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Peter Lea Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Carter Place, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3NP · peterleaprimaryschool.com · 029 2056 2034
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 303
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 6.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 3.5%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 28%
- 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 pupils' opportunities to use Welsh outside Welsh lessons and around the school.
- Improve pupils' attendance, particularly for those pupils eligible for free school meals.
All reports
- May 2026Inspection reportLast full
- May 2026Summary for parents and carers
Jul 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Ensure that teachers' planning builds pupils' literacy and numeracy skills systematically as they move through the school
- Ensure that agreed strategies to manage pupils' behaviour operate effectively in all classes
- Improve pupils' spelling, punctuation and handwriting skills
- Jul 2012Monitoring visit
- Mar 2011Inspection report