# Education in Wales

One 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.

## Number of schools

Council level, Great Britain only, 2026. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of Wales. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-schools?place=W92000004) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/wales/education#l-schools-count

## Schools

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Education and Ofsted and Department for Education and Welsh Government and Scottish Government and Ordnance Survey.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Wales. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?place=W92000004) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/wales/education#l-schools

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/wales)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/deprivation) (2)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/health) (4)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/environment) (6)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/connectivity) (5)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/council-tax) (11)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/elections) (8)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/wales/sources) (26)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/W92000004/data?family=education

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/wales/education, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/wales/education#l-schools-count.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/wales/education