Blaenymaes Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Blaenymaes Primary school serves a large housing estate on the outskirts of the City of Swansea and is in a designated Communities First area. The school houses and manages the Flying Start provision on site.

There are 255 pupils on roll, including 45 in the part-time nursery class. The school has 10 classes, taught by 11 full-time and one part-time teacher. national average.

The school identifies around 67% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is well above the average for Wales. Very few pupils have a statement of special education needs. an additional language.

No pupils speak Welsh as their first language. A very few pupils are £looked after£ by the local authority. In-year transfers, that is, ...pupils starting and leaving the school during the year, often affect continuity and progress in learning.

The headteacher took up her post in September 2008. There has been a notable change in staffing since the last inspection; only four members of teaching staff, including the headteacher, remain. The last inspection was in February 2009.

The individual school budget per pupil for Blaenymaes Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,682 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Swansea is £5,232 and the minimum is £2,703. Blaenymaes Primary School is 20th out of the 79 primary schools in Swansea in terms of its school budget per pupil.