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Penllwyn Primary
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Fleur-De-Lys Avenue, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood NP12 2NT · 01495 223505
On the mapSearch near NP12 2NT
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected August 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 142
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 58.4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 8.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 5.1%
- 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 August 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · August 2025
- Improve arrangements to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching
- Provide more opportunities for pupils to lead their own learning
All reports
- Aug 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Aug 2025Summary for parents and carers
Jan 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve pupils' spelling of high frequency words and the handwriting skills of pupils in the foundation phase and key stage 2
- Improve pupils' independent working skills
- Improve the opportunities for staff to observe effective practice in other schools