School Statistics by Assembly Constituency and Region, 2009

Statistics include a variety of school and attainment indicators split by Assembly constituencies and regions as at the 2007 Assembly elections for the 2008/09 academic year. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 29 January 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Brecon and Radnorshire had the lowest percentage of pupils of compulsory school age entitled to free school meals at 9.2 per cent, whilst Rhondda had the highest percentage at 27.2 per cent.
• Dwyfor Meirionnydd was the constituency where the highest percentage of pupils considered themselves to be from a white ethnic background, 99.3 per cent.  Cardiff Central had the highest percentage of pupils from an ethnic background other than white, 74.9 per cent white and 25.1 per cent from another ethnic background.
• Alyn and Deeside was the constituency where the lowest percentage of pupils considered their national identity to be Welsh (17.5 per cent), and Arfon had the lowest percentage considering themselves to be British (15.3 per cent). Rhondda had the highest percentage considering themselves to be Welsh (81.4 per cent) and Monmouth had the highest percentage considering themselves to be British (54.9 per cent).
• The percentage of half day sessions missed through overall absenteeism by pupils of compulsory secondary school age was highest in both Cynon Valley and Cardiff South and Penarth (11.0 per cent) and lowest in Gower (7.4 per cent).
• The constituency with the highest percentage of pupils achieving the Core Subject Indicator at Key Stage 2 was Cardiff North 85.4 per cent. The lowest percentage was at Swansea East at 70.1 per cent.
• Montgomeryshire had the highest percentage of pupils achieving the Level 2 threshold, 74.6, whilst Newport East was the constituency with the lowest percentage at 44.8.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5968
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)