Plasyfelin Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Plasyfelin Primary School is in the Churchill Park area of Caerphilly.

The local authority is Caerphilly County Borough. The school has 350 pupils, including 32 pupils who attend the nursery on a part-time basis. There are four mixed-age classes and eight single-age classes Around 34% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average of around 20%.

The school identifies around 31% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is above the national average of 25%. There are no pupils with a statement of special education needs. A very few pupils are looked after by the local authority and a very few speak English as an additional language.

There are no pupils who speak We...lsh as their first language at home. The headteacher took up his post in January 2013. The school's last inspection was in 2009.

The individual school budget per pupil for Plasyfelin Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £3,126 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £5,191 and the minimum is £2,492. Plasyfelin Primary School is 36th out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Plasyfelin Primary May 2016