Copperworks Infant and Nursery School is in the town of Llanelli in the Carmarthenshire local authority. There are 141 pupils on roll between the ages of three and seven, including 45 pupils who attend nursery classes. The school has five classes. It employs seven full-time teachers including the headteacher. Currently, 40% of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is well above the average for the local authority and Wales. The school states that the area it serves is socially and economically disadvantaged. Around 75% of pupils are of white British ethnic origin and about 22% of pupils have English as an additional language. A very few pupils speak Welsh as their first language. The school has identified around 27% of pupils as have additional learning needs. A very few pupils have a statement of special educational need. The headteacher was appointed in 2000 and the school was last inspected in May 2007. The individual school budget per pupil for Copperworks Infant & Nursery School in 2012-2013 means that the budget is £3,856 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Carmarthenshire is £25,997 and the minimum is £2,878. Copperworks Infant & Nursery School is 40th out of the 108 primary schools in Carmarthenshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.