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Southdown CP
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Linderick Avenue, Buckley, Flintshire CH7 2NP · southdownprimaryschoolbuckley.co.uk · 01244 544473
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected November 2018
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 341
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 21.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 3.1%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.3%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2018. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards good; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning good; Teaching and learning experiences good; Care, support and guidance good; Leadership and management good.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Good |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Good |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Good |
| Care, support and guidance | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Recommendations · November 2018
- Provide greater challenge for pupils that are more able in key stage 2
- Ensure that any written feedback to pupils by teachers is specific enough to help them improve their work
- Improve pupils' reading comprehension at key stage 2
- Develop pupils' ability and confidence to speak in Welsh
All reports
- Nov 2018Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2013Monitoring visit
- Sept 2011Inspection report