Ysgol Llanbedr

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Llanbedr Church in Wales Primary School is in the village of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd near Ruthin in Denbighshire.

There are currently 45 pupils at the school, including nine part-time pupils who attend the nursery provision. There are two mixed-age classes. Around 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

This is much lower than the national average of 20%. The school identifies 21% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This figure is slightly lower than the national average of 25%.

All pupils are of white British ethnicity and nearly all speak English as their main language. A very few pupils speak Welsh as a first language at home. In 2013, the Denbighshire local authority carried out a revi...ew of primary provision in the Ruthin area and proposed the closure of Ysgol Llanbedr.

The Welsh Government rejected this proposal in January 2015. In February 2015, the local authority announced a second proposal to close Ysgol Llanbedr. At the time of the inspection, the outcome of this proposal is pending.

There have been seven different headteachers since the school's last inspection in June 2009. In January 2016, the diocese asked the headteacher of another Church in Wales school in Denbighshire to be the acting headteacher of Ysgol Llanbedr. The schools have worked collaboratively since this time but have not established a formal federation.

The school retains its own governing body. The headteacher shares her time equally between the two school sites. There is an assistant headteacher who provides leadership at the school when the acting headteacher is off site.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Llanbedr Church in Wales Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £6,473 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Denbighshire is £8,267 and the minimum is £3,066. Ysgol Llanbedr Church in Wales Primary School is second out of the 46 primary schools in Denbighshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.