St David’s High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St David's High School is an 11-16 mixed, community school maintained by Flintshire local authority. There are currently 407 pupils on roll compared with 618 at the time of the last inspection in April 2011 when there were 72 students in the sixth form. The school is located in Saltney, close to Chester and the English border.

Less than 1% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales. Around 16.8% are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average of 17.

1% for secondary schools in Wales. Around 12% of pupils have a special educational need. This is just above the national average of 25.

1%. Less than 1% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is below the nati...onal average of 2.4%.

Most pupils come from a white British background and very few pupils speak Welsh fluently. The headteacher has been in post since September 2016. The senior leadership team is made up of one deputy headteacher, one temporary deputy headteacher and three temporary assistant headteachers.

The individual school budget per pupil for St David's High School in 2016-2017 is £4,424 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Flintshire is £4,974 and the minimum is £3,907. St David's High School is sixth out of the 12 secondary schools in Flintshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.