Barker’s Lane C.P. School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Barker's Lane Primary School is in Little Acton, a north-eastern suburb of Wrexham. The school has 230 pupils aged 3 to 11 years on roll, including 30 who attend the nursery on a part-time basis.

There are eight single-age classes. Around 8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well below the national average (20%). Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity.

Very few pupils are from a minority ethnic background. Very few pupils are new to the English language. Very few pupils come from Welsh speaking families.

The school has identified about 14% of pupils as having additional learning needs. No pupil has a statement of special educational needs. The last inspection of the school was in Sep...tember 2009.

The current headteacher took up the post in September 2011. The individual school budget per pupil for Barker's Lane Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £3,070 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Wrexham is £8,199 and the minimum is £2,778.

Barker's Lane Primary School is 53rd out of the 60 primary schools in Wrexham in terms of its school budget per pupil. 1 A report on Barker's Lane C.P.

School June 2016