Ysgol Eifion Wyn

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Ysgol Eifion Wyn is a primary school in the town of Porthmadog. It is maintained by Gwynedd local authority. It provides education for pupils between 3 and 11 years old.

Welsh is used as the medium of teaching in the Foundation Phase. From Year 3 upwards, pupils are taught through the medium of Welsh and English. There are currently 214 pupils on roll, which include 26 part-time nursery age pupils.

Pupils are taught in eight classes. Seventy-seven per cent (77%) of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. A few pupils speak English as an additional language and a very few are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

The average number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals over a period of three years is approxim...ately 14%, which is below the national average (19%). Twenty-one per cent (21%) of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register, which is similar to the national average. The school was last inspected in July 2010, and the headteacher was appointed to the post in 2012.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Eifion Wyn in 2016-2017 is £3,622. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £10,404 and the minimum is £3,089. Ysgol Eifion Wyn is in 68th place of the 93 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.