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Ysgol Penalltau
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Cwm Calon, Penallta, Ystrad Mynach CF82 6AP · ysgolpenalltau.com · 01443 862974
On the mapSearch near CF82 6AP
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected August 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 247
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 14%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 3.9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0%
- Not yet confident · 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 August 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · August 2026
- Develop pupils' Welsh reading skills
- Ensure consistency in the effective practices for giving pupils feedback to support them further to improve their work.
All reports
- Aug 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Aug 2026Summary for parents and carers
Oct 2017Inspection report3 recommendations
- Share best practice in teaching across the school
- Plan purposefully to develop pupils' skills in the outdoor environment
- Refine the school development plan to focus on the main priorities, and ensure that they are sufficiently sharp to enable leaders to measure the effect of… Full report
- Sept 2011Inspection report