Ysgol Gwenffrwd
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

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Stryd Chwitffordd
Treffynnon
Sir Y Fflint
CH8 7NJ
01352 713158
Flintshire County Council
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Pupils
185
Ages
3 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Type
Nursery, Infants & Juniors
4 1 1 2 3 4
NATIONAL AVG. 2.22
Estyn grade
(01/04/2018)
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School level results for primary schools were not published by the Welsh Government in 2019. We give a summary star rating based on the last available data as a helpful indicator to parents. This is to be used as a guide only. You can view national level results including the percentage of pupils across Wales achieving the expected levels for the Foundation Phase (age 7) and at Key Stage 2 (age 11) here.


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NATIONAL AVG. 1
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22.3:1
NATIONAL AVG. 22.0:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
96.4%
NATIONAL AVG. 94.6%
Attendance during the year
Welsh medium
Language of the school
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11.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 18.4%
Free school meals

School Description

Ysgol Gwenffrwd is a designated Welsh-medium school. The school was opened in May 1949 and moved to the present building in 1985. This is the school’s sixth site. The pupils come from a very wide catchment area that includes the town of Holywell and a number of small rural villages from Halkyn Mountain to the banks of the Mostyn. There are 160 full-time pupils on the school register together with 25 children of nursery age who attend part time. Over the past three years, there has been a year on year increase in the number of pupils that have attended the nursery class. English is the main language of the home for approximately 95% of the pupils but the school ensures that they are fluent in Welsh by the time they reach key stage 2. Children are accepted in the school on a full time basis at the beginning of the year following their fourth birthday. The school has pupils of a full range of ability and their attainment varies greatly when they begin school. The catchment area is neither advantaged nor disadvantaged. The percentage of pupils entitled to free school meals is 11.8% which is below the national average of 20.1%. The percentage of pupils with additional learning needs is 33.2%, which is higher than the national average of 21.6%, and two of them have a statement of special educational needs. The school was last inspected in January 2005. The current headteacher was appointed to the post in September 1997. In 2010-2011, the individual school budget for Ysgol Gwenffrwd is £3,130 per pupil, which compares with a maximum of £7,635 and a minimum of £2,660 for primary schools in Flintshire. The school has the 38th highest budget per pupil of the 74 primary schools in Flintshire.

Ysgol Gwenffrwd Catchment Area Map

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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 (released annually in July).

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.

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