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St Marks Church in Wales VA School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
St Issells Avenue, Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 1JX · 01437 767623
On the mapSearch near SA61 1JX
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected September 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 114
- Local authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Voluntary aided
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 39.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 14.9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 11.5%
- 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 September 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · September 2026
- Improve attendance and punctuality
- Ensure that teaching consistently promotes pupils' independent learning and thinking.
- Improve learning experiences and the use of the indoor and outdoor learning environments for younger pupils
- Strengthen the curriculum to ensure there are purposeful opportunities for pupils to learn about diversity and relationships
All reports
- Sept 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Sept 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Dec 2018Outcome of Estyn review
Mar 2017Inspection report6 recommendations
- Improve the quality of pupils' writing, including spelling, punctuation and presentation
- Raise standards in pupils' numeracy skills in mathematics lessons and across the curriculum
- Improve pupils' attendance
- Develop the provision for pupils' independent learning skills, particularly in the Foundation Phase
- Improve the quality of teaching and teachers' use of assessment to meet the needs of all pupils
- Ensure that the processes for self-evaluation and improvement planning focus robustly on improving pupil outcomes
- Dec 2011Inspection report