Jenner Park Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Jenner Park Primary School is in Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan local authority. There are 257 pupils on roll, aged from 3 to 11 including 46 pupils in the nursery.

There are six single-age classes and one mixed-age class. The school also has two learning resource base classes with 12 pupils in the foundation phase and 11 pupils in key stage 2. Most of these pupils come from a wide geographical area within the local authority.

The rolling average for the past three years shows that about 43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average of 18%. Most pupils are of white British ethnicity. A very few pupils have English as an additional language.

The school identifies around... 32% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This is well above the national average of 21%, but includes pupils in the learning resource base classes. A very few pupils have a statement of educational needs or are in the care of the local authority.

No pupils speak Welsh at home and very few pupils come from ethnic minority background. The headteacher took up his position in September 2010. The school's last inspection was in March 2011.