Coedpenmaen County Primary
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
256
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census

This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn Report
(01/05/2022)
Full Report - All Reports
PRI

Teacher assessment data for primary schools is not published at school or local authority level by the Welsh government. Parents can view individual school websites for the Key Stage 2 (age 11) subject level results for pupils in Reading, Writing, Maths and Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (GPS)

24.2:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
91.2%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
16.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Coedpenmaen Close
Pontypridd
Rhondda Cynon Taf
CF37 4LE
01443 486828

School Description

Most pupils at the school behave well and are polite and well mannered. Many make suitable progress as they move through the school and by the time they leave have appropriate skills in literacy and numeracy. However, around half of pupils are not enthusiastic about the learning experiences that the school provides and they do not enjoy learning. The school has experienced a period of instability in leadership. The newly appointed leadership team has begun to implement change, for example improving safeguarding procedures and the security of the site and improving relationships with parents. However, the school’s evaluation and improvement planning processes are not sufficiently robust and do not identify the most important shortcomings that leaders and teachers need to address. Members of the school’s governing body do not provide effective support and challenge to the school’s leaders. Teachers and leaders have focused appropriately on pupils’ well-being as they return to school following the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers and teaching assistants deliver a good range of interventions to support pupils’ emotional and mental health and this is having a positive impact on pupils’ well-being. The support for pupils with additional learning needs is strong. The well-being of staff has been affected negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in leadership during the past two years. Teachers do not collaborate well together or share their expertise willingly. This has made it difficult to address national priorities such as planning to implement the Curriculum for Wales. As a result, this work is at a very early stage of development. The high number of pupils, the ratio of teachers to pupils and the overcrowded teaching areas in the classes for younger pupils makes it difficult for teachers to deliver learning experiences that match the needs and ability of these pupils.

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