Croesty Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
213
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
01656 642637/01656 642656

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. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/11/2022)
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)

22.8:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
92.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
18.4%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Coychurch Road
Pencoed
Bridgend
CF35 5LY
01656 815890

School Description

Many pupils at Croesty Primary School make progress in their learning and develop as caring and enthusiastic learners. They enjoy learning and are positive about their school. Pupils welcome visitors into school and are keen to share and discuss their work and achievements. Most pupils engage positively with learning opportunities and are keen to achieve their best. However, opportunities for pupils to challenge themselves and improve their skills are not always planned well enough. For example, the overuse of worksheets does not allow all pupils to develop well enough as independent learners. Staff work hard to ensure that pupils feel valued, and their well-being is a school priority. The school has a strong team ethos, where all staff work collaboratively on improvement priorities. Staff are developing their interpretation of the new Curriculum for Wales and are beginning to provide appropriate opportunities for pupils to influence their own learning. Parents are positive about curriculum developments and the variety of topics on offer for pupils. Topics involve the wider school community and allow opportunities for a range of creative learning opportunities. For example, pupils in Year 3, investigated the properties of sound, to find a way to insulate the sound of the guitar in their school production. Leadership is in a period of transition. The newly appointed headteacher and governors have a clear vision for school development, based on a curriculum that develops a range of skills for all learners and works to ensure positive attitudes to learning. Senior leaders and governors are in the very early stages of working collaboratively to ensure self-evaluation is thorough. They are beginning to identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement. However, over time leadership has not evaluated pupil progress thoroughly enough, to ensure that teaching and learning challenges all learners.

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