St David’s Catholic Primary School

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St David's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary-aided school in the town of Mold in Flintshire.

The school serves the parishes of Mold and Buckley in the Diocese of Wrexham, although it also admits children from non-Catholic families. There are 96 pupils on roll, aged from 3 to 11 years, including 13 part-time nursery pupils. There are four mixed-age classes in the school.

English is the predominant language for nearly all pupils. A few pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds and speak English as an additional language. A very few pupils speak Welsh at home.

The three-year average of pupils eligible for free school meals is around 12%, which is lower than the Wales average of 18%. The school identifies arou...nd 18% of pupils as having special educational needs, which is lower than the national average of 21%. Estyn does not inspect religious education or the religious content of collective worship when it is a school with a religious character.

Instead, the governing body is required by law to arrange for religious education and collective worship to be inspected separately. The present headteacher took up his post in September 2007. The school's previous inspection was in June 2014.