St Athan Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St Athan Primary School is in the village of St Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan local authority. There are 214 pupils aged three to eleven years at the school including 25 pupils in the part-time nursery provision.

There are seven mainstream classes. Approximately 25% pupils are eligible for free school meals. This is higher than the average for Wales.

A very few pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds and have English as an additional language. A very few pupils are looked after by the authority. Around 25% of the pupils who attend the school come from the Ministry of Defence facility in St Athan and rarely stay at the school for the whole of their primary education.

Consequently, the school has a very high ...rate of mobility. The school has identified just above 16% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This is much lower than the average for Wales.

A very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The last inspection was in September, 2009. The current headteacher took up her post in 2011.

The individual school budget per pupil for St Athan Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,830 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan is £4,576 and the minimum is £2,773. St Athan Primary School is 12th out of the 45 primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan in terms of its school budget per pupil.