WrexhamAll Provisions
2,605Number of pupils2004/05CeredigionAll Provisions
3,335Number of pupils2004/05GwyneddAll Provisions
2,890Number of pupils2007/08CeredigionAll Provisions
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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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