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Pontarddulais Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Upper James Street, Pontarddulais, Swansea SA4 8JD · 01792 882383
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 391
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 23.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 10%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 4.3%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 8.7%
- 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 January 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · January 2026
- Strengthen strategic leadership and governance so that all leaders understand their roles and contribute effectively to school improvement
- Establish a clear, shared understanding of effective teaching and ensure that self- evaluation focuses closely on its quality and impact on pupils' progress
- Improve attendance, particularly for pupils eligible for free school meals and those with additional learning needs
- Improve the quality and consistency of feedback so that all pupils are suitably challenged and have regular opportunities to refine and extend their writing
All reports
- Jan 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2026Summary for parents and carers
Jun 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve the quality of pupils' extended writing skills in key stage 2
- Ensure that all teachers' planning is of a consistently high quality
- Sharpen monitoring so that it identifies more clearly the specific aspects that require improvement
- Jan 2011Inspection report