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BRYN AWEL PRIMARY SCHOOL

To Nurture, to Grow, to Succeed.

ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS

This report is a summary of the academic year

2017 – 2018

Dear Parents and Carers,

It gives me great pleasure to report the school’s progress as Chair of the Governing Body. The purpose of this report is to inform you about our school, the progress that has been made over the last academic year, and the changes that have been made in order to continually improve the provision we make for children.

Kindest regards

Cllr M Thomas

Chair of Governors

Chair of the Governors:

Cllr M Thomas

C/O Bryn awel Primary School

Eglwys Fan,

Rhymney.

NP22 5JJ

Clerk to the Governors:

Mrs I Jones

EAS

Chair of Governors

Cllr Malcolm Thomas

Vice-Chair & Community Representative

Mrs Irene Savage

Community Governor

Mr Andrew Diggle

Community Representative Cllr Elizabeth James

Parent Representative Mrs Ceri Konig

Parent Representative Ms Nicola Theobald

Parent Representative Mrs Rhian Davies

Parent Representative

Vacancy

La Representative Vacancy

Clerk to the Governors Mrs Irene Jones

Teaching staff representative Miss Shelley Williams

Non-teaching staff representative

Mrs Kelly Koz / Mrs Jill Dyce

Acting Head Teacher Miss Nygarie Long

Teachers:

Support Staff:

Acting Headteacher: Miss N J Long

Acting Deputy headteacher: Mr M Seamons

Class Teacher: (Foundation Phase Leader)

Mrs R Davies

Class Teacher: Mrs M Matthews

Class Teacher: Mrs E James-Pincott

Class Teacher: Miss S Williams

Class Teacher: Mrs R Bliss

Mr G Powell – HLTA

Mrs K Koz – HLTA

Miss A Wilkes – HLTA

Mrs L Williams – TA

Mrs L Hughes - TA

Mrs L Hughes - TA

Mrs C Francis – TA

Mrs J Lewis - TA

Mrs A Heale - TA

Non-Teaching staff:

Kitchen staff:

Breakfast club staff:

Midday Supervisors:

Cleaning staff:

School clerk: Mrs A Charles

Caretaker: Mr P Lewis

Miss H Williams

Ms C De’ath

Mrs M Francis

Mrs C Francis Mrs A Charles Mrs A Lewis

Ms B Cushing

Mrs A Lewis

Ms S Barton

Mrs I Savage

Mrs E James

Mrs L Parry

Mrs D Davies

Mrs R Davies

Mrs L Parry

Mrs S Martin

Mrs D Davies

Mrs D Woods

Mrs J Lurvey

Ms C De’ath

Mrs M Lewis

Ms N Theobald

September 2018 – July 2019

AUTUMN TERM

Term starts Monday 3rd September 18

Half term starts Monday 29th October 18

Half term ends Friday 2nd November 18

Term ends Friday 21st December 18

SPRING TERM

Term starts Monday 7th January 19

Half term starts Monday 25th February 19

Half term ends Friday 1st March 19

Term ends Friday 12th April 19

SUMMER TERM

Term starts Monday 29th April 19

Half term starts Monday 27th May 19

Half term ends Friday 31st May 19

Term ends Monday 22nd July 19

Infants Juniors

School starts 9:00am 9:00am

Assembly 10:30 – 10:45am 10:30 – 10:45am

Morning break 10:45 – 11:00am 10:45 – 11:00am

Lunch time 12:00 – 1:00pm 12:00 – 1:00pm

School ends 3:15pm 3:15pm

At the end of each school year, we report our academic standards to the Welsh Government. We measure our standards through teacher assessment of children’s work.

The results are compared with local and national standards of attainment.

Foundation Phase

Children at the end of Foundation Phase (Year 2) are expected to reach an Outcome 5. With Outcome 6 performance being more able and above the average.

This is our performance over the last three years:

All pupils

Wales’ 2018

Comparison:

Targets Results

2017-18 2016 2017 2018

Cohort 16 9 15 17

Outcome 5+

(%)

LLC 94% 89% 93% 88% 87.9%

MD 94% 89% 93% 88% 90.1%

PSD 94% 89% 100% 94% 94.5%

FPI 94% 89% 93% 88% 87.3%

Outcome 6+

(%)

LLC 44% 44% 33% 41% 37.9%

MD 44% 44% 33% 29% 38.6%

PSE 56% 67% 53% 59% 61.2%

FPI 44% 44% 20% 29%

Language, Literacy and Communication: The performance at O5 was under target, with a slight

decline in performance. -5% since 2017 and -1% over three years. The performance at O6 (41%)

is slightly below the challenging target of 44%; however this has increased by 8% since 2017.

O6 Performance at O6 in above that of Wales, by 3.3%.

Mathematical Development: O5: The performance at O5 was under target and there is a slight

decline in performance at O5. -5% since 2017 and -1% over three years. At O6, performance is

significantly lower than the performance of Wales, with a -9.25 difference and an overall

decline over three years.

Personal, Social Development: At O5, the target of 94% has been met. There is a small drop in

performance since 2017, however there’s an improvement over a three year trend. (89% in 2016)

At O6: We achieved higher than our target set (56%), by +3%. This is also an increase in

performance (+3%) compared to 2017. However, performance is below that of Wales by -2.4%.

Foundation Phase Indicator: The performance at O5 was under target and there is a decline in

performance at O5. -5% since 2017 and -1% over three years. The FPI performance is slightly

above the performance of Wales, by 0.9%. At O6, the challenging target of 44% was

underachieved (29%). However there is an improvement since 2017, of +9%.

At the end of each school year, we report our academic standards to the Welsh Government. We measure our standards through teacher assessment of children’s work.

The results are compared with local and national standards of attainment.

Key Stage 2

Children at the end of Key stage 2 (Year 6) are expected to reach an Level 4. With Level 5performance being more able and above the average.

This is our performance over the last three years:

All pupils

Wales’ 2018 Comparison:

Targets Results

2017-18 2016 2017 2018

Cohort 18 24 17 19

Level 4+ (%)

English 94% 96% 100% 95% 91.7%

Mathematics 100% 96% 100% 100% 91.6%

Science 100% 96% 100% 100% 92.2%

Welsh 2nd Language

94% 71% 82% 89% 80.9%

CSI 94% 96% 100% 95% 89.5%

Level 5+ (%)

English 50% 29% 35% 47% 43%

Mathematics 50% 38% 41% 47% 45.3%

Science 50% 33% 35% 47% 46.2%

Welsh 2nd Language

0% 25% 24% 37% 26%

CSI 44% 29% 35% 42%

English: L4 performance was just above our target set, with 95% achieving L4 in English; above

the Wales’ average, by 3.6%. At L5: There’s a continuous upward trend over three years, and

above the Wales’ average by 4.4%. (Wales = 43%)

Mathematics: L4: Achieved our target of 100%, with an upward trend over three years and

above the Wales average of 91.6%. At L5, there’s a continuous upward trend over three years,

and above the Wales average of 45.3%.

Science: L4: Achieved our target of 100%, with an upward trend over three years and above

the Wales average of 92.2%. At L5, there’s a continuous upward trend over three years:

Slightly above the Wales average of 46.3%.

Welsh Second Language: At L4 there’s an upward trend over three years and we’re above the

Wales’ average of 80.9% by 8.6%. At L5 we performed above our target, with an upward trend

over three years, meaning we’re above the Wales’ average.

Core Subject Indicator: At L4 we’re slightly above our target by 1% and above Wales’ average

of 89.5%, by 5.2

The school is required to set predicted, yet challenging targets for pupils and classes over the coming years. These targets are based on the children’s

achievements in school far.

These targets have been set at the start of the academic year, 2018, for Foundation Phase (Year 2) pupils:

The school is required to set predicted, yet challenging targets for pupils and classes over the coming years. These targets are based on the children’s

achievements in school far.

These targets have been set at the start of the academic year, 2018, for Key Stage 2 pupils.

2019 = Year 6 (End of Key Stage)

2020 = Year 5 (End of Key Stage)

2021 = Year 4 (End of Key Stage)

Autumn Term 2017

Spring Term 2018

Summer Term 2018

The school employs the first response system – parents are called after 9:00am by the School Secretary if their child is not in school and no reason has been given. Parents have been reminded through letters that they need to inform school if their child is absent. An attendance reward system is also in place throughout the school.

However, the overall attendance for the school (92.5%) continues to fail to meet the Local Authority target and sits well below the National average.

Attendance Targets going Forward:

% Attendance

92.8%

% Attendance

92%

% Attendance

92.4%

Foundation Phase

• The classrooms in the Infant department ensure we offer the best provision for all our Foundation Phase children. Each year group now has a base class where the main teaching and learning takes place, then each class has a shared provision where enhanced and continuous activities are planned, differentiated for ability.

• All classes follow the Foundation Phase Framework Curriculum for Wales http://gov.wales/docs/dcells/publications/150803-fp-framework-en.pdf supported by Read, Write Inc ,TAPAS and supplemented by Abacus.

• Rising 3’s, Nursery and Reception now follow a new baseline completed in the first 6 weeks of schooling and revisited termly to see progress made.

• Learning and teaching is organised on a termly rota for Nursery and Reception and half termly rota for Year One and Two around a theme chosen from the Cornerstones Curriculum. Children have been inspired by the themes chosen and have led many of the learning activities and ideas themselves.

• Staff make good use of outdoor learning opportunities and resources and also use the local area effectively to enhance the curriculum.

• Great focus is placed on raising standards in Literacy and Numeracy and the hard work yielded positive results.

Key Stage 2

• The Juniors were arranged into 3 classes with one split year group class (Year 3/4), a straight Year 5 and Year 6.

• All classes followed the Cornerstones Curriculum supported by RWI, Literacy and Language and TAPAS Maths. EAS Pathways Literacy was introduced to classes.

• Learning and teaching was organised around half termly Cornerstones themes for individual Junior classes. Children have been inspired by the themes chosen and are developing their Literacy and Numeracy skills, their digital competence skills, leading their own learning and setting their own targets for improvement.

• Children report that they enjoy this approach where they can assess their own and other children’s work with support from adults – they feel more in control of their learning and are inspired to work harder and reach higher.

Planning formats were altered to plan themes under the ‘6 Areas of Learning;’ in preparation for the implementation of Curriculum Reform in Wales.

• As in the Infants, great focus was placed on raising standards in Literacy and Numeracy. Extra support was timetabled for areas of learning- the hard work yielded outstanding results.

Extra-Curricular clubs offered during the year:

Sporting events:

Sports Day, Cross Country

Croeso Cup, Swimming lessons

School’s table tennis tournament

Cluster Rounders, Outdoor Pursuits

Cluster netball

Cluster Sports day

ICT

Choir / Drama

Games Club

Reading

Table Tennis Rugby Maths Club

Multi-Sports

Art Club

Dance

Cookery Club

Football

Visits:

Visitors:

Crucial Crew, Dan-Yr-Ogof Caves

Wings to Fly

Vertigo, Min-Y-Mynydd Home

Brecon War Museum

Manor Adventure

Caerphilly Castle

Welsh Water, New Theatre Cardiff

Upbeat Music

Theatre Companies

Environmental Roadshow

HWB Community Team

The Local Fire Brigade

Caerphilly Music Service

Local Artist – Andy O’Rourke

Mark – Tomser Cat Book Storytelling

Local Authority Visitors – Educational Psychologist; Behaviour Support; Speech & Language; Caerphilly Autism Service; Foundation Phase Adviser; Social Services; School Nurse; Welsh Adviser; Finance Officer, Inclusion Advisory Teacher.

School Events

In Partnership with Parents:

In partnership with the PTFA:

Harvest festival

Remembrance Service

Children in Need Class Assemblies

Mother’s Day Celebrations

Christmas Concerts

World Book Day

St David’s Day Concert

Superhero Day

Eisteddfod

Y6 Leavers Assembly

Open Mornings Comic Relief

Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day

Cake Bakes

Summer fete

Tea-towel designs

Slime Workshops

Christmas Card Designs

Valentine’s Disco

Easter Disco

Autumn Disco

School Events

In Partnership with the Community:

Christingle Service / Concert

Forensic Science – More Able and Talented Workshop (Cluster links)

Family Learning.

Community Art Project linked with Andy O’Rourke

Police Liaison

Ael Y Bryn Table Tennis

Rhymney Fire Service – Y2 and Y5 lessons

Caerphilly HWB Team Sessions

Transition visits with Idris Davies 3-18 School for Year 6 pupils.

Nursery / Reception:

There are separate toilet facilities for the Nursery and Reception aged children, adjoined to their classroom. This allows for appropriate access for all pupils. There are 3 individual cubicles in this block of shared toilets.

Year 1 & 2:

Toilet facilities for children in Year 1 and Year 2 are located next to their cloakroom areas and near their classroom. We have two separate toilet blocks. There are 2 cubicles for girls and 1 cubicle for boys, with a urinal.

These ratios are appropriate for the number of pupils using the Foundation Phase building.

Year 2 & 3:

Situated opposite their classroom, next to their cloakroom area is a separate toilet block for boys and girls. In the girls’ toilets there’s two cubicles and in the boys’ toilets there is one cubicle and a urinal.

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6:

Situated opposite their classroom, next to their cloakroom area is a separate toilet block for boys and girls. In the girls’ toilets there’s two cubicles and in the boys’ toilets there’s two cubicles and a urinal.

These ratios are appropriate for the number of pupils using the Junior building.

An additional toilet with mobility access is located in school.

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We have worked closely with the EAS Welsh Advisory Team to

develop our children’s skills in Welsh second language and to raise

standards of achievement. We are proud to have established a Criw

Cymreig within school, along with a Caffi Cymraeg; promoting

healthy snacks and drinks and are confident that we will earn the

Cymraeg Campus Bronze Award in the near future.

We continue to develop our children as healthy, confident individuals

through a range of activities and provisions in school. For example,

we have regular PE lessons where children can learn a variety of

skills. We have improved our lunch boxes by not having fizzy

drinks, we operate a fruit tuck shop within school to encourage

children to have a healthy snack at break times and also complete the

Daily Mile. The school is also participating in the ‘Healthy Schools’

Award scheme and have regular meetings.

Outturn Budget 2017-18

Employees

£ 518,568

Premises

£ 66,374

Supplies & Services

£ 20,817

Service Level Agreements

£ 22,234

SDP

£ 4,110

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

£ 632,105

Surplus / Contingency £ -58,809

NET EXPENDITURE £ 523,409

Income £ 108,695

Funding £ 464,600

Surplus carried forward -58,809

TOTAL INCOME £464,600