St Helen’s Catholic Primary School

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About St Helen’s Catholic Primary School


Name St Helen’s Catholic Primary School
Welsh Government's Support Category Green
In December 2020, the Welsh Government suspended the Support Category school categorisation, to reduce burdens on schools during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Estyn Inspection Rating (Standards and Progress) Good
Address Lansbury Park, Caerphilly, CF83 3GT
Phone Number 02920 852532
Phase Nursery, Infants & Juniors
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 251 (45.8% boys 54.2% girls)
Number of Pupils per Teacher 26.5
Local Authority Caerphilly
Highlights from Latest Inspection

St Helen's Primary School is a Catholic Voluntary Aided school in Caerphilly. Pupils from all parts of Caerphilly attend the school and the governing body controls admission to the school, which caters for children aged three to eleven years. At the time of the inspection, there were 286 pupils on roll, taught in 11 classes.

This includes 26 pupils who attend the nursery part-time. Approximately 15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average of 21%. Most pupils are white, British.

English is the home language for nearly all pupils and no pupils speak Welsh at home. The school identifies around 14% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is below the national average of 22...%. A very few pupils have statements of special educational needs.

A very few pupils have been temporarily excluded from the school in the past 12 months. The headteacher took up post in 1999. Estyn inspected the school last in November 2008.

The individual school budget per pupil for St Helen's Catholic Primary School in 2014-2015 means that the budget is £2,780. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £5,106 and the minimum is £2,645. St Helen's Catholic Primary School is 68th out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.
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