Ynyshir Community Primary
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
245
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?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn Report
(01/06/2023)
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)

25.6:1
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
27.2%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Llanwonno Road
Ynyshir
Porth
Rhondda Cynon Taf
CF39 0HU
01443 685208

School Description

Leaders work purposefully to create a safe and inclusive environment where pupils and staff feel valued and supported. They have built a strong team ethos across the school and ensure that the well-being of all staff and pupils is a high priority. However, there has recently been significant staffing turbulence and, although leaders have ensured staff morale has remained high, the turnover of teachers has created instability that has impacted negatively on the quality of teaching and learning. Staff meet pupils’ social and emotional needs well. They deal with pupils’ concerns thoughtfully and appropriately in a timely manner. The school’s curriculum provides a suitable range of learning opportunities. Teaching assistants manage pupils in small groups effectively, offering valuable individual support for vulnerable pupils. As a result, many pupils requiring intervention make strong progress. However, too many lessons do not hold pupils’ interest, as they lack pace and excitement. Teachers’ expectation of what pupils can achieve are too low, and they do not pitch tasks well enough to challenge pupils, especially the more able. As a result, many pupils do not make the progress they could in essential skills, such as reading and writing in English, and in acquiring the basic skills to communicate in Welsh. Too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough, and this also affects the progress that they make. Leaders have an appropriate vision for teaching and learning. However, it is not shared well enough and too often is not evident in classrooms. Leaders’ monitoring of the school’s provision does not focus well enough on pupils’ standards and progress. Although leaders identify suitable areas for improvement in the school’s work, their actions do not always result in sufficient improvements in outcomes for pupils.

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