Waunfawr Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Waunfawr Primary School is in the village of Crosskeys in Caerphilly. There are 183 pupils aged three to eleven on roll, including 28 who attend the nursery class part-time. Pupils are taught in six mixed-age classes.

Around 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average (19%). Nearly all pupils speak English as their first language. No pupils speak Welsh at home, and only a very few pupils speak English as an additional language.

The school identifies that around 14% of pupils have additional learning needs. This is well below the national average (25%) Estyn last inspected the school in March 2012. The headteacher took up her post in January 2013 and has recently returned from mater...nity leave.

The individual school budget per pupil for Waunfawr Primary in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,020 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £4,854 and the minimum is £2,696. Waunfawr Primary is 52nd out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.