St. Illtyds R.C.
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
142
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census
01685 724620

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.

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  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?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/10/2018)
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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)


19.2:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
93.4%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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22.4%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
7.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Rocky Road
Dowlais
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 3BT
01685 722235

School Description

St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil and serves the catholic and other denomination christian communities in Dowlais, Pant, Penydarren, Galon Uchaf and the Gurnos Estate. A small number of pupils live outside the area and travel from Tredegar and Aberdare. The school states that its catchment contains both advantaged and disadvantaged areas. Eleven per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is significantly below the local authority average and below the average for Wales. The school caters for pupils between three and 11 years and there are currently 170 pupils on roll. Nearly all classes are mixed age. Thirty-one per cent of pupils have additional learning needs. None of the pupils comes from homes where Welsh is the main language and 36% of pupils receive support with English as an additional language. Pupils’ attainment when they start school is lower than the local authority average. The current headteacher was appointed in January 2012. The school was last inspected in February 2008. The individual school budget per pupil for St Illtyd's R.C.Primary School in 2012-2013 means that the budget is £3,405 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil is £4,007 and the minimum is £3,165. St Illtyd’s R.C.Primary School is 12th out of the 23 primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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