Pupils aged 5-15 eligible for free school meals by local authority, region and year

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Year

LARegion

LARegion 1

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

North Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

13,244

12,570

12,002

11,761

11,381

12,165

13,181

13,685

13,438

13,360

13,146

12,937

North Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Isle of Anglesey North Wales

1,741

1,607

1,461

1,349

1,287

1,387

1,408

1,429

1,355

1,539

1,387

1,308

Gwynedd

2,162

1,998

2,030

1,945

1,857

1,817

1,884

2,009

1,911

1,917

1,777

1,821

Conwy

2,300

2,162

2,035

2,027

1,939

2,074

2,303

2,251

2,229

2,279

2,226

2,095

Denbighshire North Wales

1,979

1,780

1,794

1,856

1,936

2,072

2,278

2,385

2,317

2,343

2,387

2,342

Flintshire North Wales

2,620

2,547

2,368

2,269

2,087

2,171

2,419

2,747

2,781

2,501

2,566

2,758

Wrexham

2,442

2,476

2,314

2,315

2,275

2,644

2,889

2,864

2,845

2,781

2,803

2,613

South West and Mid Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

20,647

19,718

18,374

18,133

17,287

17,254

18,152

18,987

18,340

18,077

17,811

17,808

South West and Mid Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Powys

1,754

1,725

1,633

1,640

1,574

1,585

1,719

1,702

1,685

1,594

1,604

1,593

Ceredigion South West and Mid Wales

1,104

993

959

946

975

978

1,018

934

913

882

875

Pembrokeshire South West and Mid Wales

2,582

2,449

2,354

2,221

2,141

2,074

2,464

2,578

2,494

2,586

2,507

2,244

Carmarthenshire South West and Mid Wales

3,918

3,687

3,450

3,610

3,536

3,504

3,505

3,756

3,516

3,444

3,519

3,688

Swansea

6,879

6,713

6,009

5,888

5,518

5,412

5,640

5,935

5,760

5,694

5,494

5,467

Neath Port Talbot South West and Mid Wales

4,410

4,151

3,969

3,815

3,572

3,704

3,846

3,998

3,951

3,846

3,805

3,941

Central South Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

26,366

25,156

23,364

23,169

22,151

22,765

23,596

24,212

23,054

23,906

23,622

23,028

Central South Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Bridgend

3,620

3,494

3,278

3,213

3,157

3,240

3,483

3,458

3,525

3,653

3,562

3,447

Vale of Glamorgan Central South Wales

2,163

2,121

2,110

2,175

2,056

2,155

2,348

2,386

2,264

2,404

2,387

2,252

Rhondda Cynon Taf Central South Wales

8,407

8,092

7,285

7,250

6,632

7,043

7,236

7,517

7,264

7,205

6,926

6,605

Merthyr Tydfil Central South Wales

2,419

2,349

2,104

2,055

1,859

1,847

1,870

1,800

1,766

1,689

1,755

1,669

Cardiff

9,757

9,100

8,587

8,476

8,447

8,480

8,659

9,051

8,235

8,955

8,992

9,055

South East Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

16,816

16,143

15,174

14,496

13,785

14,311

14,862

15,189

15,433

15,550

14,839

14,615

South East Wales There are four formal Education consortia in Wales covering: North Wales, South West and Mid Wales, Central South Wales, South East Wales.

Caerphilly South East Wales

5,560

5,243

5,130

4,991

4,764

4,908

5,181

5,520

5,731

5,529

5,081

5,222

Blaenau Gwent South East Wales

2,439

2,460

2,288

2,230

1,957

2,278

2,457

2,339

2,313

2,323

2,326

2,222

Torfaen

2,949

2,710

2,431

2,418

2,358

2,229

2,176

2,288

2,414

2,374

2,297

2,234

Monmouthshire South East Wales

1,191

1,136

1,087

1,072

1,040

964

1,076

1,125

1,118

1,141

1,105

1,058

Newport

4,677

4,594

4,238

3,785

3,666

3,932

3,972

3,917

3,857

4,183

4,030

3,879

Wales

77,073

73,587

68,914

67,559

64,604

66,495

69,791

72,073

70,265

70,893

69,418

68,388

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Title

Pupils aged 5-15 eligible for free school meals, by local authority, region and year

Last update

23/07/2015

Next update

July 2016

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

General description

See other items

Data collection and calculation

Schools’ data are derived from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) returns and STATS 1 returns supplied by schools open on Census day in January each year. The returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2003/04 or more recently if the data item is not available for earlier years.

Rounding applied

None.

Statistical quality

School Census returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Name

SCHS0234