Llangynwyd Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Llangynwyd Primary School is in the village of Llangynwyd, near Maesteg, in the Bridgend local authority. There are 117 pupils on roll, including 15 pupils who attend the part-time nursery class. The school is organised into six classes, and includes the local authority's two specialist resource base classes for 19 pupils with communication and autism difficulties.

Nearly all pupils live locally. However, pupils travel to the specialist base classes from across the local authority. Forty per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average (19%).

Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity. No pupils speak Welsh at home. The school identifies 51% of pupils as having additional lea...rning needs, which is well above the national average (25%).

A minority of pupils in the two specialist resource base classes and a few in the mainstream classes have a statement of special educational needs. The headteacher took up his post in September 2013. The school's last inspection was in February 2010.

The individual school budget per pupil for Llangynwyd Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,932 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Bridgend is £4,484 and the minimum is £2,872. Llangynwyd Primary School is fifth out of the 48 primary schools in Bridgend in terms of its school budget per pupil.