Ynysowen Primary
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
308
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
01685 724620

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?

Excellent
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/02/2019)
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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)


23.4:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
90.7%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English with significant Welsh
Language of the school
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27%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
3.5%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Aberfan Road
Aberfan
Merthyr Tydfil
CF48 4QQ
01685 351821

School Description

Ynysowen Community school is in Aberfan, south of Merthyr Tydfil. The majority of pupils live in the local area. The school describes the area it serves as a community with significant social deprivation. The school’s catchment area has a mixture of private and rented housing. The school has 234 full-time pupils aged four to 11 years, including 45 pupils who attend the nursery full-time and 28 who attend the three learning resource bases provided by the local authority. There are 13 mainstream classes, including two mixed-age classes. The learning resource base classes cater for pupils with speech and communication difficulties, moderate learning difficulties and complex needs, including hearing impairment. Forty-two per cent of pupils are entitled to free school meals. This is well above local and national averages. Very few pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds. No pupils come from homes where Welsh is the first language. English is the predominant language spoken and the school teaches Welsh as a second language. Around 39% of pupils have additional learning needs. The proportion, excluding those attending the three learning resource base classes, is around 29%. Very few pupils have statements of special educational need. The school’s previous inspection was in June 2007. The current headteacher was appointed in 2010. The individual school budget per pupil for Ynysowen Community Primary School in 2012-2013 means that the budget is £3,414 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil is £4,007 and the minimum is £3,165. Ynysowen Community Primary school is 11th out of the 23 primary schools in Merthyr Tydfil in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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