Cross Ash C.P. School

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Cross Ash Primary School is north of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire local authority.

It has a wide catchment area that includes several local villages. Around 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This number is well below the national average.

There are currently 195 pupils on roll distributed between seven single age group classes, taught by seven full-time and three part-time teachers. The school admits pupils to the reception class in the September of the academic year that they reach their fifth birthday. Currently no pupil has a statement of educational needs, but the school identifies around 21% of pupils as having additional learning needs.

English is the main home language of most pupils. Very fe...w pupils come from an ethnic minority background. None use Welsh as their first language or receive support for English as an additional language.

The headteacher took up her post in April 2015. Estyn last inspected the school in November 2009. The individual school budget per pupil for Cross Ash C.

P. School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £3,281 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Monmouthshire is £5,918 and the minimum is £2,834.

Cross Ash C.P. School is 25th out of the 31 primary schools in Monmouthshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.