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Bedwas Junior
Primary · Ages 7–11 · Primary school
Church Street, Bedwas, Caerphilly CF83 8EB · 029 2085 2511
On the mapSearch near CF83 8EB
Overview
- Estyn
- Special Measures
- Follow-up category · last inspected March 2026
- Pupils
- 156
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 11.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 5.4%
- 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: special measures. Its last full inspection was in March 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Special MeasuresEstyn page
Recommendations · March 2026
- Improve leadership at all levels to ensure that self-evaluation and improvement processes have a consistently positive impact on pupils' progress
- Ensure teaching consistently provides the right level of challenge for pupils
- Develop an engaging curriculum that meets requirements and enables pupils to develop a breadth of skills that they can apply independently across their learning
- Improve rates of attendance, including for those from low-income households
All reports
- Mar 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2026Summary for parents and carers
Mar 2017Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve the attainment of boys and pupils eligible for free school meals in English
- Provide more frequent opportunities for pupils to develop their independent problem-solving and decision-making skills across the curriculum
- Extend further the existing partnership with the main feeder infant school