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St. Ethelwolds
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Melrose Avenue, Shotton, Deeside, Flintshire CH5 1NG · stethelwolds.co.uk · 01244 812932
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected October 2018
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 83
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Voluntary aided
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 36.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 23.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 32.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 28.8%
- 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 October 2018. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards adequate and needs improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning good; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance good; Leadership and management adequate and needs improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Adequate |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Good |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Good |
| Leadership and management | Adequate |
Recommendations · October 2018
- Improve pupils' numeracy and Welsh oracy skills
- Improve pupils' spelling and their ability to use punctuation accurately
- Ensure that teaching challenges all pupils at an appropriate level
- Improve the balance of learning and effectiveness of independent learning activities in the foundation phase.
- Ensure that improvement processes focus effectively on identifying and addressing shortcomings in standards
All reports
- Mar 2020Outcome of Estyn review
- Oct 2018Inspection reportLast full
- May 2013Monitoring visit
- Feb 2012Inspection report