Pontybrenin Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Pontybrenin Primary School serves the community of Gorseinon in the City and County of Swansea local authority. There are 301 full-time pupils between the ages of 4 and 11 years of age on roll. A further 58 pupils attend the nursery class part-time.

There are 12 classes, three of which are mixed age. Around 8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This figure has increased steadily over the last three years.

However, it has remained well below the local and national averages. The school identifies that approximately 24% of pupils have additional learning needs and a very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity and come from homes where English is th...e main language.

Very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The headteacher took up his post in September 2009. Estyn last inspected the school in November 2009.

The individual school budget per pupil for Pontybrenin Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £2,979 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Swansea is £5,006 and the minimum is £2,556. Pontybrenin Primary School is 64th out of the 79 primary schools in Swansea in terms of its school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Pontybrenin Primary School February 2016