Padre Pio RC Primary

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Padre Pio Roman Catholic Primary School is in Pontypool in the Torfaen local authority.

There are currently 226 pupils in the school from the ages of four to eleven. There are seven classes. The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has declined recently and is currently about 9%.

The average for the last three years is around 15%, which is below the national average of 19%. Approximately 17% of pupils have additional learning needs, which is below the national average of 25%. Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs, are in the care of the local authority or are from an ethnic minority background.

No pupils receive support in English as an additional language or speak Welsh as a fir...st language. The last inspection was in February 2010. The headteacher took up his post in September 2006 when there were two separate schools, which amalgamated in September 2008.

The individual school budget per pupil for Padre Pio Roman Catholic Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,240 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Torfaen is £4,813 and the minimum is £3,010. Padre Pio Roman Catholic Primary School is 22nd out of the 26 primary schools in Torfaen in terms of its school budget per pupil.