Maintained schools and pupils by local authority, Welsh medium type and year (up to 2023/24)

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local Authority	Sector	Welsh Medium Type
17,030	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Primary schools	All schools
1,152	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
11,679	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
12,831	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	All schools
129	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
129	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	Special schools	All schools
2,055	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
14,975	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
1,152	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
11,679	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
129	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
29,990	Number of pupils	2006/07	Caerphilly	All schools	All schools
299	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,012	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
6,311	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Primary schools	All schools
4,810	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
4,810	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	All schools
74	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
74	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	Special schools	All schools
299	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,012	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
4,810	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
74	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
11,195	Number of pupils	2006/07	Blaenau Gwent	All schools	All schools
240	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
240	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Nursery schools	All schools
569	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
7,498	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
8,067	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Primary schools	All schools
801	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
7,261	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
8,062	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Secondary schools	All schools
74	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
74	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	Special schools	All schools
569	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
7,498	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
801	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
7,261	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
314	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
16,443	Number of pupils	2006/07	Torfaen	All schools	All schools
186	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,777	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
6,963	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Primary schools	All schools
5,569	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
5,569	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	All schools
61	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
61	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	Special schools	All schools
186	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
6,777	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
5,569	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
61	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
12,593	Number of pupils	2006/07	Monmouthshire	All schools	All schools
242	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
242	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Nursery schools	All schools
409	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
12,970	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
13,379	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Primary schools	All schools
10,811	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
10,811	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Secondary schools	All schools
102	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
102	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	Special schools	All schools
409	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
12,970	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
10,811	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
344	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
24,534	Number of pupils	2006/07	Newport	All schools	All schools
360	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
360	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Nursery schools	All schools
3,154	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
372	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
24,002	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
27,528	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Primary schools	All schools
1,901	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
19,497	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
21,398	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Secondary schools	All schools
479	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
479	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	Special schools	All schools
3,154	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
372	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
24,002	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
1,901	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
19,497	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
839	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
49,765	Number of pupils	2006/07	Cardiff	All schools	All schools
1,754 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Nursery schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
1,754 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Nursery schools	All schools
54,099 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
5,085 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
204,077 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Primary schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
263,261 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Primary schools	All schools
40,702 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Secondary schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
169,651 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Secondary schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)
210,353 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Secondary schools	All schools
4,002 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Special schools	Not applicable (Nursery & Special)
4,002 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	Special schools	All schools
54,099 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is sole or main medium of instruction (to 2007/08)
5,085 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is used in part of the curriculum (to 2007/08)
204,077 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All schools	Primary: Welsh is taught as a second language only (to 2007/08)
40,702 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All schools	Secondary: Welsh medium school (to 2008/09)
169,651 [t]	Number of pupils	2006/07	Wales	All schools	Secondary: English medium school (to 2008/09)

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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 2024

Data notes

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.

• Related reports:
  • Schools' census results

Published by

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

Metadata

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