Ysgol Gynradd Saron

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Ysgol Gynradd Saron is a Welsh-medium community school that serves the villages of Saron and Capel Hendre in Carmarthenshire. Welsh is the main medium of teaching.

Pupils in the Foundation Phase are taught wholly through the medium of Welsh, and English is introduced in key stage 2. Approximately half the pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. Very few pupils come from ethnic backgrounds.

Seven point nine per cent (7.9%) of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly lower than the national average. Seventy-three pupils (31%) have been identified by the school as having additional learning needs, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Very few pupils have a statement of spec...ial educational needs. Children are admitted to the school during the term before their fourth birthday and leave when they are eleven years old. There are nine classes, four of which are for children in the Foundation Phase, and five for pupils in key stage 2.

There are eight full-time teachers and two part-time teachers. The current headteacher has led the school since 2004. The school was last inspected in October 2010.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gynradd Saron in 2016-2017 is £3,210. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Carmarthenshire is £9,689 and the minimum is £3,083. Ysgol Gynradd Saron is in 95th place of the 100 primary schools in Carmarthenshire in terms of the school budget per pupil.