Bodringallt Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Bodringallt Primary School is in the village of Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The school provides education for pupils between three and eleven years. The school has a unit for pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties that provides places for pupils from across the local authority. Currently 105 full-time pupils attend the school, eight of whom have placements in the unit.

There are four part-time nursery pupils. All mainstream pupils come from the immediate area. The school is organised into three mixed age mainstream classes and the unit class.

No pupil speaks Welsh as a first language or receives support for English as an additional language. Very few pupils come from an ethnic minority communi...ty. Currently, just over 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly higher than the all-Wales average.

Sixty per cent of pupils have been identified as having additional learning needs, which is also well above the national average. Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs, and very few are looked after by the local authority. The school was last inspected in December 2011 and the current headteacher has been in post since September 2012.

The individual school budget per pupil for Bodringallt Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £5,224 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf is £6,385 and the minimum is £2,438. Bodringallt Primary School is second out of the 104 primary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf in terms of its school budget per pupil.