Mount Stuart Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Mount Stuart Primary School is in the Butetown area of Cardiff.

There are around 470 pupils on roll, aged from three to eleven, including 76 nursery children who attend part-time. There are 16 single-age classes in the school. The rolling average for the past three years means that about 26% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

This is above the national average (19%). A very few pupils are of white British ethnicity. Most pupils are from various ethnic backgrounds and many speak English as their second language.

Almost half of these pupils have little or no English when they enter the school. There is a notable degree of pupil transience, with pupils entering or leaving the school at other than normal ti...mes. Very few pupils speak Welsh at home.

The school identifies around 28% of pupils with additional learning needs. This is higher than the national average (21%). A few pupils have a statement of educational needs.

The school is currently a pioneer school and is working with the Welsh Government and other schools to take forward developments relating to the curriculum. The headteacher took up her post in January 2017. The school's last inspection was in June 2013.