Oak Field Primary And Nursery School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
203
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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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?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/09/2017)
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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)


18.6:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
86.4%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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71.5%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
28.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Amroth Court
Caldy Close
Gibbonsdown
Barry
CF62 9DU
01446 744606

School Description

Oak Field Primary School is in the Gibbonsdown area of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It provides education for pupils between three and eleven years of age. There are currently 156 pupils on roll including 33 in nursery provision. The number of pupils at the school has fallen by about 22% over the last three years. The headteacher of the school was on sick leave prior to and during the inspection. Seven weeks before the inspection, the local authority seconded a local authority primary adviser to run the school on a temporary basis. In effect, the local authority primary adviser was the acting headteacher during the period of the inspection. The school has eight classes and there are no classes with a mix of year groups. Children usually enter the nursery class the week after their third birthday. Forty-seven pupils (32%) have special educational needs. Three-quarters of these are at the level of school action for moderate and specific learning difficulties. All pupils speak English at home and no pupils speak Welsh as a first language. The ethnic background of nearly all pupils is white British. Many pupils come from socially and economically disadvantaged homes and about 64% of pupils are entitled to free school meals. This is well above the all-Wales average of around 20%. There are about 14 pupils to every teacher in the school and the average class size is about 18 pupils. These figures are low when compared with the average for Wales. The 2010-2011 individual school budget per pupil for Oak Field Primary is £4,189, which compares with a maximum of £4,491 and a minimum of £2,756 for primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan. The school has the 5th highest budget per pupil out of the 46 primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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