Lansdowne Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Lansdowne Primary School is in Canton, an inner-city area of Cardiff. There are 454 pupils on roll, aged from 3 to 11, including 37 nursery children who attend for a morning or afternoon session. There are 17 single-year classes, including the nursery.

The number on roll has increased significantly since the school's previous inspection in February 2011. The rolling average of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last three years is 26%. This is above the national average (19%).

Around half the pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds and the same proportion have English as an additional language. A handful of pupils speak Welsh at home. The school identifies that around 25% of pupils have additional learning ...needs.

This is just above the national average (21%). The majority of these pupils have general learning difficulties. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs.

The school's substantive headteacher took up her post full-time in November 2013. Currently, she is the headteacher for the first half of each week and the deputy headteacher acts as headteacher for the second half. This arrangement is due to end in September 2018 when the headteacher will once again undertake her duties full-time.