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Rhydyfro Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Waun Penlan, Pontardawe, Swansea SA8 3BB · 01792 862200
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 147
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 35.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 24.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 8.3%
- 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 May 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · May 2026
- Improve attendance
- Sharpen self-evaluation processes to focus on pupil progress
- Ensure curriculum design supports effective pupil progress.
- Improve pupils' writing
All reports
- May 2026Inspection reportLast full
- May 2026Summary for parents and carers
Oct 2018Inspection report4 recommendations
- Provide a consistently effective level of challenge in lessons to meet the needs of all pupils
- Improve the quality of pupils' handwriting and presentation of their work
- Strengthen pupils' use of their higher order reading skills as they move through the school
- Increase opportunities for pupils to apply their information and communication technology skills confidently
- Oct 2013Monitoring visit
- Jul 2012Inspection report