Bodfari C.P. School

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Bodfari Primary School is in the small village of Bodfari, three miles from the town of Denbigh.

Pupils live in the village and the surrounding rural areas. The school caters for pupils aged 3 to 11. There are currently 37 pupils from nursery to Year 6.

There are two mixed age classes, one for Foundation Phase pupils and the other for pupils in key stage 2. There is nursery provision in the Foundation Phase classroom in the mornings. Busy Bods Playgroup, run separately to the school, takes place in the school hall each day.

The playgroup staff also provide daily after-school care for school-age pupils on the school site. All pupils come from homes where English is the first language. The proportion of pupils curre...ntly eligible for free school meals (21%) is broadly in line with the average for Wales.

A very few pupils are in the care of the local authority. The school has identified that around 27% of pupils have additional learning needs. This is slightly above the national average.

No pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The present headteacher took up her post in 2011. The school was last inspected in October 2009.

The individual school budget per pupil for Bodfari Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £5,658 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Denbighshire is £8,267 and the minimum is £3,066. Bodfari Primary School is sixth out of the 46 primary schools in Denbighshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.