Llwyncrwn Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Llwyncrwn Primary School is in the village of Beddau, between Llantrisant and Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff. There are 341 pupils on roll, including 28 full-time and 20 part-time nursery pupils. The pupils are taught in six single-age and four mixed-age classes.

The school also has three local authority learning resource classes, two for pupils with speech and language difficulties and one for pupils with hearing impairment. These resource classes currently cater for 20 pupils who come from a wide area within the local authority. Around 24% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is just above the national average of 19%.

The school states that 27% are on the additional needs register, which is around the na...tional average. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Nearly all pupils are white British.

A very few pupils speak Welsh at home and none have English as an additional language. The headteacher took up his post in September 2007. The school was last inspection by Estyn in May 2009.

The individual school budget per pupil for Llwyncrwn Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £4,008 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf is £6,385 and the minimum is £2,438. Llwyncrwn Primary School is 14th out of the 104 primary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf in terms of its school budget per pupil.