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Griffithstown Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Florence Place, Griffithstown, Pontypool, Torfaen NP4 5DN · 01495 759679
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected February 2019
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 378
- Local authority
- Torfaen
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 13.6%
- 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 February 2019. 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 adequate and needs improvement; 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 | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Adequate |
Recommendations · February 2019
- Address the issues of site safety identified at the time of the inspection
- Improve standards in Welsh and ICT
- Improve processes for identifying and supporting those pupils who need extra help to make effective progress, particularly in reading and writing
- Improve assessment processes and ensure that teachers use this information effectively to challenge and support all pupils
- Ensure that improvement processes focus rigorously on evaluating and improving pupils' standards and progress
All reports
- Dec 2021Outcome of Estyn review
- Feb 2019Inspection reportLast full
- Jun 2015Monitoring visit
- May 2014Inspection report