Cwmaber Junior School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Cwmaber Junior School is in Abertridwr, near Caerphilly. There are currently 149 pupils on roll aged between seven and eleven. The school teaches its pupils in five classes, three of which contain pupils from more than one year group.

Around 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average of 19%. The school identifies around 19% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is below the national average of around 25%. A very few pupils have statements of special educational needs.

Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity and have English as their home language. The school's last inspection was in May 2012. The headteacher took up her post in January 2015.

T...he individual school budget per pupil for Cwmaber Junior School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,244 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £4,854 and the minimum is £2,696. Cwmaber Junior School is 35th out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.