St John the Baptist VA School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
109
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

Can I Get My Child Into This School?

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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?

Estyn
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn Report
(01/06/2025)
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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)

25.4:1
NATIONAL AVG. 17.5:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
95.1%
NATIONAL AVG. 90.1%
Attendance during the year
English
medium
school
Language of the school
MORE INFO
4.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 21.7%
Free school meals
Chester Road
Penymynydd
Flintshire
CH4 0EN
01244550838

School Description

Leaders and staff work diligently to create a school that is warm, welcoming, and supportive. This creates an environment where pupils grow as responsible individuals who impact positively on the school and the wider community. Teachers develop highly positive working relationships with pupils, and pupils are happy and value the respect and care shown by staff and their peers. Most pupils approach their learning enthusiastically. They work well in groups and respond positively to opportunities to take on leadership roles. In many cases, teachers use strategies, such as effective questioning, to encourage pupils to think more deeply and to make suitable progress in learning. Support for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) is tailored carefully to help individuals make positive progress towards their personal targets. However, in general, teachers’ expectations of what pupils can achieve are not high enough and lessons often lack challenge. This limits the progress that pupils make. The school’s curriculum combines Areas of Learning and Experiences (AoLEs) suitably, but the school is still developing its approach to ensure that learning experiences support pupils to build on their knowledge and understanding appropriately. Pupils share their ideas confidently, using a broad vocabulary and many develop their reading skills well. They write enthusiastically and plan their work carefully but do not develop the same level of fluency and sophistication in writing as they do in speaking. Many pupils make sufficient progress in developing their mathematical knowledge, but opportunities for younger pupils to lead their own learning are too infrequent. Leaders monitor the work of the school regularly. This helps them to identify suitably areas in need of improvement. However, leaders’ evaluations of teaching are not robust enough, such as in identifying where teachers have low expectations and do not challenge pupils well enough. School leaders and governors work together effectively to oversee the running of the school. Leaders use relevant information to shape improvement priorities, creating positive change in key areas like Welsh language development and cultural understanding. While staff engage well with improvement strategies, these strategies sometimes lack clarity, reducing their effectiveness in improving teaching and learning.

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