Abertysswg Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Middle
PUPILS
862
AGES
3 - 19
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Middle (ages 3-19)

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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.

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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. 2.17
Estyn grade
(01/10/2013)
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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)


317.3
GCSE average points
score (capped 9)
NATIONAL AVERAGE 352.1
34.1
NATIONAL AVG. 30.2
Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate points score
31.3
Literacy points score
NATIONAL AVERAGE 38.5
29.3
Numeracy points score
NATIONAL AVERAGE 35.9
24.6
Science points score
NATIONAL AVERAGE 36.0
18.5:1
NATIONAL AVG. 21.3:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
86.2%
NATIONAL AVG. 92.2%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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37%
NATIONAL AVG. 22.9%
Free school meals
21%
NATIONAL AVG. 3.2%
Pupils with SEN support

How School Guide Rates Secondary Schools

For secondary schools in Wales, schools are rated on key performance indicators for pupils up to the age of 16 (GCSE only) due to the fact the government did not publish A level data for the last academic year.
Walter Street
Abertysswg
Rhymney
NP22 5AQ
01685 841222

School Description

Abertysswg Primary School is a community school in the village of Abertysswg in the upper Rhymney valley. The local authority is Caerphilly County Borough Council. The village is a former mining community in a predominately rural area. The majority of children attending the school come from the village. There are currently 108 pupils on roll, aged 3-11 years, plus 17 part-time nursery children, who attend school for the morning session only. There are five classes, and most have children from more than one year group. The nursery and reception children are taught together. All pupils are white British and nearly all pupils come from English-speaking homes. The school has identified about 26% of pupils as having additional learning needs. This percentage is above the local authority and national averages. Twenty-four per cent are eligible for free school meals, which is above the average for the local authority and Wales. The headteacher was appointed in an acting capacity in 2013, having previously been the school’s deputy headteacher. The school was last inspected in November 2007. The individual school budget per pupil for Abertysswg Primary School in 2013-2014 means that the budget is £3,089 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Caerphilly is £5,118 and the minimum is £2,645. Abertysswg Primary School is 42nd out of the 75 primary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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