Portfield Special School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
Special school
PUPILS
174
AGES
3 - 19
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Special

How Does The School Perform?

Excellent
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/11/2019)
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Off Portfield
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA61 1BS
01437 762701

School Description

Portfield School is situated in the town of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire and provides education for pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) aged between three and 19 years. The school caters for pupils with a range of special educational needs, including: severe learning difficulty (SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulty (PMLD) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as various genetic disorders and sensory difficulties. A new upper school building was opened in September 2009, with a Welsh medium satellite centre ‘Y Porth’ opening in October 2010 in Ysgol Preseli and a further satellite opening in 2012 in Tasker Milward Comprehensive School. Since September 2009, pupils have been educated in two buildings – a primary/middle school in the lower school building and a secondary school/sixth form department in the new secondary school building adjacent to Tasker Milward campus. In September 2012, the number on roll was 140. The school population has increased considerably since the last inspection, due mainly to the increased number of pupils requesting admission at key stage 3 secondary transfer, pupils moving to Pembrokeshire from other parts of the UK and a growing number of pupils with ASD requesting admission. Pupils come from a large catchment area, within the rural county of Pembrokeshire. There are three ‘out of county’ pupils in the school, 32% of all pupils are in receipt of free school meals and nearly all pupils have English as their home language. A few pupils are ‘looked after’ by the local authority. There is no national benchmark data at present for special schools to enable them to compare attainment in relation to National Curriculum assessments or external examinations with that of pupils with similar needs in similar schools.

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