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Pen Afan Primary School

Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school

Western Terrace, Blaengwynfi, Port Talbot SA13 3YE · 01639 850316

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Overview

Estyn: Inspected January 2020; Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category

Pupils: 95
Local authority: Neath Port Talbot
Language: English medium; School language category, Welsh Government
Governance: Community; Welsh Government address list
Free school meals: 35.5%; 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
Learning needs: 31%; Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
Still learning English: 0%; Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
Minority ethnic: Too few to publish; 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 2020. 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.

Last full inspection: January 2020; Published 30 Mar 2020
Latest report: Dec 2025; Interim visit letter

Estyn page

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 · January 2020

Improve teaching and learning so that all pupils make the progress of which they are capable
Improve provision to develop pupils' literacy skills
Develop pupils' independent learning skills, including their capacity to reason, solve problems and improve their own work
Strengthen the contributions of leaders at all levels, across the federation, particularly to evaluation and improvement work
Improve attendance and punctuality

All reports

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