Pupils present on census day in maintained schools by local authority, sector and year

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local Authority	Sector	Type
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Vale of Glamorgan	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Vale of Glamorgan	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Swansea	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Carmarthenshire	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Flintshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Carmarthenshire	Nursery schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Swansea	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Newport	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Wrexham	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Powys	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Wrexham	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Powys	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Newport	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Cardiff	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Wrexham	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Newport	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Wrexham	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Monmouthshire	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Merthyr Tydfil	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Flintshire	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Powys	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Monmouthshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Caerphilly	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Conwy	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Carmarthenshire	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Conwy	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Blaenau Gwent	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Cardiff	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Flintshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Powys	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Denbighshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Swansea	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Ceredigion	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Isle of Anglesey	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Isle of Anglesey	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Pembrokeshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Caerphilly	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Powys	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Conwy	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Flintshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Caerphilly	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Nursery schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Wrexham	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Vale of Glamorgan	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Swansea	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Carmarthenshire	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Nursery schools	Full-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Bridgend	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Newport	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Swansea	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Conwy	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Blaenau Gwent	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Torfaen	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Merthyr Tydfil	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2004/05	Carmarthenshire	Nursery schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Neath Port Talbot	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Wrexham	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Gwynedd	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Secondary schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2003/04	Monmouthshire	Special schools	Part-time attendance on census day
0	Number of pupils	2005/06	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Nursery schools	Part-time attendance on census day

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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.

• Related reports:
  • Schools' census results

Published by

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

Metadata

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