Pontiets C.P. School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
28
AGES
4 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Infants & Juniors

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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
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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?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/07/2017)
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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)


11.1:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
89.8%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
Welsh medium
Language of the school
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50%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Heol Llanelli
Pontiets
Llanelli
Caerfyrddin
SA15 5UB
01269 860412

School Description

Ysgol Pontiets is situated in the village of Pontyates and is maintained by Carmarthenshire local authority. It provides education for pupils between 4 and 11 years old. There are 54 pupils on roll, including seven nursery-age children. Thirty per cent (30%) of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. Over the last three years, approximately 26% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals, which is higher than the national average (20%). Pupils are taught in three mixed-age classes, including nursery age pupils. Approximately 36% of pupils are on the school’s additional learning needs register, which is above the national average. The school was last inspected in February 2010. Since September 2014, the current headteacher has been appointed to the post of acting headteacher of two schools, namely Pontiets and Ysgol Pum Heol. The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gynradd Pontiets in 2016-2017 is £3,901. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Carmarthenshire is £9,689 and the minimum is £3,083. Ysgol Gynradd Pontiets is in 30th place of the 100 primary schools in Carmarthenshire in terms of the school budget per pupil.

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