Ysgol Craig Y Deryn

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About Ysgol Craig Y Deryn


Name Ysgol Craig Y Deryn
Estyn Inspection Rating (Standards and Progress) Good
Address Llanegryn, Tywyn, LL36 9SG
Phone Number 01654 710463
Phase Nursery, Infants & Juniors
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 98 (50% boys 50% girls)
Number of Pupils per Teacher 15.2
Local Authority Gwynedd
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Craig y Deryn is in the village of Llanegryn in Gwynedd.

The school was opened in September 2013 to serve the villages of Abergynolwyn, Bryncrug, Llanegryn and Llwyngwril. The school provides education for pupils aged between 3 and 11 years. Welsh is the everyday language of the school and the main medium of learning and teaching.

English is taught formally in key stage 2. About 35% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. Very few pupils come from an ethnic minority background.

Children are admitted to the nursery class on a part-time basis in the September following their third birthday, and full-time in the September following their fourth birthday. During the inspection, there were 116 pupils on roll. T...hey are taught by three full-time teachers and two part-time teachers in four mixed-age classes.

national average. Twenty-four per cent of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register. These figures are a little higher than the averages for Wales.

Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The headteacher was appointed in September 2013. This is the school's first inspection.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Craig y Deryn in 2015-2016 is £3,812. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £12,116 and the minimum is £2,981. Ysgol Craig y Deryn is in 60th place of the 98 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Ysgol Craig y Deryn March 2016


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