Ynystawe Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ynystawe Primary School is in Ynystawe, which is at the lower end of the Swansea Valley and about four miles north of Swansea.

About 40% of pupils come from the villages of Ynystawe and Ynysforgan, but about 60% come from beyond the school's designated catchment area. The school is a maintained primary school for 202 pupils aged three to 11 years. There are five mixed-age classes and two single-age classes.

There are five full-time and five part-time teachers in addition to the headteacher. Currently, about 10% of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is below the average for primary schools in Swansea and Wales. The school has identified about 23% of its pupils as having additional learning needs, including a ve...ry few who have statements of special educational needs.

Pupils£ ethnicity is largely white British (90%), which is close to the average for the local authority. Nearly all pupils have English as their first language, but 15 pupils have English as an additional language. There are no pupils looked after by the local authority.

There were no exclusions over the last 12 months. The last inspection of the school was in March 2008. The current headteacher was appointed in October 2012 and the deputy headteacher in March 2013.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ynystawe Primary School in 2013-2014 means that the budget is £3,464 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Swansea is £15,824 and the minimum is £2,673. Ynystawe Primary School is 43rd out of the 80 primary schools in Swansea in terms of its school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Ynystawe Primary School January 2014