Pontllanfraith Comprehensive
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
504
AGES
11 - 16
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Secondary (ages 11-16)
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/11/2012)
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Coed Caeddu Road
Pontllanfraith
Blackwood
NP12 2YB
01495 224929

School Description

Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School is an 11 to 16, mixed, community school maintained by Caerphilly County Borough Council. There are 554 pupils on roll, a much smaller number than at the previous inspection in November 2006. Pupils come from the full range of socio-economic backgrounds. Approximately 39% live in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales. Around 27% of pupils are entitled to receive free school meals, which is above the Welsh average of 17.4% for secondary schools. Pupils represent the full range of ability. About 32% of pupils are on the school’s special educational needs register. On site, there is a secondary specialist resource base, which caters for 51 pupils with statements of special educational needs from across the borough. These pupils are registered at the school. The percentage of pupils with a statement of special educational needs is 11%, compared with 2.6% for Wales as a whole. The vast majority of pupils come from English-speaking homes. There are virtually no pupils who speak Welsh as a first language or to an equivalent standard. A very few pupils come from minority ethnic or mixed-race background. The interim headteacher took up his post in April 2012. He is supported by a deputy headteacher and an extended senior management team comprising seven staff. A new headteacher is due to take up post in January 2013. The individual school budget per pupil for Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School in 2011-2012 means that the budget is £4,437 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Caerphilly is £4,476 and the minimum is £3,443. Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School is second out of the 14 secondary schools in Caerphilly in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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