Penywaun Community School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
191
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

Can I Get My Child Into This School?

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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?

Estyn
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/10/2024)
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. 21.3:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
88.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 92.2%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
57.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 22.9%
Free school meals
Coed Glas
Penywaun
Aberdare
CF44 9DR
01685661005

School Description

Leaders and a committed team of staff promote a supportive and inclusive environment with a strong focus on pupil well-being. As a result, most pupils feel safe, valued, and free from bullying. Leaders have introduced a new vision for the school, which aims to inspire pupils to reach their potential. Leaders are beginning to create systems to monitor and evaluate aspects of the school’s work, such as the quality of teaching and pupil progress. However, these processes lack rigour and clarity and do not drive sustained improvement. Since the last inspection, leaders have not maintained improvements in relation to the school’s previous recommendations or in many other important areas of the school’s work, such as the quality of leadership, teaching, and pupils’ skills development. Consequently, many pupils, including those eligible for free school meals, do not make adequate progress or learn effectively. Across the school, most pupils’ engagement in their work is generally positive, with many showing appropriate attitudes to learning. Younger pupils benefit from an engaging curriculum and in these classes teachers develop pupils’ speaking and listening skills well. However, across the school, teachers do not use information about the progress that pupils make well enough to match learning experiences to their needs. This means that many pupils’ depth of knowledge and understanding is limited by weaknesses in their ability to use their skills effectively to support their learning. This is particularly true with their reading and writing, but in addition, many pupils’ Welsh and digital skills are also underdeveloped. Leaders and staff support pupils with additional learning needs appropriately, providing a range of approaches to support pupils to progress in their learning and to support their well-being. In the local authority specialist class (LASC), staff provide activities closely matched to the needs of the pupils and develop strong relationships. As a result, in this class nearly all pupils make good progress in relation to their starting points.

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