Ysgol Bodfeurig

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Gynradd Bodfeurig is on the outskirts of the villages of Mynydd Llandegai and Sling, in the Ogwen Valley, Gwynedd.

It provides education for pupils between 3 and 11 years old. Approximately 25% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. Welsh is the everyday language of the school and the main medium of teaching and learning.

English is taught formally in key stage 2. Very few pupils are from ethnic minority backgrounds. Children are admitted to the school full-time during the term in which they celebrate their fourth birthday.

During the inspection, there were 67 pupils on roll, including eight pupils in the nursery class. They are taught by three full-time teachers and one part-time teacher in three mixed-a...ge classes. Very few pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly lower than the national average.

Nineteen per cent of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register. This figure is slightly lower than the percentage for Wales. No pupils have a statement of special educational needs.

The headteacher was appointed in September 2013. She is also the headteacher of a nearby school which works within a partnership with the school. Ysgol Bodfeurig was last inspected in April 2010.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gynradd Bodfeurig in 2015-2016 is £3,581. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £12,116 and the minimum is £2,981. Ysgol Gynradd Bodfeurig is in 78th place of the 98 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.