Knelston Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Knelston Primary School is on the Gower peninsula in the Swansea local authority. There are 127 pupils aged three to eleven years at the school including 18 in the part-time nursery provision.

There are six mainstream classes including three mixed age classes. Currently no pupils are eligible for free school meals. A very few pupils come from ethnic backgrounds and have English as an additional language.

The school has identified just below 13% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This is much lower than the average for Wales. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs.

The last inspection was in May, 2011. The current headteacher took up his post in September 2016. The acting deputy... headteacher has been in his post in a part time capacity since April 2016 and full time since September 2016.

The individual school budget per pupil for Knelston Primary in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,658 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Swansea is £5,232 and the minimum is £2,703. Knelston Primary is 21st out of the 79 primary schools in Swansea in terms of its school budget per pupil.