Education in Wales
NationOne of the four nations of the United Kingdom. 3,175,181 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 20,783 square kilometres.
2 layers about education for Wales, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Schools by council
Worked out by Open Index · 2026
Under 25250 or more
Wales’s 22 councils range from 25 to 142 in Cardiff.
Number of schools
CouncilGreat Britain onlyPublished for councils, not as one figure for the whole of Wales. The map shows each one.
Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.
Schools
Exact pointGreat Britain onlyPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Wales. The map shows each one.