Hywel Dda Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Hywel Dda Primary School is in Ely, on the outskirts of the city of Cardiff. There are 438 pupils aged three to eleven years on roll.

There are fourteen mainstream classes and 69 pupils attend the part-time nursery provision. Approximately 42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This is significantly above the national average.

A very few pupils are looked after by the local authority. The majority of pupils are of white British ethnicity, with a very few pupils speaking English as an additional language. No pupils speak Welsh as a first language at home.

The school identifies 29% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This is above the average for Wales. Very few pupils have a statement of speci...al educational needs.

There have been a very few fixed term exclusions in the last year. The last inspection was in January 2010. The current headteacher took up her post in 2008.

The individual school budget per pupil for Hywel Dda Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £3,740 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Cardiff is £6, 099 and the minimum is £2,901. Hywel Dda Primary School is 37th out of the 96 primary schools in Cardiff in terms of its school budget per pupil.