St Alban’s R.C. Primary School is in the Tremorfa area of the City of Cardiff . The school provides a Catholic primary education for pupils between four and eleven years of age. There are currently 215 pupils on roll. The number of pupils at the school has risen by about 10% over the past six years. The headteacher and deputy headteacher of the school were both on suspension prior to and during the inspection. In May 2011, the local authority seconded a Cardiff headteacher to act as interim headteacher at the school. Since September 2011, another existing Cardiff headteacher has taken over as the interim headteacher. The acting deputy headteacher has been in post for two years. Three teachers, from other local primary schools, were seconded to the school at the time of the inspection. The chair of governors resigned in October 2011 and the vice chair is the interim chair of governors. Many pupils come from socially and economically disadvantaged homes and around 50% of pupils are entitled to receive free school meals. This is well above the all-Wales average of around 20%. Just over 75% of pupils’ ethnic background is white British. The remaining pupils come from a wide range of ethnic groups. The school has a growing number of pupils from Gypsy and Traveller and Czech Roma backgrounds. Around 10% of pupils speak English as a second language. No pupil speaks Welsh at home. Twenty-two per cent of pupils have additional learning needs. A majority of these pupils are at the school action level for moderate learning difficulties. Five pupils have statements of special educational need. The individual school budget per pupil for St Alban's R.C. Primary School in 2011-2012 means that the budget is £3,738 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Cardiff is £19,708 and the minimum is £2,828. St Alban's R.C. Primary School is 37th out of the 116 primary schools in Cardiff in terms of its school budget per pupil.