Pupils in maintained schools aged 5-15 eligible for free school meals by school, 2024/25

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26.2Percentage of pupils6814609 - St Teilo's C-in-W High SchoolEligible for free school meals
35.1Percentage of pupils6814609 - St Teilo's C-in-W High SchoolEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
20.1Percentage of pupils6814611 - CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
22.6Percentage of pupils6814611 - CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
13.9Percentage of pupils6815403 - Whitchurch High SchoolEligible for free school meals
17.6Percentage of pupils6815403 - Whitchurch High SchoolEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
81.5Percentage of pupils6817001 - GREENHILL SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
81.5Percentage of pupils6817001 - GREENHILL SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
83.3Percentage of pupils6817005 - THE COURT SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
85.7Percentage of pupils6817005 - THE COURT SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
55.6Percentage of pupils6817006 - WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
63.2Percentage of pupils6817006 - WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
65.7Percentage of pupils6817008 - RIVERBANK SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
71.6Percentage of pupils6817008 - RIVERBANK SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
50.0Percentage of pupils6817011 - TY-GWYN SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
55.3Percentage of pupils6817011 - TY-GWYN SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
46.7Percentage of pupils6817019 - THE HOLLIES SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
51.6Percentage of pupils6817019 - THE HOLLIES SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
46.6Percentage of pupils6817021 - MEADOWBANK SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals
46.6Percentage of pupils6817021 - MEADOWBANK SPECIAL SCHOOLEligible for free school meals or transitionally protected
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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)

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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