Pupils in maintained schools aged 5 and over with a first language other than English or Welsh by local authority and year

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

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal Authority
141Number of pupils2024/25Isle of Anglesey
104Number of pupils2021/22Isle of Anglesey
291Number of pupils2013/14Isle of Anglesey
116Number of pupils2016/17Isle of Anglesey
434Number of pupils2011/12Isle of Anglesey
216Number of pupils2014/15Isle of Anglesey
101Number of pupils2018/19Isle of Anglesey
353Number of pupils2012/13Isle of Anglesey
99Number of pupils2019/20Isle of Anglesey
122Number of pupils2022/23Isle of Anglesey
148Number of pupils2015/16Isle of Anglesey
129Number of pupils2023/24Isle of Anglesey
107Number of pupils2017/18Isle of Anglesey
103Number of pupils2020/21Isle of Anglesey
502Number of pupils2017/18Gwynedd
448Number of pupils2019/20Gwynedd
652Number of pupils2023/24Gwynedd
469Number of pupils2016/17Gwynedd
452Number of pupils2018/19Gwynedd
603Number of pupils2022/23Gwynedd
328Number of pupils2012/13Gwynedd
633Number of pupils2024/25Gwynedd
409Number of pupils2013/14Gwynedd
449Number of pupils2020/21Gwynedd
258Number of pupils2011/12Gwynedd
483Number of pupils2021/22Gwynedd
434Number of pupils2015/16Gwynedd
431Number of pupils2014/15Gwynedd
427Number of pupils2019/20Conwy
552Number of pupils2022/23Conwy
579Number of pupils2023/24Conwy
313Number of pupils2014/15Conwy
322Number of pupils2015/16Conwy
245Number of pupils2011/12Conwy
268Number of pupils2012/13Conwy
361Number of pupils2016/17Conwy
459Number of pupils2020/21Conwy
282Number of pupils2013/14Conwy
390Number of pupils2018/19Conwy
591Number of pupils2024/25Conwy
378Number of pupils2017/18Conwy
472Number of pupils2021/22Conwy
477Number of pupils2020/21Denbighshire
755Number of pupils2024/25Denbighshire
370Number of pupils2012/13Denbighshire
483Number of pupils2021/22Denbighshire
405Number of pupils2013/14Denbighshire
414Number of pupils2015/16Denbighshire
430Number of pupils2018/19Denbighshire
476Number of pupils2019/20Denbighshire
594Number of pupils2022/23Denbighshire
414Number of pupils2014/15Denbighshire
334Number of pupils2011/12Denbighshire
654Number of pupils2023/24Denbighshire
420Number of pupils2016/17Denbighshire
404Number of pupils2017/18Denbighshire
1,457Number of pupils2024/25Flintshire
343Number of pupils2011/12Flintshire
432Number of pupils2012/13Flintshire
753Number of pupils2015/16Flintshire
547Number of pupils2013/14Flintshire
974Number of pupils2017/18Flintshire
1,252Number of pupils2021/22Flintshire
1,397Number of pupils2022/23Flintshire
1,444Number of pupils2023/24Flintshire
1,039Number of pupils2018/19Flintshire
1,115Number of pupils2019/20Flintshire
655Number of pupils2014/15Flintshire
864Number of pupils2016/17Flintshire
1,183Number of pupils2020/21Flintshire
2,000Number of pupils2024/25Wrexham
811Number of pupils2012/13Wrexham
906Number of pupils2013/14Wrexham
710Number of pupils2011/12Wrexham
1,158Number of pupils2015/16Wrexham
1,255Number of pupils2016/17Wrexham
1,347Number of pupils2017/18Wrexham
1,862Number of pupils2023/24Wrexham
1,604Number of pupils2021/22Wrexham
1,757Number of pupils2022/23Wrexham
1,547Number of pupils2019/20Wrexham
1,023Number of pupils2014/15Wrexham
1,468Number of pupils2018/19Wrexham
1,570Number of pupils2020/21Wrexham
364Number of pupils2012/13Powys
493Number of pupils2018/19Powys
792Number of pupils2024/25Powys
379Number of pupils2013/14Powys
576Number of pupils2020/21Powys
453Number of pupils2015/16Powys
472Number of pupils2019/20Powys
487Number of pupils2016/17Powys
483Number of pupils2017/18Powys
773Number of pupils2023/24Powys
409Number of pupils2014/15Powys
695Number of pupils2022/23Powys
309Number of pupils2011/12Powys
581Number of pupils2021/22Powys
259Number of pupils2012/13Ceredigion
394Number of pupils2018/19Ceredigion
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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 2011 to August 2025

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.

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

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