Cwm Ifor Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
234
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
01443 864870, 01443 864897

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?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/01/2017)
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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)


19.1:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
90.7%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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47%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
5.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Heol Aneurin
Penyrheol
Caerphilly
CF83 2PG
02920 852509

School Description

Cwm Ifor Primary School is on the Penyrheol estate in Caerphilly. Since the last inspection in 2010, the school has moved into a new, purpose-built building and pupil numbers have increased. There are 256 pupils on role, including 34 full-time and six part-time nursery pupils. There are eight single-age classes and one mixed-age class. Since January 2015, the school has worked in partnership with a local special school and houses a satellite class for seven pupils with a wide range of complex special needs. The headteacher of Cwm Ifor manages the day-to-day running of the class, but the pupils remain on the roll of the special school. It is staffed by teachers and support staff from the special school. The two schools and the local authority have a formal partnership agreement that details the status of the class. About 42% of pupils are eligible for free schools meals. This is much higher than the national average of 19%. The school states that 25% of pupils are on the additional learning needs register, which is around the national average. A very few Cwm Ifor pupils have a statement of special education needs. Nearly all pupils are white British. No pupils speak Welsh at home and none have English as an additional language. The headteacher took up his post in April 2012. The school was last inspected in May 2010. The individual school budget per pupil for Cwm Ifor Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,409 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £4,854 and the minimum is £2,696. Cwm Ifor Primary School is 22nd out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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