Institution record data update: Characteristic data for Welsh Institutions

We are pleased to announce that the following fields have been updated for Welsh institutions, where data is available:

• ‘Pupil Counts’
• ‘Ethnicity’
• ‘English as an additional language’
• ‘Free School Meals’
• ‘Number Receiving Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support’

These fields can be found in the Characteristic tab of an Institution record, under the sections titled ‘Pupil Counts’ and ‘Pupil Characteristics’. This update relates to data for the 2025/26 Academic Year, which is the most recent available dataset, and applies to Primary and Secondary Phase institutions.

Changes to the data available via the Welsh Source

For the 2025/26 Academic Year, the Welsh Government have changed how they supply the data held on their schools and as a consequence of this, there are characteristic breakdowns such as year group that appear to be unavailable in the latest dataset release. We will continue to pursue sourcing any missing data fields as well as any others not currently populated, and will provide updates where it has been possible to source missing institution profile data.

Export Institution Data for Targeting

These fields are also included in the General tab of the Institution Profile Report and can be exported from the database via an Institution Export.

The Institution Profile Report contains the Characteristic tab data alongside other key demographical information, such as the Destinations and Attainment data, to support effective targeting of schools and colleges based on learner characteristics. It is available for download from the Reports section of the database (members only).