Oldford Nursery and Infant school is in the town of Welshpool in the Powys local authority. The school caters for pupils between the ages of three and seven. Currently, there are 68 pupils on roll who attend full-time. There are three mixed-age mainstream classes. The school has a specialist class for pupils with moderate learning difficulties. The specialist class caters for up to 12 pupils, many from a wider catchment area than the mainstream school. The three-year average for the proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 39%. This is much higher than the average for Wales. The school has identified about 37% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is well above the Wales average. A very few pupils have statements of special educational needs. Around half of the pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds. A minority of pupils have English as an additional language and a very few are from the Gypsy Traveller community. No pupils speak Welsh as a first language. The last inspection of the school was in July 2010. The headteacher took up her post in September 1991. The individual school budget per pupil for Oldford Infant School in 2015-2016 means that the budget is £4,491 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Powys is £7,431 and the minimum is £3,035. Oldford Infant School is 15th out of the 84 primary schools in Powys in terms of its school budget per pupil.