Ysgol Babanod Coed Mawr is situated on the outskirts of the town of Bangor and is maintained by Gwynedd local authority. The school provides bilingual education for pupils aged between three and seven years. Welsh is the main medium of learning. During the inspection, there were 39 pupils on roll. They are taught by two full-time teachers. About 8% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. Ten per cent of pupils come from an ethnic minority background. Pupils are admitted to the school, part-time to the nursery class following their third birthday, and full-time in the September following their fourth birthday. There is a rolling three-year average for pupils who are eligible for free school meals of about 26%, which is a little higher than the national average of 21%. Twenty four per cent of pupils are on the school’s additional learning needs register. These figures are close to the figure for Wales. Very few pupils have a statement of special educational needs. The headteacher was appointed to lead Ysgol Babanod Coed Mawr and Ysgol Iau Glanadda in January 2010. The school was last inspected in November 2010. The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Babanod Coed Mawr in 2014-2015 is £4,568. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £10,744 and the minimum is £3,220. Ysgol Babanod Coed Mawr is in 27th position of the 95 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.