Dowlais Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

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High Street
Caeharris
Dowlais
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 3HB
01685 722286
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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Pupils
192
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Type
Infants & Juniors
4 1 1 2 3 4
NATIONAL AVG. 2.22
Estyn grade
(01/10/2016)
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School level results for primary schools were not published by the Welsh Government in 2019. We give a summary star rating based on the last available data as a helpful indicator to parents. This is to be used as a guide only. You can view national level results including the percentage of pupils across Wales achieving the expected levels for the Foundation Phase (age 7) and at Key Stage 2 (age 11) here.


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20.8:1
NATIONAL AVG. 22.0:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
92.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 94.6%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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17.8%
NATIONAL AVG. 18.4%
Free school meals

School Description

Dowlais Primary School occupies two sites, a short distance apart. It serves the community of Dowlais in the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council local authority. There are 222 full-time pupils between the ages of 3 and 11 on roll. There are nine classes, one of which is mixed age. The school also hosts a learning resource base, funded by the local authority, for pupils with moderate learning difficulties. Around 15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average (19%). The school identifies that approximately 19% of pupils have additional learning needs. No pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity and come from homes where English is the main language. No pupils speak Welsh at home. The headteacher took up her post in October 2014. Estyn last inspected the school in February 2011. The individual school budget per pupil for Dowlais Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,890 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil is £4,396 and the minimum is £3,365. Dowlais Primary School is ninth out of the 22 primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil in terms of its school budget per pupil.

Dowlais Primary School Catchment Area Map

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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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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 (released annually in July).

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.

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