Williamstown Primary
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
326
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

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
(01/03/2019)
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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)


21.6:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
89.5%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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22.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Dinas Isaf West
Williamstown
Tonypandy
Rhondda Cynon Taf
CF40 1AG
01443 432186

School Description

School Williamstown Primary School is in Tonypandy in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority. There are 354 pupils on roll, including 36 full-time nursery pupils. There are six mixed-year classes and six single-year classes. In addition, there are two learning resource classes, providing education for eighteen pupils with communication needs from across the local authority. The average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last three years is about 20%. This is similar to the average for Wales of 18%. The school identifies 46% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is much higher than the national average of 21%. Nearly all pupils are of white British ethnicity and come from homes where English is the main language. Very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The current headteacher took up her post in September 2014. The school’s previous inspection was in 2013. Further information is available from the Welsh Government My Local School website at the link below. http://mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk/Schools/SchoolSearch?lang=en 1 A report on Williamstown Primary School March 2019 Summary Williamstown Primary School is a happy and caring community, where pupils feel safe and valued. Leaders, governors and staff form a dedicated and hardworking team, who create a positive atmosphere for teaching and learning across the school. The quality of provision to support pupils with communication needs in the learning resource classes is strong. Most pupils behave well and they have positive attitudes to learning for most of the time. They make generally good progress in speaking, reading and writing in their English lessons and a strong start in developing their Welsh skills in the foundation phase. However, pupils’ ability to work independently and to develop their literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills across the curriculum is limited. Consequently, pupils do not always achieve as well as they could. The headteacher has established a clear vision, which she shares successfully with the whole school community. However, leaders and governors do not always identify the most important issues requiring improvement in teaching and pupils’ standards. Where the school has addressed areas for development successfully in the past, leaders have not always ensured that the school has sustained these improvements in the longer term. Inspection area Judgement Standards Adequate and needs improvement Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Adequate and needs improvement Teaching and learning experiences Adequate and needs improvement Care, support and guidance Good Leadership and management Adequate and needs improvement 2 A report on Williamstown Primary School March 2019 Recommendations R1 Ensure that self-evaluation and improvement planning processes identify and address important areas for development R2 Ensure that teaching challenges all pupils at an appropriately high level and develops their independent learning skills effectively R3 Improve provision and pedagogy in the foundation phase R4 Ensure that the planned curriculum provides effective opportunities for pupils to develop their literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum R5 Improve pupils’ speaking and writing in Welsh in key stage 2 What happens next The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will review the school’s progress.

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