Blenheim Road Community Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Blenheim Road Community Primary School is in Cwmbran in the Torfaen local authority. Since September 2016, the school and Coed Eva Primary School have formed the Federation of Blenheim Road Community and Coed Eva Primary Schools.

Both schools share the same executive headteacher and governing body. Blenheim Road Primary was last inspected in March 2015. This is the first inspection of the school since the federation.

The school has 276 pupils, including 47 part-time nursery pupils. There are eight classes, including one mixed-age class. There is also a separate class for pupils who have additional learning needs or need additional support.

The three-year average of pupils eligible for free school meals is around 3...5%, which is well above the national average of 19%. The school identifies that around 25% of pupils have additional leaning needs, which is slightly above the national average of 21%. Most pupils are of white British ethnicity.

A very few pupils speak Welsh at home or have English as an additional language. The headteacher has been in post since 2014. She became executive headteacher of both schools in the federation in September 2016.