Ysgol Abercaseg (Babanod)
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
104
AGES
3 - 7
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Nursery & Infants

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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. 2.17
Estyn grade
(01/02/2018)
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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)


16.6:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
90.7%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
Welsh medium
Language of the school
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21%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
Bethesda
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 3PL
01248 600194

School Description

Ysgol Abercaseg is an infants' school situated in the village of Bethesda and the pupils come from the village and the surrounding areas. It is maintained by Gwynedd local authority. The language and culture of the area is Welsh and almost 70% of the children come from homes where Welsh is mother tongue. The area can be described as one which is neither prosperous nor economically disadvantaged. The school provides education for pupils between three and seven years of age. There are 98 full-time pupils on the school's register together with 23 nursery children who attend on a part-time basis. They are taught by four full-time and two part-time teachers. They represent the full range of ability and their attainments vary considerably when they start at the school. Children are accepted into the school's nursery class on a part-time basis in the September following their third birthday and on a full-time basis into the reception class in the September following their fourth birthday. Pupil numbers have remained constant since the last inspection in 2006. Twenty-two pupils have been identified by the school as having special educational needs; two of them hold statements for special educational needs. The percentage of pupils (19%) who are entitled to receive free school meals is higher than the average for Gwynedd and Wales. The school was last inspected in January 2006. The headteacher was appointed to her post in September 2008. In 2011-12, the individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Abercaseg was £3336. The maximum per pupil in Gwynedd primary schools is £7732 and the minimum £2745. Ysgol Abercaseg has the 57th highest individual school budget per pupil of the 102 primary schools in Gwynedd.

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