EDUCATION - Welsh Government · EDUCATION 172 Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics 1974 - 1996 9.2 Number of pupils, by type of school (a) Maintained schools Nursery Secondary Full

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Through the nineteenth century and theearly part of the twentieth century theeducational facilities which existed in Waleswere such a mixed bag that it wasmisleading to talk of a system. In hindsight itcould be seen that the elements ofdifference were gradually being outweighedby a persistent tug towards greatergovernment involvement, local and central.By the early 1970s this process seemed tohave produced a settled structure. Apartfrom a relatively small number ofindependent and a very few direct grantestablishments, schools were controlled, orat least administered, by the localauthorities (the counties or countyboroughs) and financed from both centraland local government sources. Moreover,by 1974 the comprehensive was alreadyestablished as the dominant type ofsecondary school with both secondarymodern and grammar schools rapidlydeclining in number (Table 9.1). There wasa single, federal university although in theearly 1970s the five existing institutions (thecolleges at Aberystwyth, Bangor Cardiff andSwansea, together with the Medical School)had been joined by the University of WalesInstitute of Science and Technology, and St.David’s’ College, Lampeter. Most Universityfunding came from central governmentthrough the channel of the University GrantsCommittee. And beyond these there werethe training, technical and further educationcolleges.

From the present point of view, a significantaspect of this was that all these institutionswere clearly situated within Wales so thatmost of the data, apart from the inflow andoutflow of university and college students,obviously related to Wales. Moreover, evenfor the schools where the overall number ofinstitutions was large, the information(compiled via the local authorities) showed ahigh degree of consistency and uniformity.There was also a lot of it: enough to justifythe Welsh Office bringing together aseparate annual volume of statistics on

education in Wales from 1976, which thenbecame two volumes (one on schools andone on further education) from 1987. Theseundoubted riches provide an essential toolfor anyone interested in questions of Welsheducation during these years: we still needto remind ourselves, however, that valuableas they are statistics cannot directly andeasily resolve such major questions as ‘Dothe Welsh have a special regard andrespect for education?’

The apparently settled educational structureof the early 1970s was called increasinglyinto question as, rightly or wrongly, theeconomic and moral failings of the UK cameto be associated with alleged inadequaciesof educational provision. Despite this mostof the positive characteristics of thestatistics of this sector remained throughoutthe period covered because the misgivingstook some time before they were translatedinto structural and policy changes and alsobecause, in some crucial respects, theymade relatively little impact in Wales. This isespecially true of the schools sector where,as late as 1990, virtually all secondaryschools were comprehensive and even inthe mid-1990s there were only 11 (out of227) secondary schools which were grantmaintained (Table 9.1). For our particularpurposes what is implied by this is that thebasic material on schools (Tables 9.1 - 9.10)is drawn from essentially the same sourcesand, thus far, exhibits a similar degree ofconsistency, uniformity and universalcoverage. By way of qualification it needs tobe added that the nature of what is being, orattempting to be, measured varies: thus, forexample, the information of the destinationsof school leavers (Tables 9.9 and 9.10) isless precise than the count of the totalnumber of schools. Nor should what is saidabout the consistency of the material betaken to imply homogeneity within Wales.Tables 9.6 and 9.7 on a county basis pointup some significant differences: for exampleTable 9.7 shows wide variation between thecounties in the size of school attended bymost pupils.Other tables record additional aspects of thefunctions of schools. These include (Tables9.11 to 9.15) what might be considered the

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general social characteristics of providingschool meals and milk; overall results of theOrdinary level and GCSE examinationsadministered by the WJEC (Welsh JointEducation Committee) (Tables 9.16 and9.17); and the net revenue expenditure oneducation by Welsh local authorities (Table9.18). The figures on these features aregenerally dependable and stretch over theperiod as a whole: it is partly because theydo not meet this latter criterion that someaspects - such as the recently introducedperformance tables of individual schools -have not been included here. What isincluded, as a useful supplement to theWelsh language information in the sectionon Population, are two tables (9.31 and9.32) which attempt to assess the extentand nature of Welsh language teaching inschools, and (more subjectively) to indicatethe number of primary school pupils whowere fluent speakers of the Welshlanguage.

The consistency of the statistical coverageof further and higher education in Waleshas been much less marked than thatrelating to schools. In part this reflects thevast increase since about 1990 in thenumber of students. In the mid-seventies,for example, there were about 10,000undergraduates from Wales at all UK

universities, this was still less than 12,000in 1989; but by 1995 was almost 44,000(Table 9.19). The increase was also asimple consequence of structural changeas, especially in early 1990s, many ‘new’universities were created from existingcolleges and similar institutions. In Walesone new university, Glamorgan, emergedbut the established university colleges eachobtained university status within thecontinuing University of Wales, whilstvarious previous public sector institutionsbecame part of these universities (forexample, at Aberystwyth the previously localgovernment maintained Colleges ofAgriculture and Librarianship were takenover by the University).

These considerations need to be borne inmind when interpreting the tables (9.19 -9.30) on further and higher education. Inparticular, the scale of the institutionalchanges implemented in the early 1990sdemand the exercise of caution in makingcomparisons over the period as a whole. Itis, indeed, the desire to sustain the greatestpossible degree of comparability that theinformation (Tables 9.23 to 9.28) on theUniversity of Wales has been confined tothe constituent institutions of that body andthus excludes the University of Glamorgan.

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9.1 Schools, by type of school (a)

Non-maintainedMaintained schools schools

Secondary DirectPrimary Compre- Other grant Inde- Total

Nursery (b) Modern Grammar hensive secondary Total Special Total (c) pendent (d)1974 61 1,958 40 21 198 2 261 72 2,352 4 66 2,422

1975 64 1,954 39 20 197 2 258 73 2,349 4 67 2,4201976 67 1,959 32 18 202 2 254 73 2,353 3 68 2,4241977 69 1,950 29 17 206 2 254 73 2,346 3 67 2,4161978 70 1,942 21 15 213 2 251 74 2,337 3 63 2,4031979 70 1,930 11 7 224 2 244 74 2,318 3 68 2,389

1980 69 1,925 12 7 220 2 241 75 2,310 3 68 2,3811981 69 1,908 9 6 222 2 239 73 2,289 - 72 2,3611982 64 1,873 9 6 224 2 241 73 2,251 - 71 2,3221983 64 1,844 6 4 226 2 238 71 2,217 - 73 2,2901984 65 1,821 4 33 227 2 236 69 2,191 - 70 2,261

1985 61 1,796 3 2 230 2 237 68 2,162 - 67 2,2291986 59 1,774 3 2 230 2 237 67 2,137 - 69 2,2061987 59 1,762 2 2 228 2 234 65 2,120 - 69 2,1891988 58 1,753 2 2 226 3 233 65 2,109 - 67 2,1761989 56 1,743 1 1 228 2 232 64 2,095 - 66 2,161

1990 55 1,729 - - 229 2 231 62 2,077 - 67 2,1441991 54 1,717 - - 228 2 230 61 2,062 - 71 2,1331992 52 1,704 - 2 (e) 225 2 229 61 2,046 - 68 2,1141993 52 1,697 - 4 (e) 223 2 229 61 2,039 - 65 2,1041994 52 1,698 (f) - 10 (e) 217 - 227 59 2,036 - 64 2,100

1995 52 1,691 (f) - 11 (e) 216 - 227 56 2,026 - 62 2,0881996 52 1,681 (f) - 11 (e) 217 - 228 54 2,015 - 62 2,077

Source: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools, Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools;Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics Volume 2

(a) At January.(b) Includes the categories, infant, junior with infant and junior without infant.(c) After 1980 Direct Grant Schools became Independent Schools.(d) For 1974-80 there is in addition one Direct Grant Grammar Technical School in Wales.(e) Grant Maintained not Grammar Schools.(f) Includes 5 Grant Maintained primary schools.

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9.2 Number of pupils, by type of school (a)

Maintained schoolsNursery Secondary

Full time Part time Primary (b) Modern Grammar Comprehensive Other secondary Total1974 1,582 2,788 314,831 .. .. .. .. 224,098

1975 1,477 2,975 315,296 .. .. .. .. 229,0201976 1,610 2,887 314,743 15,944 10,185 208,262 637 235,0281977 1,723 2,720 310,186 14,711 9,687 215,036 618 240,0521978 1,625 2,658 300,490 10,900 7,807 223,073 671 242,4511979 1,808 2,786 298,196 5,431 3,596 231,922 713 241,662

1980 1,702 2,624 289,584 6,484 3,585 229,966 736 240,7711981 1,604 2,591 277,706 4,245 3,184 231,435 777 239,6411982 1,466 2,654 266,967 4,056 3,155 229,209 736 237,1561983 1,468 2,856 255,567 3,049 2,278 229,548 750 235,6251984 1,463 2,962 251,115 2,124 1,650 226,984 754 231,512

1985 1,387 2,737 249,615 1,528 1,174 222,957 787 226,4461986 1,325 2,604 249,069 1,359 1,111 215,086 822 218,3781987 1,326 2,673 249,992 1,189 1,062 206,860 798 209,9091988 1,297 2,663 253,501 1,075 971 195,882 1,351 199,2791989 1,226 2,695 259,877 323 401 189,892 1,383 191,999

1990 1,157 2,673 256,878 - - 184,325 1,398 185,7231991 1,134 2,601 267,724 - .. 183,704 1,489 185,1931992 1,056 2,588 269,133 - 1,204 (e) 186,150 1,648 189,0021993 1,030 .. 262,267 - 2,834 (e) 187,987 1,742 192,5631994 1,025 .. 265,630 (f) - 8,507 (e) 185,894 .. 194,401

1995 1,029 2,475 268,165 (g) - 9,431 (e) 188,466 .. 197,8971996 993 2,392 271,015 (h) - 9,683 (e) 188,820 .. 198,503

(a) At January of each year.(b) Includes the full time equivalent of part time pupils. One part time pupil equals 0.5 full time pupil. Figures include those for infant, junior

with infant and junior without infant.(c) Includes the full time equivalent of part time pupils from 1976.(d) After 1980 the direct grant schools in Wales became independent.(e) Grant maintained not grammar schools.(f) Includes 909 in Grant Maintained Schools.(g) Includes 938 in Grant Maintained Schools.(h) Includes 987 in Grant Maintained Schools.

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9.2 (continued) Number of pupils, by type of school (a)

Maintained schools (continued) Non-maintained schoolsTotal Total

Special (c) Full time Part time Direct grant (d) Independent (c) Full time Part time4,609 543,206 .. 1,816 10,938 555,960 .. 1974

4,612 547,919 .. 1,820 11,403 561,142 .. 19754,708 552,304 10,456 1,615 11,072 564,969 10,499 19764,795 552,245 11,740 1,633 10,675 564,517 11,812 19774,708 544,231 12,744 1,667 10,577 554,783 12,794 19784,739 541,205 13,186 1,694 10,842 553,715 13,237 1979

4,716 531,122 13,924 1,696 10,970 543,750 14,020 19804,753 517,964 14,069 - 12,747 530,663 14,165 19814,636 503,984 15,136 - 12,323 516,281 15,187 19824,593 490,236 16,889 - 11,684 501,856 17,016 19834,440 480,990 18,042 - 11,379 492,321 18,138 1984

4,207 473,964 18,117 - 11,071 484,977 18,233 19854,099 465,134 18,076 - 11,343 476,397 18,236 19864,020 457,231 18,705 - 11,389 468,533 18,879 19873,977 449,838 19,094 - 11,788 461,541 19,263 19883,870 448,344 19,949 - 11,879 460,148 20,098 1989

3,780 447,478 20,523 - 12,075 459,553 20,726 19903,620 448,509 20,294 - 12,074 460,513 21,064 19913,620 453,239 21,732 - 11,913 465,057 21,921 19923,623 459,436 22,104 - 11,263 470,600 22,301 19933,587 463,588 22,621 - 10,672 474,260 22,853 1994

3,582 470,647 23,397 - 10,277 480,903 23,438 19953,582 474,329 23,638 - 9,985 484,012 21,191 1996

Source: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools, Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

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9.3 Number of full time pupils in maintained schools, by sex (a)

Primary Secondary TotalBoys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total

1974 160,382 152,536 312,918 114,824 109,274 224,098 275,206 261,810 537,016

1975 .. .. 312,810 .. .. 229,020 .. .. 541,8301976 159,465 151,499 310,964 119,790 115,238 235,028 279,254 266,737 545,9921977 156,704 148,975 305,679 122,401 117,651 240,052 279,105 266,626 545,7311978 151,344 144,103 295,447 124,850 117,601 242,451 276,194 261,704 537,8981979 150,337 142,659 292,996 123,144 118,518 241,662 273,481 261,177 534,658

1980 146,023 137,917 283,940 122,411 118,360 240,771 268,434 256,277 524,7111981 139,987 131,989 271,976 121,739 117,902 239,641 261,726 249,891 511,6171982 134,336 126,396 260,732 120,168 116,988 237,156 254,504 243,384 497,8881983 127,967 120,597 248,564 119,503 116,122 235,625 247,470 236,719 484,1891984 125,553 118,035 243,588 117,550 113,962 231,512 243,103 231,997 475,100

1985 124,786 117,148 241,934 114,934 111,512 226,446 239,720 228,660 468,3801986 124,385 116,954 241,339 111,147 107,231 218,378 235,532 224,185 459,7171987 124,525 117,460 241,985 106,993 102,916 209,909 231,518 220,376 451,8941988 125,944 119,356 245,300 101,613 97,666 199,279 227,557 217,022 444,5791989 128,683 122,582 251,265 97,811 94,188 191,999 226,494 216,770 443,264

1990 131,513 125,365 256,878 94,252 91,471 185,723 225,765 216,836 442,6011991 132,339 126,273 258,612 93,959 91,234 185,193 226,298 217,507 443,8051992 132,603 127,007 259,610 96,056 92,946 189,002 228,659 219,953 448,6121993 134,067 128,200 262,267 97,770 94,793 192,563 231,837 222,993 454,8301994 135,891 129,739 265,630 98,599 95,802 194,401 234,890 225,541 460,031

1995 137,148 131,017 268,165 100,180 97,717 197,897 237,328 228,734 466,0621996 138,776 132,239 271,015 100,229 98,274 198,503 239,005 230,513 469,518

Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales, Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools, Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) At January in each year>

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9.4 Number of full time equivalent teachers by type of school (a)

Non-maintainedMaintained schools (b) schools

SecondaryCompre- Other Direct Inde- Total

Nursery Primary Modern Grammar hensive secondary Total Special Total grant (c) pendent (d)1974 142 12,839 .. .. .. .. 12,467 447 25,895 114 696 26,705

1975 149 13,266 .. .. .. .. 13,021 479 26,915 115 712 27,7421976 157 13,802 870 598 12,238 45 13,752 527 28,239 .. 849 29,0881977 162 13,667 805 564 12,671 56 14,096 559 28,484 .. 718 29,2021978 160 13,462 609 461 13,090 54 14,214 582 28,419 .. 858 29,2771979 164 13,581 325 216 13,813 59 14,413 641 28,799 .. 872 29,671

1980 157 13,250 405 222 13,852 60 14,539 614 28,548 .. 922 29,4701981 153 12,786 268 194 13,916 62 14,440 614 27,993 . 1,052 29,0451982 141 12,205 263 196 13,704 62 14,225 592 27,163 . 1,071 28,2341983 141 11,739 191 144 13,874 64 14,273 608 26,761 . 1,060 27,8211984 146 11,651 141 107 13,984 63 14,295 584 26,675 . 1,054 27,729

1985 137 11,399 102 76 13,728 64 13,970 594 26,100 . 1,046 27,1461986 130 11,285 90 71 13,376 67 13,604 587 25,605 . 1,063 26,6681987 127 11,313 71 69 12,994 65 13,199 576 25,215 . 1,099 26,3141988 129 11,482 67 67 12,623 100 12,857 588 25,056 . 1,143 26,1991989 125 11,671 20 27 12,303 104 12,454 578 24,828 . 1,185 26,013

1990 120 11,932 - - 12,065 105 12,170 581 24,803 . 1,161 25,9641991 118 12,001 - - 11,912 114 12,026 575 24,720 . 1,232 25,9521992 115 12,083 - 80 (e) 11,903 121 12,104 578 24,880 . 1,229 26,1091993 113 12,286 - 186 (e) 11,985 126 12,297 584 25,280 . 1,162 26,4421994 112 12,323 - 521 (e) 11,192 .. 11,713 563 25,272 . 1,109 26,381

1995 114 12,405 - 595 (e) 11,694 .. 12,289 546 25,354 . 1,019 26,3731996 112 12,531 - 612 (e) 11,780 .. 12,392 540 25,575 . 993 26,568

Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) At January in each year. Figures for 1974-75 are for full time teachers only (i.e. excluding the full time equivalent of part time teachers).The figure of normal weekly hours worked used to calculate full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988-89 from 25 to32.5 for maintained schools and to 26 hours for independent.

(b) Qualified teachers only.(c) After 1980 direct grant schools became independent schools in Wales.(d) For 1974-80 there is in addition one Direct Grant Grammar Technical School in Wales.(e) Grant maintained not grammar.

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9.5 Pupil teacher ratio within schools (a)

Non-maintainedMaintained schools (b) schools

SecondaryCompre- Other Direct Inde-

Nursery Primary Modern Grammar hensive secondary Total Special Total grant (c) pendent Total (d)1974 .. 23.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

1975 .. 23.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1976 19.4 22.8 18.3 17.0 17.0 14.2 17.1 8.9 19.7 .. 13.0 19.61977 19.0 22.7 18.3 17.2 17.0 11.1 17.0 8.6 19.6 .. 12.3 19.51978 18.4 22.3 17.9 16.9 17.0 12.4 17.1 8.1 19.4 .. 12.3 19.21979 19.5 22.0 16.7 16.6 16.8 12.1 16.8 7.4 19.0 .. 12.4 18.9

1980 19.2 21.9 16.0 16.1 16.6 12.3 16.6 7.7 18.8 .. 11.9 18.71981 19.0 21.7 15.8 16.4 16.6 12.5 16.6 7.7 18.8 . 12.1 18.51982 19.8 21.9 15.4 16.1 16.7 11.9 16.7 7.8 18.8 . 11.5 18.61983 20.5 21.8 16.0 15.8 16.5 11.7 16.5 7.6 18.6 . 11.0 18.31984 20.2 21.6 15.1 15.4 16.2 12.0 16.2 7.6 18.4 . 10.0 18.1

1985 20.1 21.9 15.0 15.4 16.2 12.3 16.2 7.1 18.5 . 10.6 18.21986 20.2 22.1 15.1 15.6 16.1 12.3 16.1 7.0 18.5 . 10.7 18.21987 21.0 22.1 16.7 15.4 15.9 12.3 15.9 7.0 18.5 . 10.4 18.21988 20.4 22.1 16.0 14.5 15.5 13.5 15.5 6.8 18.3 . 10.3 18.01989 20.6 22.3 16.2 14.9 15.4 13.3 15.4 6.7 18.5 . 10.0 18.1

1990 20.8 22.3 - - 15.3 13.3 15.3 6.5 18.5 . 10.5 18.11991 20.6 22.3 - - 15.4 13.1 15.4 6.3 18.6 . 9.8 18.21992 20.4 22.3 - 15.1 (e) 15.6 13.6 15.6 6.3 18.7 . 9.7 18.21993 20.3 22.1 - 15.2 (e) 15.7 13.8 15.7 6.2 18.6 . 9.7 18.21994 20.6 22.3 - 16.3 (e) 15.9 .. 15.9 6.4 18.8 . 9.6 18.4

1995 19.9 22.5 - 15.9 (e) 16.1 .. 16.1 6.6 19.0 . 10.1 18.71996 19.5 22.5 - 15.8 (e) 16.0 .. 16.0 6.7 19.0 . 10.0 18.7


(a) At January of each year. The figures make allowance for part time pupils (each part time pupil counting as 0.5 full time equivalent) andthe full time equivalent of part time teachers. The figures include any teachers temporarily absent on census day but exclude any reliefteachers taking their places. Teachers absent for long periods or seconded for other duties are excluded but their replacements included.The pupil/teacher ratio relates only to full time equivalent teachers on the establishment of the school, peripatetic teachers are excluded.The normal weekly hours worked figure used to calculate full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988-89 from 25 to 32.5for maintained schools and to 26 hours for independent.

(b) Qualified teachers only.(c) After 1980 direct grant schools became independent schools in Wales.(d) For 1974-80 there is in addition one Direct Grant Grammar Technical School in Wales.(e) Grant maintained not grammar.

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9.6 Schools, pupils and teachers, Clwyd (a)

Full-time P.T.R.Number of Full time pupils Part-time equivalent within

schools Boys Girls Total pupils teachers (b) schools (c)1975-76:

Maintained schools:Nursery (N) 4 - - - 319 9 17.7Primary (P):

Infant 47 4,131 3,373 8,004 394 332 24.7Junior with infant 170 12,848 12,186 25,034 400 1,112 22.7Junior without infant 43 5,275 5,108 10,383 - 441 23.5

Grant maintained - - - - - - -All primary schools 260 22,254 21,167 43,421 794 1,885 23.2Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 33 15,492 14,336 29,828 - 1,761 16.9Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 1 (d) 218 203 421 - 44 9.6All other secondary

schools 34 15,710 14,539 30,249 - 1,805 16.8Total (N + P + S) 298 37,964 35,706 73,670 1,113 3,699 20.1Special 12 439 265 704 7 76 9.2

Total maintained schools 310 38,403 25,971 74,374 1,120 3,775 19.9

Independent schools 19 (e) 1,570 1,700 3,270 5 277 11.8Total all schools 329 39,973 37,671 77,644 1,125 4,052 ..

1994-95:Maintained schools:

Nursery (N) 3 - - - 179 6 14.9Primary (P):

Infant 36 2,700 2,588 5,288 1,581 234 26.0Junior with infant 168 11,984 11,438 23,422 3,340 1,012 24.8Junior without infant 36 3,784 3,555 7,339 44 301 24.4

Grant maintained 2 213 206 419 70 20 22.7All primary schools 242 18,681 17,787 36,468 5,035 1,567 24.9Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 28 11,801 11,632 23,433 - 1,376 17.0Grant maintained 4 1,889 1,850 3,739 - 223 16.8Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary



Independent schools 11 789 1,056 1,845 15 200 9.3Total all schools 299 33,766 32,619 66,385 5,236 3,485 19.8

Source: Statistics of Education in Wales, no.1; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools, no.3

(a) At January 1976, and January 1995.(b) In the case of maintained schools, qualified teachers only.(c) Part-time pupils count as 0.5.(d) In 1976 the ‘others’ were: Clwyd- 1 other; Dyfed- 15 Modern, 10 Grammar; Gwent- 9 Modern, 4 Grammar; Gwynedd- 1 other; Mid-Glam-

8 Modern, 4 Grammar; Wales- 8 Modern, 18 Grammar, 2 other.(e) In 1976 these were given as for: Clwyd- 14 recognised as efficient, 5 other; Dyfed- 4 recognised as efficient, 1 other; Gwent- 2

recognised as efficient, 2 other, 2 Direct grant grammar; Gwynedd- 4 recognised as efficient, 4 other; Mid-Glam- 4 recognised asefficient; Powys- 4 recognised as efficient, 1 other; South Glam- 9 recognised as efficient, 6 other, 1 Direct Grant; West Glam- 6recognised as efficient, 2 other; Wales- 47 recognised as efficient, 21 other, 3 Direct Grant. No details regarding numbers of pupils etc.are given for the Direct Grammar schools, nor for most of those listed as ‘other’.

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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Dyfed (a)



Maintained schools:Nursery (N) 2 55 41 96 33 6 18.8Primary (P):



Comprehensive 14 6,140 6,044 12,184 - 701 17.4Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 25 (d) 7,251 7,344 14,595 - 804 18.0All other secondary

schools 39 13,391 13,388 26,779 - 1,505 17.8Total (N + P + S) 404 30,834 30,115 60,949 492 3,234 18.9Special 5 204 128 332 - 34 9.7

Total maintained schools 409 31,038 30,243 61,281 492 3,268 18.8

Independent schools 5 (e) 537 281 818 25 52 16.0Total all schools 414 31,575 30,524 62,099 517 3,320 ..


Nursery (N) 3 53 68 121 92 8 20.9Primary (P):


Grant maintained - - - - - - -All primary schools 311 15,979 15,210 31,189 1,253 1,599 19.9Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 31 12,387 12,474 24,861 - 1,528 16.3Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 31 12,387 12,474 24,861 - 1,528 16.3

schoolsTotal (N + P + S) 345 28,419 27,752 56,171 1,345 3,135 18.1Special 4 159 53 212 - 40 5.3


Independent schools 7 569 399 968 5 88 11.0Total all schools 356 29,417 28,204 57,351 1,350 3,263 17.8





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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Gwent (a)




Infant 103 7,917 7,456 15,373 997 693 22.9Junior with infant 109 7,837 7,484 15,321 215 686 22.5Junior without infant 87 10,437 10,274 20,711 - 855 24.2

Grant maintained - - - - - - -All primary schools 299 26,191 25,214 51,405 1,212 2,234 2,303.0Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 28 16,660 16,046 32,706 - 1,922 17.0Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 13 (d) 3,221 3,200 6,421 - 371 17.6All other secondary

schools 41 19,881 19,246 39,127 - 2,293 17.1Total (N + P + S) 359 47,313 47,643 94,956 1,985 4,568 21.0Special 9 379 227 606 - 51 10.2


Independent schools 6 (e) .. .. .. .. .. ..Total all schools 374 .. .. .. .. .. ..



Infant 50 4,133 3,976 8,109 2,341 398 23.3Junior with infant 120 12,442 12,055 24,497 1,523 1,058 23.9Junior without infant 42 5,082 4,793 9,875 - 414 23.9

Grant maintained 1 107 116 223 - 8 27.9All primary schools 213 21,764 20,940 42,704 3,864 1,878 23.8Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 30 14,631 14,332 28,963 - 1,754 16.5Grant maintained 3 792 781 1,573 - 107 14.7Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 33 15,423 15,113 30,536 - 1,861 16.4

schoolsTotal (N + P + S) 257 37,231 36,088 73,319 4,699 3,760 20.1Special 5 214 114 328 3 61 5.4


Independent schools 6 944 945 1,889 5 169 11.2Total all schools 268 38,389 37,147 75,536 4,707 3,990 19.5



8 Modern, 4 Grammar; Wales- 8 Modern, 18 Grammar, 2 other.(e) In 1976 these were given as for: Clwyd- 14 recognised as efficient, 5 other; Dyfed, 4 recognised as efficient, 1 other; Gwent- 2 recognised

as efficient, 2 other, 2 Direct grant grammar; Gwynedd- 4 recognised as efficient, 4 other; Mid-Glam- 4 recognised as efficient; Powys- 4recognised as efficient, 1 other; South Glam- 9 recognised as efficient, 6 other, 1 Direct Grant; West Glam- 6 recognised as efficient, 2other; Wales- 47 recognised as efficient, 21 other, 3 Direct Grant. No details regarding numbers of pupils etc. are given for the DirectGrammar schools, nor for most of those listed as ‘other’.

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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Gwynedd (a)



Maintained schools:Nursery (N) - - - - - - -Primary (P):

Infant 18 880 795 1,675 171 86 20.7Junior with infant 176 10,834 10,047 20,881 812 967 22.0Junior without infant 10 970 945 1,915 - 95 20.1


Comprehensive 23 9,424 8,824 18,248 - 1,070 17.1Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 1 (d) 106 110 216 - 12 18.3All other secondary

schools 24 9,530 8,934 18,464 - 1,082 17.1Total (N + P + S) 228 22,214 20,721 42,935 983 2,230 19.5Special 8 229 131 360 - 47 7.7




Nursery (N) - - - - - - -Primary (P):

Infant 6 226 235 461 144 25 21.1Junior with infant 180 9,530 8,935 18,465 900 891 21.2Junior without infant 4 274 228 502 - 24 20.8

Grant maintained 1 118 152 270 - 12 22.5All primary schools 191 10,148 9,550 19,698 1,044 953 21.2Secondary (S):




Independent schools 8 726 379 1,105 - 118 9.4Total all schools 229 18,824 17,561 36,385 1,045 2,130 17.3





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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Mid Glamorgan, (a)






Comprehensive 35 20,756 20,393 41,149 - 2,392 17.2Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 12 (d) 2,604 2,509 5,113 - 294 17.3All other secondary

schools 47 23,360 22,902 46,262 - 2,686 17.2Total (N + P + S) 386 57,577 55,066 112,643 1,381 5,411 20.9Special 10 416 344 760 - 83 9.2


Independent schools 4 (e) 193 536 729 - 43 16.9Total all schools 400 58,186 55,946 114,132 1,381 5,537 ..








Independent schools 7 325 350 675 - 64 10.5Total all schools 386 49,880 48,061 97,941 1,792 5,134 19.3





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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Powys (a)



Maintained schools:Nursery (N) - - - - - - -Primary (P):

Infant 12 758 682 1,440 4 69 20.9Junior with infant 116 4,579 4,238 8,817 144 474 18.8Junior without infant 9 745 690 1,435 - 72 19.9

Grant maintained - - - - - - -All primary schools 137 6,082 5,610 11,692 148 615 19.1Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 12 4,348 4,182 8,530 - 540 15.8Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary

schools 12 4,348 4,182 8,530 - 450 15.8Total (N + P + S) 149 10,430 9,796 20,222 148 1,155 17.6Special 4 123 79 202 2 21 9.7




Nursery (N) - - - - - - -Primary (P):

Infant 5 306 293 599 - 29 20.3Junior with infant 100 5,089 4,804 9,893 29 481 20.6Junior without infant 2 216 192 408 - 21 19.4

Grant maintained 1 11 15 26 - 2 13.0All primary schools 108 5,622 5,304 10,926 29 533 20.5Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 13 4,083 3,988 8,071 - 553 14.6Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 13 4,083 3,988 8,071 - 553 14.6

schoolsTotal (N + P + S) 121 9,705 9,292 18,997 29 1,086 17.5Special 3 80 44 124 4 27 4.7


Independent schools 5 384 112 496 - 71 7.0Total all schools 129 10,169 9,448 19,617 33 1,184 16.6





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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, South Glamorgan (a)




Infant 58 5,690 5,453 11,143 667 453 25.3Junior with infant 57 6,718 6,557 13,275 157 562 23.6Junior without infant 56 8,179 7,989 16,168 - 709 22.8


Comprehensive 29 17,525 16,798 34,323 - 1,973 17.4Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary

schools 29 17,525 16,798 34,323 - 1,973 17.4Total (N + P + S) 212 38,197 37,865 76,062 1,694 3,643 21.1Special 18 767 497 1,264 1 157 8.0


Independent schools 16 (e) 1,159 1,139 2,298 - 153 15.0Total all schools 246 40,123 39,501 79,624 1,695 3,953 ..





Comprehensive 23 12,784 12,222 25,006 - 1,502 16.6Grant maintained 3 1,643 1,501 3,144 - 196 16.0Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 26 14,427 13,723 28,150 - 1,698 16.6



Independent schools 14 1,150 1,569 2,719 16 252 10.8Total all schools 220 35,652 34,330 69,982 3,679 3,887 18.5





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9.6 (continued) Schools,pupils and teachers, West Glamorgan (a)




Infant 67 5,475 5,225 10,700 1,670 492 23.4Junior with infant 77 7,345 6,926 14,271 599 634 22.8Junior without infant 61 7,617 7,058 14,675 - 669 21.9


Comprehensive 28 16,045 15,249 31,294 - 1,880 16.6Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary



Independent schools 8 (e) 665 559 1,224 - 96 12.8Total all schools 257 37,582 35,281 72,863 2,650 3,846 ..


Nursery (N) 2 - - - 224 5 22.4Primary (P):



Comprehensive 26 11,975 11,375 23,350 - 1,462 16.0Grant maintained 1 476 499 975 - 69 14.1Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 27 12,451 11,874 24,325 - 1,531 15.9



Independent schools 4 294 265 559 - 57 9.8Total all schools 203 29,607 28,099 57,706 5,576 3,299 18.3





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9.6 (continued) Schools, pupils and teachers, Wales (a)



Maintained schools:Nursery (N) 67 880 730 1,610 2,887 157 19.4Primary (P):

Infant 457 36,444 34,636 71,080 4,864 3,079 23.9Junior with infant 1,112 75,584 71,360 146,944 2,694 6,705 22.1Junior without infant 390 47,437 45,503 92,940 - 4,018 23.1

Grant maintained - - - - - - -All primary schools 1,959 159,465 151,499 310,964 7,558 13,802 22.8Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 202 106,390 101,872 208,062 - 12,238 17.0Grant maintained - - - - - - -Other secondary 52 (d) 13,400 13,366 26,766 - 1,513 18.4All other secondary

schools 254 119,790 115,238 235,028 - 13,751 17.1Total (N + P + S) 2,280 280,135 267,467 547,602 10,445 27,710 20.0Special 73 2,868 1,834 4,702 11 527 8.9

Total maintained schools 2,353 283,003 269,301 552,304 10,456 28,237 19.7

Independent schools 71 (e) 5,529 4,725 11,050 43 849 13.0Total all schools 2,424 288,532 274,026 563,354 10,499 29,086 ..


Nursery (N) 52 544 485 1,029 2,475 114 19.9Primary (P):

Infant 252 19,147 18,285 37,432 7,755 1,798 23.0Junior with infant 1,226 94,848 90,689 185,537 13,002 8,621 22.3Junior without infant 208 22,704 21,554 44,258 44 1,944 22.8

Grant maintained 5 449 489 938 70 42 23.2All primary schools 1,691 137,148 131,017 268,165 20,871 12,405 22.5Secondary (S):

Comprehensive 216 95,380 93,086 188,466 - 11,694 16.1Grant maintained 11 4,800 4,631 9,431 - 595 15.9Other secondary - - - - - - -All other secondary 227 100,180 97,717 197,897 - 12,289 16.1

schoolsTotal (N + P + S) 1,970 237,872 229,219 467,091 23,346 24,808 19.3Special 56 2,381 1,175 3,556 51 546 6.6

Total maintained schools 2,026 240,253 230,394 470,647 23,397 25,354 19.0

Independent schools 62 5,181 5,075 10,256 41 1,019 10.1Total all schools 2,088 245,434 235,469 480,903 23,438 26,373 18.7





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9.7 Maintained secondary schools, by size and Local Education Authority area

Number of pupils in schools:Up to 400 401 to 600 601 to 800 801 to 1,000 1,001 to 1,500 1,501 to 2,000

Number of schools:Clwyd:

1976-77 3 3 4 11 11 21994-95 - 8 10 3 11 -

Dyfed:1976-77 6 15 6 5 5 21994-95 3 5 9 6 8 -

Gwent:1976-77 4 9 5 4 10 81994-95 2 4 7 6 14 -

Gwynedd:1976-77 3 6 7 1 6 11994-95 5 7 4 3 4 -

Mid Glamorgan:1976-77 7 7 3 3 16 101994-95 1 3 11 9 17 1

Powys:1976-77 2 4 1 2 3 -1994-95 1 6 4 1 1 -

South Glamorgan:1976-77 - 1 4 5 13 6 (a)1994-95 - 2 4 3 16 1

West Glamorgan:1976-77 5 3 3 3 9 7 (a)1994-95 - 3 7 11 5 1

Wales:1976-77 30 48 33 34 73 36 (b)1994-95 11 39 56 42 76 3

Per cent of pupils:Clwyd:

1976-77 3.3 4.2 8.9 31.4 42.4 10.11994-95 - 16.0 27.0 9.8 47.2 -

Dyfed:1976-77 7.9 25.7 15.1 17.4 22.2 11.81994-95 4.1 9.9 24.7 21.2 40.1 -

Gwent:1976-77 3.9 11.8 9.5 9.2 32.9 33.31994-95 2.5 6.5 16.1 17.7 57.3 -

Gwynedd:1976-77 4.9 16.6 24.9 4.5 38.7 10.41994-95 11.9 22.0 18.5 17.4 30.3 -

Mid Glamorgan:1976-77 5.1 7.8 4.2 5.6 41.7 35.71994-95 - 5.1 19.8 20.2 50.3 4.7

Powys:1976-77 8.2 21.4 7.6 20.3 42.5 -1994-95 3.4 39.7 33.6 10.5 12.9 -

South Glamorgan:1976-77 - 1.3 8.0 13.3 46.2 31.21994-95 - 3.3 10.3 9.7 69.2 7.4

West Glamorgan:1976-77 4.2 4.4 6.5 8.8 36.0 40.11994-95 - 5.7 18.8 41.5 26.2 7.7

Wales:1976-77 4.2 9.8 9.4 12.9 37.8 25.91994-95 2.0 10.0 20.0 19.0 46.3 2.9Source: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) 1995/96 is not available in this format, only on a unitary authority basis.(b) Includes one school with over 2,000 pupils.(c) Includes two schools with over 2,000 pupils.

EDUCATION


9.8 Age of school leavers, by sex (a)

Boys aged Girls aged19 and 19 and

15 16 (b) 17 18 (c) over Total 15 16 17 18 (c) over Total

At January 1:1973-74 9,960 6,040 2,630 1,600 270 20,500 8,820 5,930 3,090 1,240 80 19,1601974-75 10,030 6,180 2,680 1,550 210 20,650 8,910 6,180 3,050 1,240 60 19,430

1975-76 10,300 6,120 2,720 1,540 200 20,890 9,410 6,020 3,200 1,280 60 19,9601976-77 10,830 6,790 2,940 1,575 230 22,365 9,640 6,685 3,420 1,360 90 21,1951977-78 11,075 6,940 2,930 1,600 220 22,765 9,940 6,685 3,340 1,335 80 21,3801978-79 11,185 7,020 2,945 1,605 180 22,935 10,370 6,570 3,700 1,225 75 21,9401979-80 11,710 7,035 2,960 1,430 240 23,375 9,775 7,055 3,480 1,360 80 21,750

1980-81 11,140 6,475 3,195 1,385 250 22,445 9,475 6,960 3,400 1,535 80 21,4501981-82 10,445 7,365 3,455 1,600 250 23,115 8,965 6,995 4,380 1,600 180 22,1201982-83 9,980 7,390 3,815 1,595 205 22,985 9,475 6,775 4,045 1,905 140 22,3401983-84 10,385 7,105 2,950 1,755 205 22,400 9,660 6,305 3,880 1,665 130 21,6401984-85 10,545 6,710 3,365 1,625 200 22,445 9,440 6,820 3,760 1,765 200 21,985

At August 31:1985-86 14,820 3,015 3,430 685 - 21,950 13,470 3,265 4,050 450 - 21,2351986-87 15,710 2,580 3,570 590 - 22,450 14,190 2,875 3,910 425 - 21,4001987-88 14,435 2,540 3,500 620 - 21,095 12,470 2,910 3,750 380 - 19,5101988-89 13,485 2,310 3,895 485 - 20,175 11,835 2,620 3,965 510 - 18,9301989-90 12,390 1,890 3,675 525 - 18,480 10,300 2,320 4,120 475 - 17,215

1990-91 11,125 1,855 3,600 515 - 17,095 9,340 2,110 4,185 545 - 16,1801991-92 10,300 2,170 4,250 - - 16,720 8,605 2,215 5,045 - - 15,8651992-93 9,840 2,125 4,175 - - 16,140 8,645 2,025 4,780 - - 15,4501993-94 9,880 1,945 4,260 - - 16,085 8,605 1,810 4,840 - - 15,2551994-95 11,715 1,745 4,150 - - 17,610 10,015 1,850 4,635 - - 16,500


(a) Includes leavers from maintained and independent schools. Special schools are excluded. From 1980-81 all direct grant schools inWales became independent. With the introduction of tertiary colleges in some L.E.A.'s, the number of school leavers and examinationattainments in recent years have become less comparable with those for earlier years. Prior to 1977-78 only includes independentschools recognised as efficient.

(b) Becomes 16 and over from 1991-92.(c) Becomes 18 and over in 1985-86.

EDUCATION


9.9 Destination of school leavers, by sex (a)

Leavers enteringDegree Teacher Other full time further Pupils leavingcourses training (b) education courses Total for employment (c) Total

Boys:1973-74 1,630 400 1,470 3,500 17,000 20,5001974-75 1,670 320 1,920 3,920 16,730 20,650

1975-76 1,900 190 2,160 4,250 16,640 20,8901976-77 1,935 90 2,150 4,180 18,180 22,3651977-78 1,865 35 2,125 4,025 18,740 22,7651978-79 1,980 100 1,900 3,980 18,955 22,9351979-80 1,945 20 2,655 4,620 18,755 23,375

1980-81 1,950 60 3,015 5,025 17,420 22,4451981-82 1,940 30 3,680 5,650 17,465 23,1151982-83 1,920 40 4,445 6,405 16,580 22,9851983-84 1,660 110 3,750 5,520 16,880 22,4001984-85 1,825 145 4,100 6,070 16,375 22,445

1985-86 2,020 125 3,890 6,035 15,915 21,9501986-87 .. 1,840 4,325 6,165 16,285 22,4501987-88 .. 1,915 3,965 5,880 15,215 21,0951988-89 .. 2,090 4,285 6,375 13,800 (d) 20,1751989-90 .. 2,125 4,255 6,380 12,100 (d) 18,480

1990-91 .. 2,485 4,800 7,285 9,810 (d) 17,0951991-92 .. 3,095 5,585 8,680 8,040 (d) 16,7201992-93 .. 3,000 5,910 8,910 7,230 (d) 16,1401993-94 .. 2,900 6,185 9,085 7,000 (d) 16,0851994-95 .. 2,750 6,875 9,625 7,985 (d) 17,610

1995-96 .. 2,890 7,110 10,000 7,875 (d) 17,875

(a) 1992 Digest indicates these derive from:- ‘Estimates based on a sample of leavers from maintained and independent schools.’(b) From 1986-87 figures for those leavers entering degree courses and teacher training could not be split. They are combined and appear

in the teacher training column.(c) Includes leavers whose destination is not known.(d) Boys figures comprise:

Full-time employment Youth training Other1988-89 4,750 3,840 5,2101989-90 5,400 2,710 3,9901990-91 3,780 2,310 3,7201991-92 2,290 2,340 3,4101992-93 1,995 1,885 3,3501993-94 2,145 1,720 3,1351994-95 2,805 2,080 3,1001995-96 2,765 1,820 3,290

(e) Girls figures comprise:Full-time employment Youth training Other

1988-89 3,730 2,940 4,6901989-90 4,340 1,790 3,3101990-91 3,330 970 3,5651991-92 1,830 1,315 3,1451992-93 1,700 1,055 3,0101993-94 1,550 985 2,7901994-95 2,155 1,075 2,7501995-96 2,130 1,070 3,180

EDUCATION


9.9 (continued) Destination of school leavers, by sex (a)

Leavers enteringDegree Teacher Other full time further Pupils leavingcourses training (b) education courses Total for employment (c) Total

Girls:1973-74 1,140 910 2,550 4,600 14,560 19,1601974-75 970 1,050 3,460 5,480 13,960 19,430

1975-76 1,350 560 3,500 5,400 14,560 19,9601976-77 1,790 400 3,860 6,050 15,150 21,1951977-78 1,565 290 3,950 5,805 15,575 21,3801978-79 1,445 310 4,485 6,240 15,700 21,9401979-80 1,735 150 4,350 6,235 15,515 21,750

1980-81 1,765 175 4,890 6,830 14,620 21,4501981-82 1,665 320 5,405 7,390 14,730 22,1201982-83 1,880 380 5,250 7,510 14,830 22,3401983-84 1,605 315 5,650 7,570 14,070 21,6401984-85 1,635 150 5,965 7,750 14,235 21,985

1985-86 1,745 160 5,405 7,310 13,925 21,2351986-87 .. 1,750 6,020 7,770 13,630 21,4001987-88 .. 2,055 5,655 7,710 11,800 19,5101988-89 .. 2,275 5,295 7,570 11,360 (e) 18,9301989-90 .. 2,515 5,260 7,775 9,440 (e) 17,215

1990-91 .. 2,465 5,830 8,315 7,865 (e) 16,1801991-92 .. 3,555 6,020 9,575 6,290 (e) 15,8651992-93 .. 3,330 6,355 9,685 5,765 (e) 15,4501993-94 .. 3,095 6,835 9,930 5,325 (e) 15,2551994-95 .. 3,010 7,510 10,520 5,980 16,500

1995-96 .. 3,260 7,400 10,660 6,380 17,035Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

EDUCATION


9.10 Leavers’ destinations as a percentage of all leavers (a)

Leavers enteringDegree Teacher Other full time further Pupils leavingcourses training (b) education courses Total for employment (c)

1973-74 7 3 10 20 801974-75 7 3 13 23 77

1975-76 8 2 14 24 761976-77 9 1 14 24 761977-78 8 1 14 23 771978-79 8 1 14 23 771979-80 8 1 15 24 76

1980-81 8 1 18 27 731981-82 8 1 21 29 711982-83 8 1 21 31 691983-84 7 1 21 30 701984-85 8 1 23 31 69

1985-86 9 1 21 31 691986-87 .. 8 24 32 681987-88 .. 10 24 34 661988-89 .. 11 25 36 641989-90 .. 12 27 40 60 (e)

1990-91 .. 15 32 47 53 (e)1991-92 .. 20 36 56 44 (e)1992-93 .. 20 39 59 41 (e)1993-94 .. 19 42 (d) 61 40 (e)1994-95 .. 17 42 (d) 59 41

1995/96 .. 17 42 (d) 59 41Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales, Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools, Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) At January of each year. The figures make allowance for part time pupils (each part time pupil counting as 0.5 full time equivalent) andthe full time equivalent of part time teachers. The figures include any teachers temporarily absent on census day but exclude any reliefteachers taking their places. Teachers absent for long periods or seconded for other duties are excluded but their replacements included.The pupil/teacher ratio relates only to full time equivalent teachers on the establishment of the school, peripatetic teachers are excluded.The normal weekly hours worked figure used to calculate full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988-89 from 25 to 32.5for maintained schools and to 26 hours for independent.

(b) From 1986-87 figures for those leavers entering degree courses and teacher training could not be split. They are combined and appearin the teacher training column.

(c) Qualified teachers only.(d) From 1993 Sixth Form and Tertiary Colleges are classed as Further Education institutions.(e) The breakdown from 1989/90 is:

Other (part-time education or employment,Full time employment Youth training unemployment and not known)

1989-90 27 13 201990-91 21 10 221991-92 13 11 201992-93 12 9 201993-94 12 9 19

EDUCATION


9.11 School meals service (a)

Day pupils Pupils taking mid-day meals Pupils bringing Pupils entitled present On payment Free Total own food to free meals

Nursery schools:1973-74 .. .. .. .. .. ..1974-75 .. .. .. .. .. ..

1975-76 .. .. .. .. .. ..1976-77 .. .. .. .. .. ..1977-78 3,694 1,004 434 1,438 2 ..1978-79 3,603 970 486 1,456 - ..1979-80 3,358 853 407 1,260 16 ..

1980-81 2,620 897 390 1,287 12 ..1981-82 2,331 704 409 1,113 2 ..1982-83 2,325 663 479 1,142 17 ..1983-84 2,468 631 549 1,180 3 ..1984-85 2,234 519 590 1,109 1 ..

1985-86 2,198 512 562 1,074 3 ..1986-87 2,180 526 550 1,076 19 ..1987-88 2,166 494 531 1,025 25 ..1988-89 2,070 587 346 933 22 4421989-90 2,023 533 346 879 36 427

1990-91 2,046 534 323 857 42 4101991-92 2,032 484 385 869 33 4681992-93 1,872 355 329 684 38 4321993-94 2,063 442 463 905 49 5711994-95 1,990 461 445 906 33 5581995-96 2,017 .. 454 .. .. 522

Primary schools:1973-74 289,006 163,174 34,433 197,607 15,735 ..1974-75 288,320 180,934 31,993 212,927 12,802 ..

1975-76 293,693 184,383 32,962 217,345 15,641 ..1976-77 290,622 175,310 35,363 210,673 20,097 ..1977-78 274,763 147,705 41,176 188,881 34,469 ..1978-79 277,081 151,943 49,891 201,924 26,488 ..1979-80 263,679 147,275 40,682 187,957 31,983 ..

1980-81 251,397 108,898 33,854 142,752 59,712 ..1981-82 238,469 104,570 40,643 145,213 59,357 ..1982-83 228,894 93,574 44,854 138,428 56,827 ..1983-84 227,347 94,351 50,271 144,622 54,240 ..1984-85 222,564 81,115 57,007 138,122 56,488 ..

1985-86 225,501 78,553 55,230 133,783 62,809 ..1986-87 225,350 75,647 56,822 132,469 68,785 ..1987-88 228,567 77,267 56,330 133,597 72,166 ..1988-89 234,549 88,126 39,891 128,017 83,641 46,0921989-90 241,501 93,274 40,093 133,367 86,358 46,124

1990-91 242,960 90,514 41,598 132,112 88,482 48,8601991-92 246,097 85,907 48,708 134,615 89,790 56,5931992-93 251,292 86,428 54,402 140,830 88,352 62,9731993-94 259,993 89,937 62,862 152,799 86,743 71,6751994-95 257,473 90,147 61,373 151,520 86,440 72,3321995-96 266,192 .. 63,954 .. .. 73,296


(a) Data obtained from a census carried out on a specified day in the autumn of each year. In the case of schools offering a cafeteriaservice, the receipts from sales are recorded and converted into an estimate of the number of meals taken by using an average price of ameal supplied by each local education authority. For those children receiving free school meals and children at schools either (i) offeringonly fixed price, or (ii) not offering cafeteria style meals, the actual number of meals taken is recorded.

EDUCATION


9.11 (continued) Schools meals service (a)

Day pupils Pupils taking mid-day meals Pupils bringing Pupils entitledpresent On payment Free Total own food to free meals

Secondary schools:1973-74 199,463 78,663 22,088 100,751 25,160 ..1974-75 203,653 95,349 21,617 116,966 18,605 ..

1975-76 211,480 99,782 20,366 120,148 21,728 ..1976-77 216,420 97,413 21,581 118,994 26,000 ..1977-78 221,541 80,013 25,356 105,369 33,297 ..1978-79 219,565 79,200 31,216 110,416 31,385 ..1979-80 215,790 70,101 25,224 95,325 33,881 ..

1980-81 213,772 67,990 18,754 86,744 36,181 ..1981-82 212,401 71,320 23,501 94,821 32,469 ..1982-83 209,817 65,275 27,913 93,188 33,404 ..1983-84 207,007 67,467 31,542 99,009 31,768 ..1984-85 198,788 72,864 37,009 109,873 30,276 ..

1985-86 194,369 60,755 32,189 92,944 28,457 ..1986-87 186,571 59,313 32,304 91,617 31,765 ..1987-88 177,763 58,022 30,008 88,030 32,461 ..1988-89 170,633 63,532 17,956 81,488 33,397 27,5511989-90 166,092 61,526 16,343 77,869 31,843 25,190

1990-91 163,953 64,621 16,022 80,643 32,758 24,8651991-92 170,703 58,275 19,595 77,870 32,290 29,2201992-93 175,669 64,340 23,159 87,499 30,206 33,3201993-94 174,758 65,532 26,419 91,951 32,957 36,5261994-95 172,329 62,794 26,856 89,650 32,169 38,5641995-96 177,935 .. 28,679 .. .. 39,776

Special schools:1973-74 3,067 1,141 1,810 2,951 .. ..1974-75 3,427 690 2,600 3,290 .. ..

1975-76 3,808 712 3,026 3,738 .. ..1976-77 3,646 706 2,865 3,571 .. ..1977-78 4,190 602 3,459 4,061 39 ..1978-79 4,237 646 3,336 3,982 28 ..1979-80 4,013 643 3,163 3,806 30 ..

1980-81 4,125 762 31,254 3,886 108 ..1981-82 3,976 718 2,827 3,545 156 ..1982-83 3,989 711 3,030 3,741 76 ..1983-84 3,835 692 2,842 3,534 82 ..1984-85 3,577 634 2,831 3,465 59 ..

1985-86 3,588 596 2,758 3,354 85 ..1986-87 3,504 534 2,740 3,274 53 ..1987-88 3,383 507 2,681 3,188 99 ..1988-89 3,340 1,294 1,609 2,903 271 1,8871989-90 3,232 1,342 1,521 2,863 245 1,742

1990-91 3,091 1,282 1,395 2,677 255 1,6181991-92 3,125 1,272 1,400 2,672 255 1,6321992-93 3,159 1,176 1,504 2,680 234 1,7431993-94 3,180 1,570 1,131 2,701 320 1,8711994-95 3,177 976 1,734 2,710 321 2,0321995-96 3,203 .. 1,681 .. .. 1,985



EDUCATION


9.11 (continued) Schools meals service (a)

Day pupils Pupils taking mid-day meals Pupils bringing Pupils entitledpresent On payment Free Total own food to free meals

All schools:1973-74 491,536 242,978 58,331 301,309 40,895 ..1974-75 495,400 276,973 56,210 333,183 31,407 ..

1975-76 508,981 284,877 56,354 341,231 37,369 ..1976-77 510,688 273,429 59,809 333,238 46,097 ..1977-78 504,188 229,324 70,425 299,749 67,768 ..1978-79 504,486 232,759 85,019 317,778 57,901 ..1979-80 486,840 218,872 69,476 288,348 65,910 ..

1980-81 471,914 178,547 56,122 234,669 95,963 ..1981-82 457,177 177,312 67,380 244,692 91,984 ..1982-83 445,025 160,223 76,276 236,499 90,324 ..1983-84 440,657 163,141 85,204 248,345 86,092 ..1984-85 427,163 155,132 97,437 252,569 86,824 ..

1985-86 425,656 140,416 90,739 231,155 91,354 ..1986-87 417,605 136,020 92,416 228,436 100,622 ..1987-88 411,879 136,290 89,550 225,840 104,751 ..1988-89 410,592 153,539 59,802 213,341 117,331 75,9721989-90 412,848 156,675 58,303 214,978 118,482 73,483

1990-91 412,050 156,951 59,338 216,289 121,537 75,7531991-92 421,957 145,938 70,088 216,026 122,368 87,9131992-93 431,992 152,299 79,934 231,693 118,830 98,4681993-94 439,994 157,481 90,875 248,356 120,069 110,6431994-95 434,969 154,378 90,408 244,786 118,963 113,4861995-96 449,347 .. 94,768 .. .. 115,579



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9.12 Percentage of pupils present at all schools taking midday meals (a)

Pupils taking midday mealsOn payment Free Total Pupils bringing own food

1973-74 49.4 11.9 61.3 8.31974-75 55.9 11.3 67.3 6.3

1975-76 56.0 11.0 67.0 7.31976-77 53.5 11.7 65.2 9.01977-78 45.5 14.0 59.5 13.41978-79 46.1 16.9 63.0 11.51979-80 45.0 14.3 59.3 13.5

1980-81 37.8 11.9 49.7 20.31981-82 38.8 14.7 53.5 20.11982-83 36.0 17.1 53.1 20.31983-84 37.0 19.3 56.4 19.51984-85 36.3 22.8 59.1 20.3

1985-86 33.0 21.3 54.3 21.51986-87 32.6 22.1 54.7 24.11987-88 33.1 21.7 54.8 25.41988-89 37.4 14.6 52.0 28.61989-90 38.0 14.1 52.1 28.7

1990-91 38.1 14.4 52.5 29.51991-92 34.6 16.6 51.2 29.01992-93 35.3 18.5 53.6 27.51993-94 35.8 20.7 56.4 27.31994-95 35.5 20.8 56.3 27.31995-96 .. 21.1 .. ..



9.13 Pupils receiving milk in maintained primary and special schools (a)

Pupils receiving Pupils buyingPupils present free milk Percentage receiving milk (b) Percentage buying

(number) (number) free milk (number) milk (b)1974 292,218 130,741 45 4,822 1.7

1975 297,501 131,927 44 4,024 1.41976 294,268 130,117 44 3,261 1.11977 278,955 124,438 45 2,666 1.01978 281,318 239,291 85 150 0.11979 267,692 139,812 52 555 0.2

1980 255,522 28,600 11 2,998 1.2Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) Data obtained from a census carried out on a specific day in the autumn each year.(b) Milk provided by local education authority on payment in primary schools only.

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9.14 Pupils receiving milk in maintained schools (a)

Pupils receiving milk:Day pupils present On payment Free Total Pupils entitled to free milk

Nursery schools:1984 2,234 250 1,012 1,262 ..

1985 2,198 276 1,028 1,304 ..1986 2,180 211 988 1,199 ..1987 2,166 189 1,037 1,226 ..1988 2,070 732 303 1,035 3931989 2,023 644 380 1,024 463

1990 2,046 617 490 1,107 6231991 2,032 605 1,058 1,663 1,3131992 1,872 389 1,199 1,588 1,5191994 2,063 512 1,599 2,111 1,9071995 1,990 560 1,597 2,157 2,130

1996 2,017 238 2,058 2,296 2,584

Primary schools:1984 222,564 7,105 26,314 33,419 ..

1985 225,501 7,230 27,276 34,506 ..1986 225,350 7,224 26,584 33,808 ..1987 228,567 8,296 26,933 35,229 ..1988 234,549 24,796 8,657 33,453 10,1571989 241,501 24,546 9,091 33,637 10,407

1990 242,960 24,065 12,963 37,028 16,2321991 246,097 23,543 16,362 39,905 19,8211992 251,292 24,001 18,537 42,538 22,8201994 259,993 22,160 23,870 46,030 27,8301995 257,473 22,687 23,912 46,599 28,036

1996 266,192 17,401 28,952 46,353 34,359Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales; Statistics of Education in Wales: Schools; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools

(a) Data obtained from a census carried out on a specific day. September to 1992, January from 1993.

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9.14 (continued) Pupils receiving milk in maintained schools (a)

Pupils receiving milk:Day pupils present On payment Free Total Pupils entitled to free milk

Special schools:1984 3,577 58 2,459 2,517 ..

1985 3,588 51 2,485 2,536 ..1986 3,504 52 2,367 2,419 ..1987 3,383 40 2,237 2,277 ..1988 3,340 67 1,484 1,551 1,8131989 3,232 63 1,407 1,470 1,789

1990 3,091 60 1,304 1,364 1,7271991 3,125 34 1,336 1,370 1,5891992/93 3,159 29 1,535 1,564 1,7801993/94 3,180 6 1,573 1,579 1,891

1994/95 3,177 17 1,509 1,526 1,840

1995/96 3,203 - 1,470 1,470 1,725

All schools:1984 228,375 7,413 29,785 37,198 ..

1985 231,287 7,557 30,789 38,349 ..1986 231,034 7,487 29,939 37,426 ..1987 234,116 8,525 30,207 38,732 ..1988 239,959 25,595 10,444 36,039 12,3631989 246,756 25,253 10,878 36,131 12,659

1990 248,097 24,742 14,757 39,499 18,5821991 251,254 24,182 18,756 42,938 22,7231992 256,323 24,419 21,271 45,690 26,1191993 - - - - -1994 265,236 22,678 27,042 49,720 31,628

1995 262,640 23,264 27,018 50,282 32,0061996 271,412 17,639 32,480 50,119 38,668



9.15 Percentage of pupils present in maintained schools receiving free milk (a)

Percentage of pupils receiving milkOn payment Free Total Percentage entitled to free milk

1984 3.2 13.0 16.2 ..

1985 3.3 13.3 16.6 ..1986 3.2 13.0 16.2 ..1987 3.6 12.9 16.5 ..1988 10.7 4.4 15.0 5.21989 10.2 4.4 14.6 5.1

1990 10.0 5.9 15.9 7.51991 9.6 7.5 17.1 9.01992 9.5 8.3 17.8 10.21993 - - - -1994 8.6 10.2 18.7 11.9

1995 8.9 10.3 19.1 12.21996 6.5 12.0 18.5 14.2



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9.16 Ordinary level performance of candidates taking WJEC examinations (a)

Average Averagenumber of number of Percentage Percentage

Total Total Average attainments of attainments of attainments attainmentsTotal attainments attainments number of grade C or grade E or of grade C or of grade E

candidates Total of grade C of grade E subjects better per better per better in all or better inentered (b) entries or better or better taken candidate candidate subjects all subjects

1974 32,552 130,431 77,280 .. 4.2 2.5 .. 59.2 ..

1975 34,471 132,727 78,834 114,540 4.0 2.4 3.3 59.4 86.31976 41,507 146,430 83,572 124,791 3.6 2.1 3.0 57.1 85.21977 43,727 154,439 84,861 129,932 3.6 2.0 3.0 54.9 84.11978 44,305 162,671 87,360 136,560 3.7 2.0 3.1 53.7 83.91979 47,034 169,428 91,729 143,811 3.6 2.0 3.1 54.1 84.9

1981 51,634 182,630 96,410 156,400 3.6 1.9 3.0 52.8 85.61982 53,756 185,654 97,600 158,500 3.5 1.8 2.9 52.6 85.41983 54,844 187,697 98,542 160,118 3.4 1.8 2.9 52.5 85.31984 56,135 190,520 97,683 163,106 3.4 1.7 2.9 51.3 85.6

1985 56,522 190,651 96,722 162,992 3.4 1.7 2.9 50.7 85.51986 55,388 202,906 98,556 172,121 3.7 1.8 3.1 48.6 84.81987 60,052 231,604 107,192 196,405 3.9 1.8 3.3 46.3 84.8


(a) Summer examinations. Figures include all candidates who were entered for the common syllabus examinations (GCE/CSE) some ofwhom (had no common syllabus examinations been provided) would have been entered for General Certificate of EducationExamination.

(b) From 1976 figures include all candidates who were entered for the common syllabus examinations (GCE/CSE) some of whom (had nocommon syllabus examinations been provided) would have been entered for Certificate of Education Examinations. Figures include allcandidates at Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) examination centres, some of whom took Project Examinations or BorrowedPapers of other examining boards.

9.17 GCSE performance of candidates taking WJEC examinations (a)

Total Total Total Percentage Percentage PercentageTotal Total Total attainments attainments attainments Percentage attainments attainments attainments

candidates subject attainments of grade C of grade E of grade G attainments of grade C of grade E of grade G(b) entries of grade A or better or better or better of grade A or better or better or better

1990 58,886 260,218 22,705 113,209 211,894 251,310 8.7 43.5 81.4 96.61991 57,200 255,899 24,036 112,904 208,086 248,086 9.4 44.1 81.5 96.91992 59,973 257,475 26,420 120,222 211,349 249,157 10.3 46.7 82.1 96.81993 59,384 246,942 25,507 117,741 204,962 239,404 10.3 47.7 83.0 96.91994 71,815 259,257 30,666 130,696 220,010 253,095 11.8 50.4 84.9 97.61995 86,972 292,206 33,953 152,920 251,006 285,582 11.6 52.3 85.9 97.71996 84,144 289,287 36,591 155,529 249,675 282,629 12.6 53.8 86.3 97.7


(a) Summer examinations. Figures include all candidates who were entered for the common syllabus examinations (GCE/CSE) some ofwhom (had no common syllabus examinations been provided) would have been entered for General Certificate of EducationExamination.

(b) Figures include all candidates of Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) examination centres some of whom took ProjectExaminations or Borrowed Papers of other examining boards and takes no account of subsequent absences from whole or parts ofexamination.

EDUCATION


9.18 Net revenue expenditure of Local Education Authorities by sector of education (a)

Schools Continuing/further educationOther

Nursery and Other major Adult (includingprimary Secondary Special Polytechnics establishments education catering andschools schools education (b) (b) (c) centres residence) (d)

1974-75 74,088 88,691 7,191 4,419 30,153 770 10,257

1975-76 96,078 111,675 9,896 5,128 37,502 1,244 14,1551976-77 107,875 125,657 11,091 5,793 38,044 1,188 21,2231977-78 115,851 135,411 13,084 5,551 38,923 721 31,6571978-79 128,392 151,995 13,881 5,911 40,503 802 37,7161979-80 145,199 174,083 17,544 6,978 48,114 869 42,613

1980-81 176,982 213,798 20,351 7,142 57,343 953 54,1201981-82 192,593 237,580 22,522 7,521 63,917 1,096 60,7411982-83 202,140 252,481 23,956 9,062 71,938 1,197 55,4471983-84 209,102 266,693 25,942 9,510 78,098 1,224 59,4451984-85 212,589 274,797 28,485 . 92,212 2,734 60,074

1985-86 225,390 286,245 29,390 . 97,410 2,889 61,6361986-87 249,770 312,971 29,007 . 109,221 3,338 63,3211987-88 277,424 333,709 30,213 . 117,340 3,534 69,2751988-89 311,833 358,485 34,664 . 131,148 4,343 73,5201989-90 345,906 374,092 38,404 . 142,645 5,886 80,866

1990-91 365,978 384,072 41,773 . 135,145 7,160 128,7721991-92 402,615 422,161 43,832 . 136,922 7,265 180,8381992-93 441,396 454,115 46,822 . 103,685 6,418 206,1351993-94 (g) 448,927 443,409 49,032 . .. 5,796 200,0801994-95 466,490 449,059 50,223 . .. 4,852 166,710

(a) Net revenue expenditure is defined as expenditure to be financed from grants (including specifics), rates and balances, ie. grossexpenditure less sales, fees and charges, and other local income.

(b) From 1984-85 figures are combined and included in other major 'Maintained establishments of further and higher education’.(c) In 1974-75 and 1975-76 includes all expenditure on teacher training. This is entered against the appropriate institution in later years.(d) Prior to 1978-79 net expenditure on catering and residence is entered against the different institutions.(e) Figures in respect of 'inspectors and advisors' are included in 'administration' prior to 1989-90.(f) From 1991-92 ‘child guidance’, ‘youth service’ and ‘other educational services’ combined as ‘other support services’ and includes from

1993-94 ‘Service Strategy’.(g) After 1991-92 some schools transferred out of the local authority sector and opted for grant maintained status. Local authority payments

to central government in respect of grant maintained schools are excluded. The majority of the transfers took place in 1993-94.

EDUCATION


9.18 (continued) Net revenue expenditure of Local Education Authorities by sector ofeducation (a) £ thousands

Other educational support servicesRevenue

Child Youth Other School contributionInspectors and guidance service educational meals All to capital

Administration advisors (e) (f) (f) services (f) and milk education outlay10,036 .. 283 2,644 2,809 16,157 247,498 2,057 1974-75

12,215 .. 434 3,608 3,928 21,009 316,873 2,604 1975-7615,882 .. 474 3,366 4,011 23,687 358,291 2,504 1976-7716,623 .. 529 3,744 2,741 23,180 388,013 2,610 1977-7817,624 .. 880 3,724 3,609 25,217 430,254 2,349 1978-7920,479 .. 963 4,240 4,300 26,662 492,045 2,439 1979-80

24,219 .. 1,256 4,752 4,874 24,045 589,835 2,128 1980-8126,895 .. 1,365 5,149 5,668 24,920 649,966 1,946 1981-8228,791 .. 1,514 5,802 6,449 27,659 686,434 1,918 1982-8331,017 .. 1,643 6,367 6,725 28,279 724,044 1,398 1983-8432,114 .. 1,845 6,413 5,301 30,232 746,797 852 1984-85

32,963 .. 1,993 7,033 5,934 28,953 779,837 546 1985-8632,684 .. 2,284 7,463 6,536 30,036 846,631 791 1986-8737,245 .. 2,289 8,185 7,038 30,620 916,872 820 1987-8837,539 .. 2,257 8,997 7,155 25,048 994,989 863 1988-8935,863 3,464 2,744 9,407 9,183 27,412 1,075,872 1,291 1989-90

33,231 4,771 . 8,956 . 30,537 1,140,395 .. 1990-9142,328 5,406 . 19,455 . 35,570 1,296,392 .. 1991-9250,813 5,922 . 27,028 . 39,360 1,383,654 .. 1992-9339,688 6,019 . 37,070 . 34,969 1,264,990 .. 1993-94 (g)37,876 5,463 . 37,421 . 34,700 1,252,794 .. 1994-95


EDUCATION


9.19 Welsh undergraduates at universities in the United Kingdom, by sex (a)

Socialadminist-

Studies Engin- Agricul- rative Architec- Languageallied to eering ture and ture literature Arts Multi -

medicine and and business and and other discip-and tech- forestry studies town area than linary

Education health nology (b) Science (c) planning studies languages studies TotalMen:

1972-73 18 543 1,252 130 1,692 1,184 170 405 417 .. 5,8121973-74 87 786 1,211 118 1,654 1,290 180 405 448 .. 6,1801974-75 28 891 1,132 128 1,560 1,474 181 397 464 .. 6,256 (d)

1975-76 141 939 1,097 139 1,505 1,591 190 454 499 .. 6,5551976-77 29 936 1,143 149 1,484 1,636 181 427 482 .. 6,4671977-78 54 973 1,147 148 1,498 1,613 163 396 534 .. 6,5261978-79 66 969 1,153 162 1,591 1,627 161 381 529 .. 6,6391979-80 72 951 1,175 167 1,694 1,622 175 368 514 .. 6,738

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 60 891 1,254 166 1,817 1,557 187 394 548 .. 6,8741982-83 68 856 1,246 158 1,824 1,467 160 357 514 .. 6,6501983-84 71 837 1,160 142 1,787 1,325 143 350 461 .. 6,2761984-85 65 801 1,193 130 1,722 1,272 132 335 388 .. 6,038

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 33 736 1,114 92 1,623 1,069 127 287 448 455 5,9841987-88 34 712 1,151 98 1,648 1,104 121 281 495 456 6,1001988-89 45 721 1,148 103 1,704 1,204 114 308 491 508 6,3461989-90 51 719 1,228 108 1,773 1,222 120 356 532 547 6,656

1990-91 53 747 1,299 110 1,901 1,267 109 382 540 532 6,9401991-92 46 726 1,372 120 1,952 1,381 118 421 625 565 7,3261992-93 42 849 1,417 132 2,104 1,289 190 462 667 765 7,924 (d)1993-94 59 870 1,498 138 2,293 1,392 198 497 698 842 8,4851994-95 (e) 849 1,461 3,404 329 4,798 4,276 1,156 587 2,010 1,912 20,942 (e)

Women:1972-73 35 277 29 30 659 693 22 878 463 .. 3,0881973-74 54 388 29 29 668 742 23 879 460 .. 3,2731974-75 67 465 26 36 638 811 33 935 478 .. 3,489

1975-76 119 476 29 35 666 909 37 970 470 .. 3,7111976-77 68 497 25 37 652 974 33 1,031 498 .. 3,8151977-78 251 528 32 42 655 1,037 53 1,107 569 .. 4,2741978-79 205 585 45 63 662 1,183 67 1,168 598 .. 4,5761979-80 181 564 52 64 689 1,245 75 1,200 606 .. 4,676

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 122 679 64 67 787 1,273 94 1,294 558 .. 4,9381982-83 124 758 67 80 823 1,249 90 1,192 555 .. 4,9381983-84 130 763 88 62 828 1,179 80 1,125 551 .. 4,8061984-85 126 827 95 58 841 1,156 74 1,097 588 .. 4,862

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 118 832 106 70 768 1,192 39 994 500 535 5,1541987-88 114 849 126 71 790 1,227 43 1,005 481 593 5,2991988-89 127 858 136 73 848 1,308 41 1,083 478 593 5,5451989-90 155 828 155 73 877 1,363 51 1,226 537 668 5,933

1990-91 149 868 204 69 921 1,411 58 1,324 606 652 6,2621991-92 153 1,070 211 77 968 1,440 79 1,432 681 712 6,8231992-93 201 1,787 182 97 1,259 1,329 67 1,528 747 905 8,1251993-94 202 2,122 178 107 1,399 1,551 67 1,628 824 907 9,0031994-95 (e) 2,916 3,714 422 250 2,670 5,058 212 1,910 2,460 2,858 22,620 (e)

Sources: Digest of Welsh Statistics; Statistics of Education in Wales: Further and Higher Education

(a) At December. Full-time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses atundergraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980/81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.

(b) Includes veterinary science.(c) Includes small number in Mass communications and documentation for the years 1993-94 and 1994-95.(d) Includes 1 subject group unknown.(e) With effect from the autumn of 1994, information regarding the Higher Education sector was collected on a United Kingdom basis by the

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for all Higher Education Institutions.

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9.19 (continued) Welsh undergraduates at universities in the United Kingdom, by sex (a)

SocialStudies Engin- Agricul- administ-allied to eering ture rative and Architec- Language Multi -

medicine and and business ture and literature Arts other discip-and tech- forestry studies town and area than linary

Education health nology (b) Science (c) planning studies languages studies TotalAll persons:

1972-73 53 820 1,281 160 2,351 1,877 192 1,283 880 .. 8,9001973-74 141 1,174 1,240 147 2,322 2,032 203 1,284 908 .. 9,4531974-75 95 1,356 1,158 164 2,198 2,285 214 1,332 942 .. 9,745 (d)

1975-76 260 1,415 1,126 174 2,171 2,500 227 1,424 969 .. 10,2661976-77 97 1,433 1,168 186 2,136 2,610 214 1,458 980 .. 10,2821977-78 305 1,501 1,179 190 2,153 2,650 216 1,503 1,103 .. 10,8001978-79 271 1,554 1,198 225 2,253 2,810 228 1,549 1,127 .. 11,2151979-80 253 1,515 1,227 231 2,383 2,867 250 1,568 1,120 .. 11,414

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 182 1,570 1,318 233 2,604 2,830 281 1,688 1,106 .. 11,8121982-83 192 1,614 1,313 238 2,647 2,716 250 1,549 1,069 .. 11,5881983-84 201 1,600 1,248 204 2,615 2,504 223 1,475 1,012 .. 11,0821984-85 191 1,628 1,288 188 2,563 2,428 206 1,432 976 .. 10,900

1985-86 146 1,623 1,200 156 2,355 2,155 161 1,281 944 908 10,9291986-87 151 1,568 1,220 162 2,391 2,261 166 1,281 948 990 11,1381987-88 148 1,561 1,277 169 2,438 2,331 164 1,286 976 1,049 11,3991988-89 172 1,579 1,284 176 2,552 2,512 155 1,391 969 1,101 11,8911989-90 206 1,547 1,383 181 2,650 2,585 171 1,582 1,069 1,215 12,589

1990-91 202 1,615 1,503 179 2,822 2,678 167 1,706 1,146 1,184 13,2021991-92 199 1,796 1,583 197 2,920 2,821 197 1,853 1,306 1,277 14,1491992-93 243 2,636 1,599 229 3,363 2,618 257 1,990 1,414 1,670 16,0491993-94 261 2,992 1,676 245 3,692 2,898 265 2,125 1,522 1,821 17,4881994-95 (e) 3,765 5,175 3,826 579 7,468 9,334 1,368 2,497 4,470 4,770 43,562 (e)



(b) Includes veterinary science.(c) Includes small number in Mass communications and documentation for the years 1993-94 and 1994-95.(d) Includes 1 subject group unknown.(e) With effect from the autumn of 1994, information regarding the Higher Education sector was collected on a United Kingdom basis by the


EDUCATION


9.20 Welsh undergraduates as a percentage of all United Kingdom students, by sex (a)

Socialadminist-

Studies Engin- Agricul- rative Architec- Languageallied to eering ture and ture literature Arts Multi -

medicine and and business and and other discip-and tech- forestry studies town area than linary


1972-73 4.5 3.7 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.2 6.6 3.9 4.3 .. 4.41973-74 17.4 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.5 6.7 3.9 4.5 .. 4.71974-75 4.3 5.7 4.6 4.7 4.4 5.0 6.1 3.8 4.6 .. 4.8

1975-76 14.5 5.9 4.5 4.8 4.3 5.1 6.5 4.2 4.7 .. 4.91976-77 4.6 5.8 4.8 4.9 4.4 5.1 6.7 4.1 4.6 .. 4.91977-78 5.7 6.0 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.9 5.6 3.8 4.9 .. 4.71978-79 5.7 5.9 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.9 5.7 3.6 4.9 .. 4.71979-80 6.3 5.9 4.3 5.0 4.7 4.8 6.6 3.5 4.9 .. 4.8

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 5.3 5.7 4.3 5.1 4.7 4.7 7.3 3.8 5.2 .. 4.81982-83 6.3 5.6 4.3 5.1 4.7 4.6 6.6 3.6 5.1 .. 4.71983-84 6.8 5.6 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.4 6.2 3.6 4.8 .. 4.61984-85 6.3 5.5 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.2 5.7 3.6 4.0 .. 4.4

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 5.5 5.0 4.2 3.9 4.7 4.0 6.7 3.6 4.7 3.9 4.41987-88 5.8 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.1 6.3 3.6 5.1 3.8 4.51988-89 6.7 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.3 5.8 3.7 4.9 4.0 4.51989-90 6.2 5.0 4.4 5.1 4.9 4.2 6.1 4.1 5.1 4.1 4.6

1990-91 6.0 5.3 4.6 5.5 5.0 4.2 5.4 4.1 4.9 3.9 4.71991-92 4.6 5.1 4.6 5.9 4.9 4.3 5.3 4.2 5.1 3.9 4.61992-93 3.4 6.1 4.8 5.6 4.9 4.3 5.1 4.2 5.1 3.8 4.71993-94 4.1 6.3 4.8 5.9 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.2 5.0 3.9 4.71994-95 (d) 6.5 6.6 5.0 5.8 5.1 4.7 5.4 3.5 4.5 4.3 4.9

Women:1972-73 5.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 4.9 4.7 3.2 5.6 4.4 .. 4.81973-74 5.8 4.8 3.3 3.1 4.8 4.7 3.1 5.5 4.3 .. 4.81974-75 4.9 5.3 2.7 3.6 4.5 4.8 3.8 5.6 4.3 .. 4.9

1975-76 6.4 5.1 2.9 3.0 4.6 4.9 4.1 5.5 4.0 .. 4.91976-77 4.1 5.2 2.2 3.0 4.6 5.1 3.4 5.9 4.3 .. 4.91977-78 12.0 5.3 2.5 2.9 4.4 5.1 5.1 5.9 4.8 .. 5.31978-79 8.5 5.6 3.0 4.0 4.3 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.0 .. 5.41979-80 6.7 5.1 2.9 3.6 4.3 5.5 6.3 5.8 5.2 .. 5.2

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 4.6 5.6 2.7 3.5 4.3 5.1 6.8 5.7 4.5 .. 5.01982-83 4.8 6.0 2.5 4.1 4.3 5.0 6.4 5.4 4.7 .. 5.01983-84 5.2 5.9 3.1 3.3 4.4 4.7 5.8 5.2 5.1 .. 4.91984-85 4.8 6.1 3.0 3.1 4.4 4.5 4.4 5.1 5.3 .. 4.8

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 6.1 5.6 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.0 3.8 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.01987-88 5.9 5.7 3.4 4.1 4.8 5.0 3.8 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.11988-89 5.3 5.7 3.5 4.3 5.0 5.0 3.5 5.6 4.7 4.6 5.11989-90 5.0 5.3 3.6 4.3 4.9 5.0 4.2 6.0 5.0 4.7 5.1

1990-91 4.4 5.3 4.3 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.5 6.1 5.4 4.3 5.11991-92 4.1 6.1 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.6 5.5 6.0 5.4 4.4 5.11992-93 4.3 11.4 3.8 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.9 5.5 4.4 5.51993-94 4.0 12.9 3.5 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.1 6.0 5.3 4.3 5.61994-95 (d) 6.9 6.5 3.6 5.3 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.5 5.2 5.2


(a) At December. Full-time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses atundergraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980-81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.

(b) Includes veterinary science.(c) Includes small number in Mass communications and documentation for the years 1993-94 and 1994-95.(d) With effect from the autumn of 1994, information regarding the Higher Education sector was collected on a United Kingdom basis by the


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9.20 (continued) Welsh undergraduates as a percentage of all United Kingdom students, by sex (a)

Socialadminist-

Studies Engin- Agricul- rative Architec-allied to eering ture and ture Language Arts Multi -

medicine and and business and literature other discip-and tech- forestry studies town and area than linary


1972-73 5.2 3.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4 5.8 4.9 4.3 .. 4.51973-74 9.8 5.1 4.7 4.1 4.7 4.6 5.9 4.9 4.4 .. 4.81974-75 4.7 5.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.9 5.6 4.9 4.4 .. 4.8

1975-76 9.2 5.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 5.0 5.9 5.0 4.4 .. 4.91976-77 4.2 5.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.8 5.2 4.4 .. 4.91977-78 10.0 5.7 4.4 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.5 5.2 4.8 .. 4.91978-79 7.6 5.8 4.3 4.6 4.4 5.1 5.8 5.2 4.9 .. 5.01979-80 6.6 5.6 4.2 4.5 4.5 5.1 6.5 5.0 5.0 .. 4.9

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 4.8 5.9 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.9 7.2 5.1 4.9 .. 4.91982-83 5.3 5.8 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.8 6.5 4.8 4.9 .. 4.81983-84 5.7 5.8 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.5 6.0 4.7 4.9 .. 4.71984-85 5.2 5.8 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.3 5.2 4.6 4.7 .. 4.6

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 6.0 5.3 4.0 3.9 4.7 4.5 5.7 4.8 5.0 4.3 4.71987-88 5.9 5.3 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.5 5.4 4.8 5.1 4.4 4.71988-89 5.6 5.4 4.2 4.6 5.0 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.3 4.81989-90 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.6 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.8

1990-91 4.7 5.3 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.5 5.1 4.1 4.81991-92 4.2 5.6 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.4 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.1 4.81992-93 4.1 9.2 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.1 5.11993-94 4.0 10.2 4.6 5.2 4.8 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.2 4.1 5.11994-95 (d) 6.8 6.5 4.8 5.6 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.8 5.1





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9.21 Welsh postgraduates at universities in the United Kingdom, by sex (a)

SocialStudies Engin- Agricul- administ- Architec-allied to eering ture rative and ture Language Mulit-

medicine and and business and literature Arts other discipl-and techn- forestry studies town and area than inary

Education health ology (b) Science (c) planning studies languages studies TotalMen:

1972-73 499 80 306 60 633 346 46 123 125 .. 2,2181973-74 592 97 317 58 674 404 54 150 134 .. 2,4801974-75 627 92 343 48 715 446 51 161 149 .. 2,638 (d)

1975-76 724 80 332 54 764 455 43 172 157 .. 2,792 (d)1976-77 285 37 139 16 361 197 30 56 86 .. 1,2071977-78 302 31 118 16 310 199 29 67 74 .. 1,1461978-79 278 36 124 18 306 207 23 57 78 .. 1,1271979-80 256 42 114 16 308 205 20 50 74 .. 1,085

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 229 44 121 19 314 180 14 43 71 .. 1,1051982-83 239 61 113 21 293 123 15 41 52 .. 9581983-84 244 63 166 19 313 139 16 42 54 .. 1,0561984-85 245 63 130 19 300 140 18 41 57 .. 1,013

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 216 68 130 10 338 140 19 41 52 10 1,0241987-88 212 59 123 12 364 141 24 41 52 9 1,0371988-89 226 62 145 13 390 162 29 33 57 22 1,1391989-90 235 70 134 11 420 176 38 43 50 12 1,189

1990-91 213 70 161 19 442 167 43 47 70 17 1,2491991-92 271 73 216 15 467 203 49 48 59 15 1,4161992-93 312 75 243 24 495 228 33 39 103 17 1,5691993-94 298 63 244 25 494 281 38 59 81 22 1,6051994-95 (e) 494 83 339 34 637 400 85 63 177 29 2,376 (e)

Women:1972-73 355 30 6 13 91 113 5 78 34 .. 7251973-74 376 32 8 11 112 139 11 96 37 .. 8221974-75 419 27 9 7 113 158 8 108 49 .. 898 (d)

1975-76 416 26 11 9 135 173 15 120 58 .. 966 (d)1976-77 302 15 6 4 73 110 12 50 26 .. 5981977-78 301 21 10 8 74 107 11 51 21 .. 6041978-79 298 22 7 8 87 144 15 66 24 .. 6711979-80 355 29 10 10 78 128 19 56 33 .. 718

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 390 29 13 9 80 149 12 44 24 .. 7501982-83 301 32 14 6 72 128 18 46 28 .. 6451983-84 336 33 22 9 81 136 16 50 29 .. 7121984-85 324 26 21 10 99 148 23 54 26 .. 731

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 313 42 22 6 101 149 16 59 41 3 7521987-88 324 41 20 7 109 137 16 58 39 8 7591988-89 309 48 18 8 127 142 22 57 37 3 7711989-90 341 59 18 10 158 160 42 48 38 4 878

1990-91 326 67 23 15 160 201 52 63 46 4 9571991-92 397 76 29 16 183 201 47 69 45 5 1,0681992-93 435 100 31 20 206 245 23 64 92 14 1,2301993-94 443 83 27 11 228 387 24 78 67 6 1,3541994-95 (e) 855 116 54 15 302 512 39 92 137 13 2,158 (e)

Sources: Digest of Welsh Statistics; Statistics of Education in Wales: Further and Higher Education(a) At December. Full time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses at

postgraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980/81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.

(b) Includes veterinary science.(c) Includes small number in Mass communications and documentation for the years 1993-94 and 1994-95.(d) Includes a number of ‘subject group unknown’.(e) With effect from the autumn of 1994, information regarding the Higher Education sector was collected on a United Kingdom basis by the


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9.21 (continued) Welsh postgraduates at universities in the United Kingdom, by sex (a)


medicine and and business and literature Arts other discip-and tech- forestry studies town and area than linary


1972-73 854 110 312 73 724 459 51 201 159 .. 2,9431973-74 968 129 325 69 786 543 65 246 171 .. 3,3021974-75 1,046 119 352 55 828 604 59 269 198 .. 3,531 (d)

1975-76 1,140 106 343 63 899 628 58 292 215 .. 3,758 (d)1976-77 587 52 145 20 434 307 42 106 112 .. 1,8051977-78 603 52 128 24 384 306 40 118 95 .. 1,7501978-79 576 58 131 26 393 351 38 123 102 .. 1,7981979-80 611 71 124 26 386 333 39 106 107 .. 1,803

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 689 73 134 28 394 329 26 87 95 .. 1,8551982-83 540 93 127 27 365 251 33 87 80 .. 1,6031983-84 580 96 188 28 394 275 32 92 83 .. 1,7681984-85 569 89 151 29 399 288 41 95 83 .. 1,744

1985-86 500 117 180 26 418 293 36 98 98 15 1,7811986-87 529 110 154 16 439 289 35 100 93 13 1,7761987-88 536 100 143 19 473 278 40 99 91 17 1,7961988-89 535 110 163 21 517 304 51 90 94 25 1,9101989-90 576 129 152 21 578 336 80 91 88 16 2,067

1990-91 539 137 184 34 602 368 95 110 116 21 2,2061991-92 668 149 245 31 650 404 96 117 104 20 2,4841992-93 747 175 274 44 701 473 56 103 195 31 2,7991993-94 741 146 271 36 722 668 62 137 148 28 2,9591994-95 (e) 1,349 199 393 49 939 912 124 155 314 42 4,534 (e)


(a) At December. Full time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses atpostgraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980/81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.

(b) Includes veterinary science.(c) Includes small number in Mass communications and documentation for the years 1993-94 and 1994-95.(d) Includes a number of ‘subject group unknown’.(e) With effect from the autumn of 1994, information regarding the Higher Education sector was collected on a United Kingdom basis by the


EDUCATION


9.22 Welsh postgraduates as a percentage of all United Kingdom students, by sex (a)




1972-73 7.1 3.2 4.4 7.3 5.0 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 .. 4.91973-74 7.8 3.6 4.4 7.3 5.4 4.5 5.2 5.4 4.4 .. 5.31974-75 7.4 3.2 4.6 5.5 5.3 4.4 4.1 5.2 4.3 .. 5.1

1975-76 7.9 2.8 4.5 6.2 5.5 4.3 3.1 5.3 4.4 .. 5.31976-77 7.8 3.4 4.9 4.2 5.4 4.4 3.8 4.7 6.5 .. 5.41977-78 8.4 2.7 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.1 5.9 6.2 .. 5.41978-79 7.9 3.0 4.7 5.5 4.9 5.0 3.6 5.0 6.6 .. 5.41979-80 7.7 3.5 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.2 3.4 4.6 6.3 .. 5.4

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 8.6 3.7 4.5 5.7 5.3 4.5 2.7 4.6 6.3 .. 5.51982-83 7.7 5.0 4.1 6.8 5.0 3.4 2.9 4.6 5.1 .. 5.01983-84 7.7 5.0 5.5 6.1 5.0 3.8 3.1 4.9 5.6 .. 5.31984-85 7.7 5.0 4.3 6.1 4.7 3.7 3.4 4.6 5.9 .. 5.0

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 6.4 5.5 4.3 3.7 4.9 3.7 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.0 4.81987-88 7.4 5.1 4.3 4.3 5.1 3.7 4.9 5.2 4.6 3.3 5.01988-89 8.1 4.8 5.2 4.6 5.4 4.2 5.8 4.1 4.8 7.0 5.41989-90 10.4 5.3 5.1 4.0 5.6 4.3 6.8 5.5 4.1 4.8 5.6

1990-91 8.1 5.7 5.5 6.3 5.7 3.8 7.0 5.5 5.0 6.4 5.61991-92 7.9 5.0 5.8 4.4 5.4 3.8 6.3 5.0 4.1 5.1 5.41992-93 9.2 .. 5.8 5.6 .. .. 4.9 .. .. 4.5 5.51993-94 8.0 3.7 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.2 4.4 5.2 5.31994-95 (e) 6.5 4.0 4.9 7.4 5.0 4.4 4.1 5.1 4.9 3.3 5.0

Women:1972-73 7.8 3.0 2.8 7.8 4.7 4.1 1.5 4.8 3.5 .. 5.31973-74 7.6 2.9 3.1 5.6 5.5 4.4 2.8 5.2 3.4 .. 5.51974-75 7.4 2.2 2.9 3.4 4.7 4.2 1.7 5.1 3.7 .. 5.1

1975-76 7.0 2.0 3.2 3.7 5.2 4.2 2.2 5.4 4.1 .. 5.11976-77 8.6 2.2 2.6 2.8 5.3 4.5 2.5 5.5 4.2 .. 5.71977-78 8.7 3.2 3.8 5.4 5.5 4.3 2.5 6.0 3.5 .. 5.91978-79 8.7 3.1 2.7 5.0 5.8 5.6 3.6 7.6 3.9 .. 6.41979-80 9.4 3.9 3.8 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.6 6.7 5.2 .. 6.6

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 9.6 3.7 4.7 4.6 5.1 5.6 3.2 5.8 4.2 .. 6.71982-83 8.2 3.8 4.2 3.0 4.3 5.0 4.8 6.5 4.9 .. 5.91983-84 9.0 3.3 5.6 5.2 4.4 5.1 4.1 6.7 5.4 .. 6.21984-85 8.8 2.4 4.8 5.6 4.8 5.3 5.5 6.9 4.4 .. 6.1

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 7.8 3.5 4.5 3.0 4.5 4.9 3.6 7.4 6.4 2.6 5.71987-88 8.3 3.2 4.3 3.8 4.7 4.4 3.9 7.0 5.8 6.8 5.71988-89 7.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 5.1 4.3 4.3 6.8 5.1 2.2 5.51989-90 8.1 4.0 3.9 4.1 5.9 4.5 6.6 5.7 4.9 2.8 5.8

1990-91 7.2 4.3 4.2 6.1 5.5 5.2 8.9 6.8 5.0 2.8 5.91991-92 7.4 4.1 4.1 5.6 5.6 4.4 6.7 7.2 4.2 2.4 5.61992-93 7.5 .. 4.1 5.6 .. .. 5.9 .. .. 4.9 5.81993-94 7.3 3.5 3.2 3.0 5.1 7.7 5.9 6.6 4.9 2.0 5.91994-95 (e) 6.4 3.9 4.1 3.6 4.9 6.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 2.3 5.3

Sources: Digest of Welsh Statistics; Statistics of Education in Wales: Further and Higher Education(a) At December. Full time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses at

postgraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980/81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.



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9.22 (continued) Welsh postgraduates as a percentage of all United Kingdom students,by sex (a)




1972-73 7.4 3.2 4.3 7.4 5.0 4.1 3.7 4.6 4.0 .. 5.01973-74 7.7 3.4 4.4 7.0 5.4 4.4 4.6 5.3 4.1 .. 5.61974-75 7.4 2.9 4.5 5.1 5.2 4.3 3.5 5.1 4.1 .. 5.1

1975-76 7.5 2.5 4.4 5.7 5.5 4.3 2.8 5.3 4.4 .. 5.21976-77 8.1 2.9 4.7 3.8 5.4 4.4 3.3 5.1 5.7 .. 5.51977-78 8.6 2.9 4.4 5.0 5.0 4.6 3.5 5.9 5.3 .. 5.51978-79 8.3 3.0 4.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 3.6 6.1 5.6 .. 5.71979-80 8.6 3.6 4.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 3.9 5.6 5.9 .. 5.8

1980-81 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1981-82 9.1 3.7 4.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.9 5.1 5.6 .. 5.91982-83 8.0 4.5 4.1 5.3 4.9 4.0 3.7 5.4 5.0 .. 5.31983-84 8.4 4.2 5.5 5.8 4.9 4.4 3.5 5.7 5.5 .. 5.61984-85 8.3 3.8 4.3 5.9 4.7 4.3 4.4 5.7 5.3 .. 5.4

1985-86 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1986-87 7.2 4.5 4.4 3.4 4.8 4.2 3.9 6.1 5.0 3.5 5.11987-88 7.9 4.1 4.3 4.1 5.0 4.0 4.4 6.1 5.0 4.3 5.31988-89 7.9 4.2 5.0 4.3 5.3 4.2 5.0 5.5 4.9 5.6 5.41989-90 8.5 4.6 4.9 4.1 5.7 4.4 6.7 5.6 4.4 4.1 5.7

1990-91 7.5 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.7 4.4 7.9 6.2 5.0 5.2 5.71991-92 7.6 4.5 5.5 4.9 5.5 4.1 6.5 6.1 4.2 4.0 5.51992-93 8.1 .. 5.6 5.6 .. .. 5.3 .. .. 4.7 5.71993-94 7.6 3.6 5.1 4.4 5.0 6.6 6.0 5.6 4.6 3.9 5.61994-95 (e) 6.5 3.9 4.8 5.6 5.0 5.4 3.9 4.5 4.5 2.9 5.0


(a) At December. Full time and sandwich students only. Includes students pursuing first degree courses and diplomas and other courses atpostgraduate level for the ‘old University sector’ i.e. prior to 1994/95. The Registrar-General's mid-year estimates of population showedthe population of Wales to be 5.0% of the UK total for the years, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 & 1990;5.1% for the years 1981 and 1982 and 4.9% for the years, 1974, 1975, 1976. No comparable figures are available for 1980/81. In1992/93 subject groupings changed.



EDUCATION


9.23 University of Wales students, by sex (a)

AllUndergraduates and postgraduates undergraduates

Full-time Part-time and postMale Female Total Male Female Total graduates

1973-74 10,080 5,328 15,408 497 106 603 16,0111974-75 10,438 5,754 16,192 388 101 489 16,681

1975-76 11,037 6,099 17,136 483 143 626 17,7621976-77 11,580 6,428 18,008 587 189 776 18,7841977-78 11,755 6,990 18,745 684 263 947 19,6921978-79 12,159 7,436 19,595 659 254 913 20,5081979-80 12,079 7,584 19,663 773 353 1,126 20,789

1980-81 12,404 7,998 20,402 852 413 1,265 21,6671981-82 12,040 8,014 20,054 799 447 1,246 21,3001982-83 11,557 8,008 19,565 867 456 1,323 20,8881983-84 10,916 7,819 18,735 858 457 1,315 20,0501984-85 10,883 8,038 18,921 970 595 1,565 20,486

1985-86 11,304 8,360 19,664 1,127 729 1,856 21,5201986-87 11,691 8,865 20,556 1,279 839 2,118 22,6741987-88 11,612 9,066 20,678 1,290 918 2,208 22,8861988-89 11,593 9,249 20,842 1,334 991 2,325 23,1671989-90 12,054 10,246 22,300 1,228 1,049 2,277 24,577

1990-91 12,595 11,107 23,702 1,272 1,196 2,468 26,1701991-92 13,967 12,843 26,810 1,366 1,311 2,677 29,4871992-93 15,098 15,026 30,124 1,500 1,488 2,988 33,1121993-94 16,133 16,739 32,872 1,711 1,807 3,518 36,390

Sources: Statistics of Education in Wales (later Statistics of Education and training in Wales: Schools); Digest

(a) By academic year, at December each year.

9.24 University of Wales full-time students, by institution (a)

WelshNational

St Davids Institute of

School of College Science andAberystwyth Bangor Cardiff Swansea Medicine Lampeter Technology (b)

1973-74 2,771 2,444 3,755 3,391 402 411 2,2341974-75 2,861 2,614 4,071 3,222 566 471 2,387

1975-76 2,974 2,720 4,568 3,221 587 536 2,5301976-77 3,092 2,909 4,708 3,411 687 574 2,7171977-78 3,158 3,048 5,060 3,534 697 587 2,6621978-79 3,173 2,978 5,347 3,846 778 665 2,8021979-80 3,133 2,853 5,474 3,904 732 713 2,854

1980-81 3,224 2,962 5,724 4,022 742 767 2,9611981-82 3,232 2,983 5,514 3,887 728 765 2,9451982-83 3,216 2,854 5,299 3,890 746 749 2,8111983-84 2,981 2,673 5,103 3,695 743 739 2,8011984-85 2,990 2,567 5,192 3,940 767 732 2,733

1985-86 2,946 2,702 5,393 4,121 785 727 2,9901986-87 3,150 2,846 5,675 4,492 795 743 2,8551987-88 3,247 2,896 5,441 4,701 830 740 2,8231988-89 3,299 2,999 8,139 4,721 891 793 .1989-90 3,617 3,328 8,279 5,272 950 854 .

1990-91 3,712 3,523 8,866 5,639 1,001 961 .1991-92 4,171 4,002 9,887 6,556 1,137 1,057 .1992-93 4,662 4,547 11,010 7,160 1,522 1,223 .1993-94 5,245 4,935 12,065 7,849 1,400 1,378 .


(a) By academic year, at December each year.(b) From 1988-89 the Institute of Science and Technology was amalgamated with Cardiff.

EDUCATION


9.25 University of Wales full-time undergraduate new entrants, by subject area (a)

Full-time undergraduate new entrants in (b):Social, Architecture Artsadmini- and other other Medicine, Engin- Agriculturestrative professional Language, than dentistry eering forestry Multi-

and and literature langu- and and and discipl-business vocational and area ages health techno- veterinary Science inary

Education studies studies (c) studies (d) (e) logy science (f) studies Total1973-74 52 1,045 112 624 663 445 459 106 1,045 .. 4,5511974-75 64 1,289 100 685 707 561 489 105 1,071 .. 5,071

1975-76 126 1,324 92 680 677 487 565 117 1,078 .. 5,1461976-77 136 1,345 80 706 694 536 694 176 1,115 .. 5,4821977-78 470 1,347 118 707 681 538 795 168 1,107 .. 5,9311978-79 192 1,512 146 774 757 557 807 184 1,222 .. 6,1511979-80 185 1,453 154 732 711 524 669 187 1,163 .. 5,778

1980-81 238 1,472 188 758 695 347 771 228 1,324 .. 6,0211981-82 250 1,309 179 682 652 356 657 215 1,238 .. 5,5391982-83 275 1,310 150 670 682 374 669 154 1,280 .. 5,5641983-84 179 1,168 167 654 571 391 515 167 1,128 .. 4,9401984-85 155 1,297 168 673 661 408 613 167 1,408 .. 5,550

1985-86 132 1,468 105 481 434 409 599 114 1,282 794 5,8181986-87 113 1,557 87 481 454 418 569 128 1,221 794 5,8221987-88 73 1,584 77 524 430 414 536 148 1,175 730 5,6911988-89 74 1,610 90 588 460 447 477 123 1,220 676 5,7651989-90 98 1,528 (g) 105 915 655 467 591 135 1,497 888 6,979

1990-91 65 1,632 135 1,005 794 515 568 109 1,605 818 7,2461991-92 79 1,796 189 1,124 925 694 553 144 1,691 919 8,1141992-93 138 2,058 163 1,276 971 1,419 588 154 1,812 1,046 9,6271993-94 136 2,160 162 1,218 1,046 1,140 693 176 2,134 1,230 10,095


(a) By academic year, at December each year.(b) From 1980-81 ‘undergraduates newly entered at each college, excluding transfers and secondments’.(c) Includes those listed as ‘Librarianship and Information Studies’ from 1988-89 (8 students in 1988-89 and 21 in 1991-92) and ‘Mass

communication and Documentation’ in 1993-94 (35 students).(d) Includes those listed as ‘Humanities’ and ‘Creative Arts’ from 1989-90.(e) Includes those listed as ‘Studies allied to medicine’ from 1989-90.(f) Includes Biological Science, Physical Science and Mathematical Science.(g) From 1989-90 some students previously listed under ‘Social Science and Business studies’ were included under ‘Multi-disciplinary

studies’ and under ‘Humanities’.

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9.26 University of Wales, number of full-time students, by county of origin (a)

Mid South West WalesClwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Glamorgan Powys Glamorgan Glamorgan (b)

1974-75 467 961 599 577 902 213 1,288 635 5,642

1975-76 498 969 585 565 951 215 1,166 801 5,7501976-77 497 1,005 589 545 955 229 1,212 871 5,9031977-78 496 975 621 572 1,014 197 1,240 926 6,0411978-79 479 1,007 650 576 1,029 192 1,379 947 6,2591979-80 471 977 707 579 1,036 208 1,372 914 6,265

1980-81 501 984 763 586 1,047 222 1,436 889 6,4301981-82 503 965 792 601 1,033 237 1,383 862 6,3771982-83 494 925 731 591 940 207 1,230 842 5,9611983-84 457 878 708 571 885 171 1,167 726 5,5661984-85 429 842 726 557 821 170 1,103 730 5,380

1985-86 450 831 737 580 812 184 1,051 771 5,4291986-87 461 864 734 611 818 196 1,084 854 5,6241987-88 467 944 740 583 820 201 1,015 810 5,5821988-89 456 915 711 623 859 206 1,077 865 5,7211989-90 479 993 752 686 920 233 1,168 928 6,168

1990-91 528 1,097 811 733 1,014 246 1,224 1,009 6,6671991-92 661 1,298 950 886 1,144 272 1,311 1,108 7,6351992-93 844 1,591 1,176 1,110 1,191 457 1,619 1,381 9,4041993-94 982 1,760 1,303 1,319 1,403 353 1,783 1,709 10,626

Source: Statistics of Education in Wales (later Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Further and Higher Education)

(a) At December each year. Includes students pursuing graduate and post graduate courses and diplomas, and other courses.(b) Includes students with county of origin unknown.

9.27 University of Wales, full-time students per 10,000 population, by county of origin (a)

Mid South West WalesClwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Glamorgan Powys Glamorgan Glamorgan (b)

1974-75 12.5 29.9 13.6 25.7 16.7 21.1 32.9 17.1 20.4

1975-76 13.1 29.9 13.3 24.9 17.6 20.5 28.9 21.8 20.81976-77 13.1 30.9 13.4 24.0 17.7 21.6 31.5 23.7 21.31977-78 13.0 30.0 14.2 25.3 18.8 18.6 32.1 25.2 21.81978-79 12.4 30.9 14.9 25.5 19.1 17.9 35.3 25.8 22.61979-80 12.0 29.3 16.0 25.1 19.1 18.9 35.1 24.5 22.2

1980-81 12.7 29.5 17.3 24.4 19.4 20.2 36.8 23.9 22.91981-82 12.8 29.0 18.0 25.9 19.2 21.4 35.5 23.4 22.71982-83 12.5 27.6 16.6 25.5 17.5 18.6 31.4 22.9 21.21983-84 11.5 26.2 16.1 24.5 16.6 15.5 29.6 19.9 19.81984-85 10.8 25.1 16.5 23.8 15.4 15.3 27.9 20.0 19.1

1985-86 11.3 24.5 16.7 24.7 15.2 16.4 26.6 21.2 19.21986-87 11.4 25.2 16.6 25.9 15.3 17.3 27.1 23.5 19.81987-88 11.5 27.1 16.6 24.4 15.3 17.5 25.2 22.3 19.51988-89 11.2 26.3 16.0 26.1 16.1 17.9 26.7 23.8 20.11989-90 11.6 28.0 16.8 28.5 17.0 19.8 28.7 25.5 21.4

1990-91 12.8 31.3 18.1 30.5 18.7 20.7 30.2 27.4 23.11991-92 16.0 37.0 21.3 36.9 21.1 22.9 32.3 30.1 26.51992-93 20.4 45.3 26.2 46.3 21.9 38.3 39.4 37.2 32.41993-94 23.6 50.1 28.9 54.9 25.8 29.4 43.1 46.0 36.6


(a) At December each year. Includes students pursuing graduate and post graduate courses and diplomas, and other courses. Proportion ofstudents per 10,000 population (as at June of each academic year).

(b) Includes students with county of origin unknown.

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9.28 University of Wales, number of staff, by grade and institution, quinquennially (a)

1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1993-94By Grade:

Professors 226 257 218 240 294Readers and SLs 485 601 519 483 514Lecturers 1,188 1,241 1,150 1,124 1,214Others 127 90 56 37 85All 2,026 2,189 1,943 1,884 2,107

By College:Aberystwyth 378 379 226 310 300Bangor 343 327 281 297 322Cardiff (b) 472 580 566 685 758Swansea 399 395 369 370 513WNSM (c) 121 152 146 149 144Lampeter 52 68 67 73 70UWIST (b) 261 288 288 - -


(a) Staff in post in December. Related only to staff financed directly from University funds.(b) The University College at Cardiff and UWIST (Welsh Institute of Science and Technology) amalgamated in September 1988 to become

the University of Wales College of Cardiff.(c) University of Wales College of Medicine.

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9.29 Enrolments on full-time courses of initial teacher training in Wales (a)

Higher and Further Education Colleges (b)Men Women

Postgraduate PostgraduateCertificate of Certificate ofEducation (c) B. Ed Other Dip. H.E. All Education (c) B. Ed Other Dip. H.E. All Total

1974-75 20 1,621 .. 1,641 51 3,928 .. 3,979 5,620

1975-76 31 1,535 .. 1,566 51 3,686 .. 3,737 5,3031976-77 29 1,273 .. 1,302 62 3,226 .. 3,288 4,5901977-78 41 161 726 .. 928 52 302 1,760 .. 2,114 3,0421978-79 29 177 413 115 734 65 389 974 269 1,697 2,4311979-80 28 181 293 91 593 69 461 816 261 1,607 2,200

1980-81 42 140 219 128 529 57 401 535 293 1,286 1,8151981-82 47 194 91 254 586 88 545 218 362 1,213 1,7991982-83 66 228 20 359 673 87 615 12 471 1,185 1,8581983-84 64 257 19 419 759 103 489 2 734 1,328 2,0871984-85 63 268 - 398 729 103 580 - 859 1,542 2,271

1985-86 70 252 - 318 640 110 740 - 803 1,653 2,2931986-87 95 228 - 280 603 141 868 - 691 1,700 2,3031987-88 109 315 - 189 613 148 1,204 - 394 1,746 1,7461988-89 82 403 - . 485 181 1,551 - . 1,732 2,2171989-90 92 478 - . 570 153 1,745 - . 1,898 2,468

1990-91 95 525 - . 620 184 1,985 - . 2,169 2,7891991-92 121 626 - . 747 250 2,385 - . 2,635 3,3821992-93 117 705 66 . 888 229 2,277 552 . 3,058 3,9461993-94 124 688 188 - 980 283 2,053 1,024 - 3,360 4,340

(a) Prior to 1988/89 includes students on Diploma of Higher Education courses most of whom proceed to the third year of a B. Ed. course.UK students only. At November for students at Higher and Further Education Colleges, December for students in University Departmentsof Education. 1974-75 figures are on a different basis. They show all students in university departments of education and colleges ofeducation successfully completing training in July. Most of the students took three and four year general training. There were 419 menand 477 women post-graduate students from university departments.

(b) Includes one voluntary college - Trinity College Carmarthen.(c) Includes Postgraduate Art Teachers Certificate from 1981-82.

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9.29 (continued) Enrolments on full-time courses of initial teacher training in Wales (a)

University Departments of EducationMen Women

Postgraduate PostgraduateCertificate of Certificate ofEducation (c) B. Ed Other All Education (c) B. Ed Other All Total

. . . . . . . . . 1974-75

352 .. 108 460 320 .. 52 372 832 1975-76380 .. 18 398 363 .. 18 381 779 1976-77320 - 1 321 350 - - 350 671 1977-78325 - 23 348 319 105 150 574 922 1978-79297 - 20 317 361 108 58 527 844 1979-80

323 - 31 354 382 99 28 509 863 1980-81344 - 3 347 392 28 1 421 768 1981-82285 - 5 290 338 62 3 403 693 1982-83276 - 5 281 388 55 2 445 726 1983-84261 - 2 263 362 60 - 422 685 1984-85

238 - 1 239 300 62 2 364 603 1985-86233 - - 233 338 60 - 398 631 1986-87265 - - 265 393 50 - 443 708 1987-88271 - - 271 362 53 - 415 686 1988-89269 - - 269 404 47 - 451 720 1989-90

254 - - 254 350 25 - 375 629 1990-91332 4 - 336 423 18 - 441 777 1991-92318 - - 318 488 10 - 498 816 1992-93404 - - 404 568 2 - 570 974 1993-94

Source: Digest of Welsh Statistics, various years

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9.30 Trends in Further and Higher Education provided by the non-university sector (a)

Full-time and sandwich course enrolments Part-time day courseenrolments

Evening Total

Full-time and Aged 16 course number ofNumber of sandwich course Other of which and under Other enrolments enrolments

establishments enrolments students Total sandwich 18 (b) students Total (c) (d) (e)1973-74 50 5,270 6,855 12,125 1,983 10,129 19,921 30,050 20,742 62,9171974-75 52 6,250 7,961 14,211 1,955 10,622 20,552 31,174 21,845 67,230

1975-76 48 8,590 10,997 19,587 2,356 8,960 22,423 31,383 25,145 76,1151976-77 53 8,730 16,183 24,913 2,677 7,313 22,504 29,817 22,001 76,7311977-78 49 9,292 15,036 24,328 2,763 7,518 22,221 29,739 22,971 77,0381978-79 48 9,432 14,926 24,358 2,999 8,650 23,512 32,162 22,940 79,4601979-80 48 10,640 13,048 23,688 3,164 10,548 20,868 31,416 20,245 75,349

1980-81 46 11,745 13,632 25,377 3,345 9,898 22,131 32,029 18,457 75,8631981-82 45 . . 28,577 . . . 332,052 18,587 79,2161982-83 45 15,375 15,213 30,588 4,396 9,217 20,318 29,535 19,372 79,4951983-84 45 144,339 16,936 31,375 5,948 11,530 20,022 31,552 22,238 85,1651984-85 45 13,892 17,747 31,639 5,519 10,481 19,062 29,543 22,476 83,658

1985-86 41 14,182 18,235 32,417 5,318 10,705 19,534 30,239 22,454 85,1101986-87 41 14,649 18,584 33,233 5,347 11,091 19,974 31,065 26,109 90,4071987-88 41 15,260 19,046 34,306 5,489 11,261 20,016 31,277 28,690 94,2731988-89 41 15,640 19,373 35,013 5,427 10,685 21,881 32,566 33,348 100,9271989-90 38 15,677 20,962 36,639 5,360 9,431 25,594 35,025 35,059 106,723

1990-91 38 16,139 23,743 39,882 5,009 7,828 26,428 34,256 35,693 109,8311991-92 37 17,964 29,544 47,508 5,515 5,753 28,471 34,224 37,077 118,8091992-93 34 18,647 35,368 54,015 5,573 4,327 31,609 35,936 39,068 129,0191993-94 37 20,554 40,776 61,330 6,239 3,588 31,760 35,348 41,246 137,924

Source: Digest of Welsh Statistics

(a) Includes former colleges of education and the University of Glamorgan.(b) Age at 31 August prior to the academic year.(c) Including enrolments of those students released by employers during working hours (in 1991-92 these numbered 26,191; 26,017 in 1986-

89; 22,690 in 1984-85.(d) Includes open and distance learning.(e) At November each year (including art establishments and agricultural establishments).

9.31 Pupils taught through Welsh in Primary schools, by area (a)

Pupils in classeswhere Welsh is Pupils in classes Pupils in classes

sole or main where Welsh where Welsh Pupils in classesLocal medium of is used for part is taught as where noeducation instruction of the curriculum a second language Welsh is taught All pupilsauthority 1975 (b) 1995 1975 (b) 1995 1975 (b) (c) 1995 1975 (b) 1995 1975 (b) 1995Clwyd 5,448 4,950 2,363 920 34,737 34,824 1,305 809 43,853 41,503Dyfed 11,036 12,989 5,606 2,431 10,744 16,077 5,700 945 33,086 32,442Gwent 858 1,179 466 1,268 1,652 20,176 49,468 23,945 52,444 46,568Gwynedd 16,580 15,527 3,595 4,185 4,718 997 121 33 25,014 20,742Mid Glamorgan 3,018 6,970 2,720 402 50,284 49,447 9,658 770 65,680 57,589Powys 2,539 1,458 213 155 6,462 9,167 2,142 175 11,356 10,955South Glamorgan 1,382 2,707 971 584 27,997 36,689 10,473 1,302 40,823 41,282West Glamorgan 1,826 3,602 1,389 358 28,303 33,771 8,530 224 40,048 37,955

Wales 43,791 49,382 17,323 10,303 164,897 201,148 87,397 28,203 313,408 289,036Source: Statistics of Education in Wales, no.1; Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools, no.3

(a) At September in 1975: at January in 1995.(b) Pupils in schools with such classes.(c) The number of pupils using Schools Council bilingual Projects and other projects.

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9.32 Primary school pupils, aged 5 and over, assessed as being fluent in Welsh,by L.E.A. area (a)

Mid South WestClwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Glamorgan Powys Glamorgan Glamorgan Wales

Number:1975 3,298 8,207 78 10,947 1,972 876 690 1,731 27,7991976 3,378 7,898 83 10,723 2,106 877 726 1,826 27,6171977 4,119 9,164 131 12,961 2,369 1,257 925 1,997 32,9231978 4,536 9,310 178 13,001 2,611 1,267 999 2,022 33,9241979 3,938 9,295 204 12,957 2,990 1,020 1,019 1,956 33,379

1980 3,595 9,191 258 12,486 3,094 1,070 1,165 2,257 33,1161981 3,620 8,703 400 12,249 3,233 1,194 1,316 2,362 33,0771982 3,655 8,509 302 11,426 3,244 1,013 943 1,755 30,8471983 3,714 8,276 335 11,436 3,292 1,088 1,019 1,839 30,9991984 3,675 8,315 407 11,206 3,486 1,046 909 1,533 30,577

1985 3,768 8,815 410 11,752 3,571 974 978 1,522 31,7901986 (b) 2,917 6,785 332 9,489 3,815 738 1,102 1,342 26,5201987 2,930 6,890 489 9,516 4,004 809 926 1,382 26,9461988 3,006 7,188 579 9,753 4,182 810 1,138 1,650 28,3061989 3,311 7,475 530 9,935 4,090 944 1,327 1,737 29,349

1990 3,004 7,695 573 10,035 4,477 911 1,492 1,821 30,0081991 3,071 7,891 834 9,881 4,693 890 1,377 2,026 30,6631992 3,229 8,147 871 9,863 4,913 961 1,049 2,222 31,6231993 (c) . . . . . . . . .1994 3,302 8,610 841 10,090 5,067 1,094 1,601 2,370 32,975

1995 3,681 8,786 836 10,310 5,215 1,118 1,833 2,461 34,240

Per cent:1975 9.0 28.9 0.2 53.8 3.7 9.4 1.9 5.2 10.61976 9.1 28.0 0.2 52.4 3.9 9.3 2.1 5.5 10.61977 11.2 32.7 0.3 63.1 4.5 13.3 2.6 6.2 12.81978 12.5 33.7 0.4 63.6 5.1 13.7 3.0 6.4 13.51979 11.1 34.4 0.5 64.5 6.0 11.1 3.2 6.5 13.7

1980 10.6 35.1 0.7 64.5 6.4 12.0 3.8 7.7 14.21981 11.2 34.6 1.1 66.2 7.0 13.8 4.5 8.4 14.81982 12.0 35.6 0.9 65.8 7.5 12.2 3.4 6.6 14.61983 12.8 35.8 1.1 68.8 8.1 13.4 3.7 7.1 15.31984 12.9 36.3 1.3 69.1 8.7 13.0 3.4 6.0 15.3

1985 13.2 38.0 1.3 73.3 8.9 12.2 3.6 5.9 15.91986 (b) 10.2 28.8 1.0 59.1 9.4 9.2 4.0 5.2 13.11987 10.2 28.5 1.5 58.8 9.8 9.9 3.3 5.3 13.11988 10.2 28.5 1.8 58.7 10.0 9.7 3.9 6.1 13.41989

1990 10.0 30.0 1.7 60.9 10.2 10.8 4.9 6.7 13.91991 10.2 31.1 2.4 60.8 10.8 10.6 4.5 7.4 14.21992 10.7 32.2 2.5 60.4 11.2 11.3 4.7 8.0 13.71993 (c) . . . . . . . . .1994 10.7 33.9 2.4 61.3 11.3 12.6 5.0 8.4 14.9

1995 11.8 34.6 2.3 61.5 11.6 12.6 5.6 8.8 15.3Source: Statistics of Education in Wales (later Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools); Digest

(a) At September until 1992, then at January. These figures are derived from assessments made of fluency by head teachers. They includepupils (if judged to be fluent) for whom Welsh is a second language as well as those for whom it is their first language. The element ofsubjectivity prompts the need for care in interpretation, but the trends are reasonably securely established.

(b) Figures from 1986 are not directly comparable with earlier figures. In 1986 the wording of the question on Welsh speaking ability waschanged to give a better analysis of Welsh medium teaching education. Before 1986 heads were asked to distinguish three categories(first language; second language; not fluent in Welsh). From 1986 the third category was split into ‘Speak Welsh but not fluently’ and‘Cannot speak Welsh at all’. Effectively this divides the second language category more accurately between fluent and non-fluent,reducing the number described as fluent.

(c) Date of assessment changed from September to January of the school year. So, no figure for 1993.

Documents

EDUCATION - Welsh Government · EDUCATION 172 Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics 1974 - 1996 9.2 Number of pupils, by type of school (a) Maintained schools Nursery Secondary Full