Schools Census, 2010: Final Results

Statistics on schools, teachers and pupils include data for Local Authorities and Wales at January 2010. The latest release updates the provisional statistics previously released on 26th May 2010.

The key points from the latest release (compared to January 2009) are:

• 20 less local authority (LA) maintained schools and 2,500 fewer pupils;
• 4 more independent schools;
• 275 less teachers (full time equivalent) in the LA maintained sector;
• 1,316 additional support staff (the majority recruited in foundation phase settings);
• pupil-teacher ratio is 17.6 (up from 17.5 in 2009).

In 2010, data on ethnic background and national identity showed that:

• almost 92 per cent of pupils aged 5+ consider themselves to be of white ethnic background;

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5068
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk 

Next update

June 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)