Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau is a Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled school on the northern outskirts of the town. The school has two sites, with a public road between them. It is in the care of Gwynedd local authority. There are 155 pupils between four and 11 years old on roll, with 20 part-time children in the nursery class. Pupils are divided into six mixed-age classes. About 16% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the average for Wales. About 25% come from homes where Welsh is spoken as a first language. About 7% of pupils come from an ethnic minority background. In line with the local authority’s policy, Welsh is used as the medium of teaching in the Foundation Phase. In key stage 2, pupils are taught through the medium of Welsh and English, with the aim of ensuring that they are bilingual by the time they transfer to the secondary school. The school has identified that it has 19% of pupils with additional learning needs, including 4 pupils who have a statement of special educational needs. The headteacher was appointed in April 2009. The school was last inspected in June 2009. The permanent headteacher is absent from work at present and the authority ensured that another headteacher was in charge of the school during the period of the inspection. The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau in 2014-2015 is £3,951. The maximum per pupil in primary schools in Gwynedd is £10,744 and the minimum is £3,220. Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau is in 53rd position of the 95 primary schools in Gwynedd in terms of the school budget per pupil.