Morriston Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Morriston Primary School serves the community of Morriston in Swansea. There are 210 pupils on roll, including 33 part-time nursery pupils, 20 pupils who attend the specialist teaching facility and 10 pupils who attend the observation and assessment unit.

Pupils attend the observation and assessment unit for approximately two terms. These pupils then move on to an appropriate long-term school placement. The school has one part-time nursery class, three single-age mainstream classes in the Foundation Phase and three mainstream mixed-age classes in key stage 2.

There are two specialist facilities for pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties, one for pupils in the Foundation Phase and the other for pupils in key s...tage 2. The observation and assessment unit provides only for pupils in the Foundation Phase. national average of 19%.

The school states that 61% of pupils are on the additional learning needs register, which is well above the national average. Around 19% of pupils have a statement of special education needs. Many pupils are white British.

No pupils speak Welsh at home. Approximately 18% of pupils have English as an additional language. A very few pupils are looked after by the local authority.

The headteacher took up her post in April 2015. The school was last inspected in December 2009. The headteacher was not in school during the inspection.

The individual school budget per pupil for Morriston Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £4,798 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Swansea is £5,232 and the minimum is £2,703. Morriston Primary School is fifth out of the 79 primary schools in Swansea in terms of its school budget per pupil.