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Penywaun Community School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Coed Glas, Penywaun, Aberdare CF44 9DR · 01685 661005
On the mapSearch near CF44 9DR
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 180
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 52.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 3.7%
- 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 December 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · December 2024
- Improve leadership at all levels to strengthen monitoring and evaluation processes to focus clearly on the impact of teaching on outcomes for pupils
- Improve the quality and consistency of teaching to raise standards, particularly in pupils' literacy, Welsh and digital skills
- Ensure that the curriculum provides effective opportunities for pupils to apply their skills at an appropriate level in meaningful contexts
All reports
- Jun 2026Monitoring visit
- Dec 2024Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Dec 2018Monitoring visit
Mar 2017Inspection report6 recommendations
- Improve standards in pupils writing across the curriculum
- Improve standards in Welsh second language
- Raise levels of attendance
- Distribute leadership and improvement responsibilities more evenly among senior leaders
- Ensure that self-evaluation procedures focus specifically on standards of achievement
- Improve the provision for education for sustainable development and global citizenship