Ysgol Pont Y Gof

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Pont y Gof is situated in the village of Botwnnog on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, and it is under the voluntary control of the Church in Wales. The school serves the villages of Sarn Mellteyrn, Llaniestyn and Garn Fadryn. The school provides for pupils between 3 and 11 years old.

Welsh is the school's day to day language and the main medium of teaching and learning. English is taught formally in key stage 2. Approximately 86% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.

There are very few pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds. Children are admitted to the reception class on a full-time basis in the September following their fourth birthday. During the inspection, there were 117 pupils on roll.

Approximately ...7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly lower than the national average. Thirty-two per cent (32%) of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register. This figure is significantly higher than the percentage for Wales.

Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The new headteacher has recently accepted a secondment to work for the North Wales Regional Consortium's challenge team, and the deputy headteacher has been appointed to be in charge of the school in his absence. The school was last inspected in April 2013.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Pont y Gof in 2015-2016 is £3,429. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £12,116 and the minimum is £2,981. Ysgol Pont y Gof is in 88th position of the 98 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.