Ysgol Rhos Helyg

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Rhos Helyg Community Primary School is in the small hamlet of Berthddu near Holywell in Flintshire. The school draws pupils from a wide rural area including the villages of Rhosesmor, Rhes y Cae, Halkyn and Pentre Halkyn. There are 158 pupils aged three to eleven on roll including 19 who attend the nursery.

There are six classes, four of which are mixed-age. Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity. A very few speak English as an additional language.

The school identifies 20% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is below the national average of 25%. Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Around 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the average f...or Wales of 19%.

No pupil is looked after by the local authority. The last inspection of the school was in March 2010. The headteacher took up the post in January 2007.

The individual school budget per pupil for Rhos Helyg School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,703 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Flintshire is £5,718 and the minimum is £2,944. Rhos Helyg School is 33rd out of the 66 primary schools in Flintshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.