Ysgol y Fro

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Ysgol y Fro is in the village of Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire.

It serves the rural area to the south of the town of Carmarthen. The school was established in 1996 as a federation of three schools to safeguard educational provision in a rural area. Due to demographic changes, in September 2014 the school was centralised on one site.

There are 30 pupils between 4 and 11 years of age on roll, and there are two mixed-age classes. Approximately 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the national average. The school identifies that 27% of pupils have additional learning needs.

Approximately half the pupils come from homes in which Welsh is spoken as the main language. The school was last... inspected in 2011. The acting headteacher was appointed to the post in May 2016, but has been in charge of the school since September 2015.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol y Fro in 2016-2017 is £4,476. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Carmarthenshire is £9,689 and the minimum is £3,083. Ysgol y Fro is in 17th place of the 100 primary schools in Carmarthenshire in terms of the school budget per pupil.