Tywyn Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Tywyn Primary School is in Aberavon in the south east of Port Talbot in Neath Port Talbot local authority. There are 454 pupils on roll, including 80 part-time nursery pupils.

There are 14 single-year classes and one mixed-year class. In addition, there are six learning resource classes, providing education for 48 pupils from across the local authority. This provision caters for pupils with moderate to severe learning needs and pupils with profound and multiple learning needs.

The average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last three years is 29%. This is well above the average for Wales of 19%. The school identifies 40% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is much higher than the ...national average of 21%.

This includes the pupils in the learning resource classes. A few pupils have a statement of special educational needs and a very few are in the care of the local authority. Most pupils are of white British ethnicity and come from homes where English is the main language.

Very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The current headteacher took up her post in 2017. The school's previous inspection was in 2010.