Greenfield Special School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Greenfield School is the only special school maintained by Merthyr Tydfil local authority.

The school is situated in Pentrebach on the southern outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil. There are 178 pupils on roll aged from 3 to 19 years of age. All pupils have statements of special educational needs for severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder or behaviour, emotional and social difficulties.

Nearly all pupils come from Merthyr Tydfil. Nearly all of the pupils are from English-speaking backgrounds. Forty-five per cent of the pupils are eligible for free school meals.

Six per cent of pupils are looked after by the local authority. The school is based on three adjacen...t sites. This includes sites for primary and secondary aged pupils and two classrooms are based in the adjoining integrated children's centre.

The school was last inspected November 2010. There are 24 full-time teachers and 69 learning support staff employed by the school. The headteacher and the senior leadership team have been in post since September 2014.