Blaendulais Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Blaendulais Primary School is in Seven Sisters, near Neath, in the local authority of Neath Port Talbot. The school has around 115 pupils on roll, aged from 3 to 11, including 15 nursery children who attend part-time. There are four mixed-age classes in the school.

The school also has a resourced provision comprising two classes for up to 17 pupils with additional learning needs, aged between 3 and 11 years. Many of these pupils travel from outside the school's normal catchment area. The 3-year rolling average of pupils who are eligible for free school meals is 41%.

This is well above the national average of 18%. Around six per cent of pupils are in the care of the local authority. Nearly all pupils are of white British et...hnicity.

A very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The school identifies around 38% of pupils with additional learning needs. This is much higher than the national average of 21%.

All pupils in the resourced provision have statements of special educational need. The headteacher took up his post in January 2017. The school's last inspection was in May 2012.

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