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Gaer Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Gaer Road, Newport NP20 3GY · gaerprimary.co.uk · 01633 263407
On the mapSearch near NP20 3GY
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 477
- Local authority
- Newport
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 11.1%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 23.8%
- 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 December 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · December 2025
- Address the safeguarding concerns identified during the inspection
- Sharpen self-evaluation and improvement strategies to focus better on understanding and developing pupils' learning
- Address inconsistencies in teachers' practice and ensure that they develop pupils' independent learning skills more effectively
All reports
- Dec 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2025Summary for parents and carers
Jul 2018Inspection report1 recommendation
- Continue to improve attendance