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Burry Port Community Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council190 pupilsNurseryBurry PortCarmarthenshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance89.6%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families42%
Pupils with additional learning needs22%
Pupils on roll190
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher18.6

Burry Port Community Primary School is a council school in Burry Port for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 190 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Elkington Park, Burry Port, SA16 0AU01554 833460All details

Inspection

Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.

Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.

Results

Wales stopped publishing results for individual primary schools in 2019, so there are none to show. Attendance, pupil numbers and staffing below come from the Welsh Government's My Local School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances.

Teaching is in English.

You apply through Carmarthenshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll190
Pupils from low-income families42%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support22%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils5%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals42.1%41.3%39.9%37.0%34.5%31.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)21.6%19.7%20.5%33.6%35.1%32.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.3%5.3%4.2%3.2%3.0%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils5.2%8.6%6.7%5.7%7.1%6.0%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.6% of the time. Across primary schools in Wales it was 92.8%. Wales doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on exclusions, for individual schools.

Attendance89.6%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 92.7%92.7%20192023: 88.7%88.7%20232024: 89.2%89.2%20242025: 89.6%89.6%2025
Since 2019: -3.1%

Staff and budget

From the Welsh Government's My Local School, 2025/26.

Budget per pupil£6,8712025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,4373,43720202021: 4,3574,35720212022: 4,4564,45620222023: 5,5915,59120232024: 5,6305,63020242025: 6,1766,17620252026: 6,8716,8712026
Since 2020: +3,434

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £1,193 more than the Welsh average for primary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m18012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate88 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£192,500Carmarthenshire
Nearest bus stop190 mPark Terrace, 31 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Parc y TywynCouncil0.8 miles267Estyn, no gradeCompare
Pembrey C.P. SchoolCouncil0.9 miles210Estyn, no gradeCompare
Trimsaran Community SchoolCouncil2.1 miles194Estyn, no gradeCompare
Pwll C.P. Mixed SchoolCouncil2.1 miles73Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Gymraeg FfwrnesCouncil3.5 miles468Estyn, no gradeCompare
Carway C.P. SchoolCouncil3.6 miles59Estyn, no gradeCompare
Pentip V.A. C.I.W. Primary SchoolCouncil3.8 miles97Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Pen RhosCouncil3.9 miles429Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Burry Port Community Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Burry Port Community Primary School yet.

How many pupils does Burry Port Community Primary School have?

190 pupils aged 3 to 11.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Elkington Park, Burry Port, SA16 0AU
Telephone
01554 833460
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Carmarthenshire
Ward
Pembrey
Constituency
Llanelli
Setting
Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2013 (new provision)
URN
402326 · School number 6692394
Language
English medium school / provision
Formerly
Burryport Junior School, Burry Port Infants

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “190” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “42.1” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from