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Ysgol Pencae
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
Highfields, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2QA · ysgolpencae.cymru · 029 2056 3851
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected July 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 207
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 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 July 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · July 2025
- Provide purposeful opportunities for the youngest pupils to develop their independent learning skills, including in the outdoor area
All reports
- Jul 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2025Summary for parents and carers
Jan 2017Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve the ability of a few pupils in key stage 2 to apply their numeracy skills robustly across the curriculum
- Ensure that outdoor activities in the Foundation Phase develop pupils' skills increasingly by reinforcing focus work that takes place in the classroom
- Improve a few teachers' written feedback so that pupils know exactly what they need to do in order to develop their skills further