Southdown Cp
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
384
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, 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?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/11/2018)
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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)


21.2:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
90.8%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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24.2%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
4.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Linderick Avenue
Buckley
Flintshire
CH7 2NP
01244 544473

School Description

Southdown Community Primary School is situated in Buckley, a town near Mold, in the county borough of Flintshire. The school is one of four primary schools that serve the town community. The school opened in 1976. The single storey premises are of an ‘open plan’ design and are set in spacious grounds. There are 416 pupils on roll, including 55 children who attend part-time in the nursery. The school is organised into 16 classes for pupils of mixed ability, with parallel classes in each year group. In upper key stage 2, pupils are taught in ability sets for a few lessons in literacy. At age 11 years, almost all pupils transfer to a choice of two local comprehensive schools in the area. Approximately 13% of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is lower than the all-Wales average of just fewer than 20%. English is the predominant language of almost all pupils. No pupils speak Welsh as their first language at home. Fewer than 3% of pupils are from minority ethnic groups. Almost all pupils speak English fluently and additional language teaching is provided for a very few. The school has identified 26% of pupils as having additional learning needs. In January 2010, one pupil had a statement of special educational need but there are no pupils with a statement this term. There are no looked after children on roll. One pupil was excluded for a fixed term during the twelve months prior to the inspection. The school has achieved Phase 5 of the Healthy Schools award, Activ Mark Cymru, the Basic Skills Quality Standard, the Investors in People Award and the Eco-Schools Green Flag award. The school was last inspected in 2005. The headteacher joined the school in 1993 and was appointed as headteacher in 2008. The individual school budget for Southdown C.P.School in 2010-2011 was £2,735 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Flintshire was £7,635 and the minimum was £2,660. Southdown C.P.School was 71st out of the 74 primary schools in Flintshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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