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Pontygwaith Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Graig Street, Pontygwaith, Ferndale CF43 3LY · 01443 730471
On the mapSearch near CF43 3LY
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 155
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 34.9%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- 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 May 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · May 2026
- Strengthen self-evaluation and improvement planning to focus more sharply on the aspects of teaching that have the greatest impact on learning
- Strengthen the level of challenge overall and ensure that feedback supports pupils to improve and refine their work
- Improve pupils' writing skills
All reports
- May 2026Inspection reportLast full
- May 2026Summary for parents and carers
Jun 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Ensure that teaching in all classes consistently challenges pupils of all abilities, especially the more able
- Refine teachers' feedback so that it enables pupils to understand clearly what they need to do to improve their work
- Raise standards in Welsh second language at key stage 2
- Mar 2011Inspection report