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Johnstown
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Salem Road, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire SA31 3HS · 01267 236653
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Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected August 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 443
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 3.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 11.6%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 21.9%
- 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 August 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · August 2025
- Improve the consistency of pace and challenge in teaching to better meet the needs of all pupils
- Provide greater opportunities for older pupils to contribute purposefully to whole- school improvements and direct their own learning
- Improve the attendance of pupils that are eligible for free school meals
All reports
- Aug 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Aug 2025Summary for parents and carers
Feb 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve punctuality and attendance
- improve pupils' use of spoken Welsh
- Ensure that individual development plans include clearly defined targets in order to measure progress effectively
2011Inspection report3 recommendations
- extend opportunities for pupils to use their numeracy skills in the wider curriculum;
- review the extent to which work sheets are used in key stage 2 to develop pupils' writing in a few areas of the curriculum; and
- ensure that assessment for learning principles are implemented consistently in all classes.