Kitchener Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Kitchener Primary School is a large inner-city school in the Riverside area of Cardiff that caters for pupils from the ages of three to eleven. There are currently 468 pupils on roll taught in 14 single-age classes, plus a part-time nursery unit. Over the last three years, the average number of pupils eligible for free school meals is around 33%, which is well above the national average of 20%.

About 21% have additional learning needs, which is below the national average of 25%. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Around 90% of pupils are from an ethnic minority background, the majority being of Bangladeshi origin.

Pupils come from at least 40 different ethnic groups and speak over 27 different... languages. Approximately 86% of pupils receive support in English as an additional language and many enter the school with little or no English. No pupils speak Welsh as a first language or are in the care of the local authority.

There is continual movement of pupils in and out of the school. The school's last inspection was in April 2009. The headteacher took up her post in September 2013.

The individual school budget per pupil for Kitchener Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £3,411 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Cardiff is £6,099 and the minimum is £2,901. Kitchener Primary School is 66th out of the 96 primary schools in Cardiff in terms of its school budget per pupil.