Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan is situated in the village of Rhosgadfan near the town of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, and serves the village and the surrounding rural area.

Welsh is the school's everyday language and the main medium of learning and teaching. English is taught formally in key stage 2. Approximately 68% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes, and there are no pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Children are admitted on a full-time basis during the term in which they reach their fourth birthday. During the inspection, there were 47 pupils on roll, including five in the nursery class. They are taught by two full-time teachers.

Approximately 24% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is higher ...than the national average. Forty-nine per cent (49%) of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register. This figure is significantly higher than the national average.

No pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The headteacher was appointed in September 2010. The school was last inspected in April 2010.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan in 2016-2017 is £4,608. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £10,404 and the minimum is £3,809. Ysgol Gynradd Rhosgadfan is in 24th place of the 93 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.