Melin Infants School is in the Melincryddan district of Neath. The local authority is Neath Port Talbot. The school serves the local area where there is a high degree of social and economic disadvantage. There are 134 full-time equivalent pupils aged between three and seven years on roll including 42 who attend the nursery on a parttime basis. The school has identified 48% of its pupils as having additional learning needs, including a very few with statements of special educational needs. Approximately 46% of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is well above the local authority and all Wales average. A few pupils are looked after by the local authority. No pupil was excluded in the previous 12 months. Nearly all pupils are from white British backgrounds. No pupil has Welsh as the language of the home. About 5% of pupils have English as an additional language. Since the last inspection there have been significant changes in the staffing of the school which have included the appointment of new headteacher in September 2007 and deputy headteacher in January 2012. The individual school budget per pupil for Melin Infant School in 2012-2013 means that the budget is £3,500 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Neath Port Talbot is £7,410 and the minimum is £2,806. Melin Infant School is 35th out of the 68 primary schools in Neath Port Talbot in terms of its school budget per pupil.