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Ystruth Primary
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
East Pentwyn, Blaina, Blaenau Gwent NP13 3XG · 01495 355990
On the mapSearch near NP13 3XG
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 330
- Local authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 19%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 6%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 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: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in May 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · May 2026
- Improve attendance, especially for pupils who are eligible for free school meals and those with additional learning needs
- Further develop high quality teaching and assessment across the school to support all pupils to make strong progress
- Refine curriculum planning to ensure that pupils' knowledge and skills are developed progressively
All reports
- May 2026Inspection reportLast full
- May 2026Summary for parents and carers
May 2017Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve pupils' competence in speaking Welsh
- Provide further opportunities for pupils to apply their numeracy skills across the curriculum
- Improve the balance between child-initiated and adult-directed activities In the Foundation Phase
- Improve the clarity of targets within individual education plans to better meet the requirements of pupils with additional learning needs
- Jan 2011Inspection report