Rhws Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Rhws Primary School is in Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan. The school has 453 pupils from the ages of three to eleven. This is an increase of around 24% since the time of the last inspection.

There are 17 single-age classes. Around 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well below the national average (20%). The school has identified about 18% of pupils as having additional learning needs and a very few have statements of special educational needs.

A very few pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds. No pupils receive support in English as an additional language. A very few pupils speak Welsh as a first language and a very few are £looked after£ by the local authority.

The last inspection wa...s in March 2010. The current headteacher was appointed in July 2004. The school is currently a £New Deal pioneer school£.

This means that it is working with Welsh Government and other New Deal pioneer schools to develop a national model of professional learning. The school has recently become a £curriculum pioneer school£. This means that it is working with Welsh Government and other curriculum pioneer schools to develop and to pilot a new curriculum for Wales.

The individual school budget per pupil for Rhws Primary School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £2,963 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan is £5,170 and the minimum is £2,735. Rhws Primary School is 42nd out of the 46 primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan in terms of its school budget per pupil.