Cwm Ifor Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Cwm Ifor Primary School is on the Penyrheol estate in Caerphilly. Since the last inspection in 2010, the school has moved into a new, purpose-built building and pupil numbers have increased. There are 256 pupils on role, including 34 full-time and six part-time nursery pupils.

There are eight single-age classes and one mixed-age class. Since January 2015, the school has worked in partnership with a local special school and houses a satellite class for seven pupils with a wide range of complex special needs. The headteacher of Cwm Ifor manages the day-to-day running of the class, but the pupils remain on the roll of the special school.

It is staffed by teachers and support staff from the special school. The two schools and ...the local authority have a formal partnership agreement that details the status of the class. national average of 19%.

The school states that 25% of pupils are on the additional learning needs register, which is around the national average. A very few Cwm Ifor pupils have a statement of special education needs. Nearly all pupils are white British.

No pupils speak Welsh at home and none have English as an additional language. The headteacher took up his post in April 2012. The school was last inspected in May 2010.

The individual school budget per pupil for Cwm Ifor Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,409 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £4,854 and the minimum is £2,696. Cwm Ifor Primary School is 22nd out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.