Richmond Park Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
218
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
01267 246449

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. 2.18
Estyn Report
(01/06/2022)
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)

20.8:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
90.1%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
MORE INFO
36.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
29.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Priory Street
Carmarthen
Carmarthenshire
SA31 1NB
01267 238298

School Description

School leaders have developed a positive culture of teamwork amongst the staff and the local community. They ensure that pupils are cared for and provide valuable support for families. This is important because of the wide range of needs and the high levels of mobility of families within the community and the school. However, leaders have not monitored the schools work carefully enough. As a result, they have not ensured that teachers have high enough expectations for pupils’ learning and progress. Too much teaching and too many of the learning experiences provided do not support pupils to make the progress they are capable of making. Leaders have not addressed this vital aspect of the school’s work well enough. Pupils at Richmond Park Primary School behave well. They treat each other fairly and with respect. Across the school pupils develop positive working relationships with adults and trust them to act in their best interests at all times. The school welcomes learners from the local area and wider world and ensures that they develop a strong sense of belonging to the school community. When the youngest pupils join the school, they often need a lot of support to learn. The school meets their needs successfully so that after a relatively short time in school, they enjoy learning and begin to make good progress in most aspects of their development. Pupils with additional learning needs do well at school. They make strong progress towards their individual learning goals. This is due to the thoughtful, skilful and effective work of the adults that support them through intervention programmes and in the school’s specialist class, Dosbarth Dyfed. As pupils move through the school the pace of their development as learners slows. Overall, they do not make enough progress in developing their skills knowledge and understanding. This is because teaching and the learning experiences provided, particularly from Year 3 to Year 6, do not support or challenge pupils well enough to make the progress they are capable of making.

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