St Josephs Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is in the village of Clydach, in Swansea local authority.

There are 196 pupils aged 3 to 11 years at the school, including 19 part-time children in the nursery. The three-year rolling average of pupils eligible for free school meals is around 7%, which is significantly below the average for Wales (21%). Many pupils are of white British ethnicity, with a few pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds.

A minority of pupils speak English as an additional language. A very few pupils speak Welsh as a first language at home. The school has identified around 19% of pupils as having special educational needs.

This is slightly below the national average of 21%. A very few pupils have a stat...ement of special educational needs. Estyn does not inspect religious education or the religious content of collective worship when it is a school with a religious character.

Instead, the governing body is required by law to arrange for religious education and collective worship to be inspected separately. The last inspection was in April 2014. The current headteacher was appointed in January 2013.