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Penrhys Community Primary
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Penrhys, Tylorstown, Ferndale CF43 3PL · penrhysprimary.co.uk · 01443 730037
On the mapSearch near CF43 3PL
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected October 2017
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 86
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 64.4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 30.8%
- Additional learning needs · 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 October 2017. 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.
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 · October 2017
- Develop pupils' ability to apply their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills across the curriculum, particularly in key stage 2
- Improve pupils' Welsh oracy skills
- Ensure that teaching in all classes challenges pupils of all abilities to become independent learners
- Develop the contribution of staff, parents and pupils to self-evaluation and school improvement
- Improve communication with parents
All reports
- Mar 2019Outcome of Estyn review
- Oct 2017Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2012Monitoring visit
2011Inspection report5 recommendations
- raise the standards of pupils' speaking and writing skills and their use of both languages across the curriculum;
- raise standards in the national teacher assessments for seven and eleven year olds and particularly those achieved by the more able pupils;
- further develop pupils' involvement in their own targets for learning and in evaluating their own progress;
- use the information which the school assembles to identify clearly what the school needs to do to raise standards further and to review systematically the… Full report
- continue to extend the role of the governing body in setting the strategic direction of the school, in judging the standards being achieved and in acting as a… Full report