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Sandfields Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council249 pupilsNurseryNeath Port Talbot
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance90.9%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families64%
Pupils with additional learning needs22%
Pupils on roll249
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher19.7

Sandfields Primary School is a council school in Aberavon for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 249 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Lilian Street, Port Talbot, Aberavon, SA12 6AJ01639 882355All 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.

Find this school's Estyn reportsMy Local School (Welsh Government)

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 Neath Port Talbot council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll249
Pupils from low-income families64%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support22%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English17%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils31%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals63.7%66.3%64.8%63.0%60.1%57.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)22.1%27.1%25.6%47.9%51.6%48.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language16.8%11.7%13.2%13.4%10.2%9.2%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils31.1%25.5%23.2%21.2%17.7%17.8%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.9% 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.

Attendance90.9%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 91.3%91.3%20192023: 84.5%84.5%20232024: 87.9%87.9%20242025: 90.9%90.9%2025
Since 2019: -0.4%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£5,5432025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,4563,45620202021: 3,7093,70920212022: 3,9253,92520222023: 4,2344,23420232024: 4,5074,50720242025: 4,7824,78220252026: 5,5435,5432026
Since 2020: +2,087

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £135 less 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 m34712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate125 per 1,000 people37% higher than the England average
Typical house price£161,250Neath Port Talbot
Nearest bus stop200 mBurgess Green, 15 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
St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolRoman Catholic530 m166Estyn, no grade–Compare
St Joseph's Catholic Infant SchoolRoman Catholic630 m118Estyn, no grade–Compare
Awel Y Môr Primary SchoolCouncil930 m354Estyn, no grade–Compare
Tywyn Primary SchoolCouncil930 m439Estyn, no grade–Compare
St Therese's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.8 miles225Estyn, no grade–Compare
YGG Rhos-AfanCouncil1.0 miles388Estyn, no grade–Compare
Central Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles408Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Bae BaglanCouncil1.4 miles1,383Estyn, no grade10Compare
Primary schools in Neath Port TalbotBest primary schools in Wales

Questions parents ask

Is Sandfields Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sandfields Primary School yet.

How many pupils does Sandfields Primary School have?

249 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
Lilian Street, Port Talbot, Aberavon, SA12 6AJ
Telephone
01639 882355
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Neath Port Talbot
Ward
Aberavon
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
400987 · School number 6712161
Language
English medium school / provision
Official recordMy Local SchoolDownload this school's data (CSV)

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “249” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “63.7” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from