Mount Street C.P. Infants

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Mount Street Infants School is in Brecon, in Powys. There are currently 116 pupils aged four to seven on roll, in six classes.

One of these classes is a specialist centre for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). Nine pupils from Brecon and the surrounding area attend this centre. The average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last three years is 11%.

This is below the national average of 18%. The school identifies approximately 31% of pupils as having additional learning needs, including those in the specialist centre. This is well above the national average of 21%.

Around 82% of pupils come from a white British ethnic background. Approximately 14% of pupils are learning English a...s an additional language. The majority of these pupils speak Nepali as their first language.

No pupils speak Welsh at home. Around 19% of pupils come from military service families and start or leave the school at different times during the year. The headteacher assumed her role in an acting capacity in September 2016.

She became the permanent headteacher in March 2017. Until recently, the school was working with the Welsh Government and other schools to take forward developments relating to education reform in Wales. The last inspection was in May 2013.