St. Mary's Catholic Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
58
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/11/2011)
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PRI

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12.8:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
93.0%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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44.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Britannia Road
Bufferland
Pembroke Dock
Pembrokeshire
SA72 6PD
01646 682879

School Description

St.Mary’s Primary School is a voluntary-aided Roman Catholic school situated in the town of Pembroke Dock. Pupils attend the school from the town and the surrounding areas. Currently, 93 full-time pupils aged between 4 and 11 years attend the school. In addition to this, 18 three-year-olds attend the nursery class every morning. The area has high levels of unemployment. Many pupils come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and live in an area of Pembroke Dock which is a designated Communities First area. Nearly all pupils come from English-speaking homes. There are no pupils from homes where Welsh is the first language. A few pupils are from a minority ethnic background and have English as an additional language. Currently, 37% of pupils are entitled to free school meals. This is well above the local and national averages. Thirty per cent of pupils are identified as having special educational needs. The current headteacher was appointed in May 2005 and the school was last inspected in November 2005. Since then, there has been one change in the teaching staff due to the retirement of the assistant head in July 2010. During the inspection, one teacher was on a Welsh sabbatical placement. The individual school budget per pupil for St Mary’s VRC School in 2010-2011 means that the budget is £3,381 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Pembrokeshire local authority is £5,769 and the minimum is £2,995. St Mary's VRC School is 41st out of the 65 primary schools in Pembrokeshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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