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St. Francis R. C. Primary Sch.
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Wilson Road, Ely, Cardiff CF5 4JL · 029 2059 1666
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected June 2022
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 332
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Voluntary aided
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 56.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 19.8%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 47.7%
- 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 June 2022. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · June 2022
- Ensure that leaders focus better on addressing the variability in the quality of teaching
- Ensure that all teachers have high expectations in order to challenge pupils effectively
- Improve pupils' independent learning skills
- Provide more meaningful opportunities for pupils to influence the wider life of the school
All reports
- Dec 2024Interim visit letter
- Dec 2023Outcome of Estyn review
- Jun 2022Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2012Inspection report
2007Inspection report7 recommendations
- raise standards further in English and information technology;
- improve achievements in problem solving, independent research and study skills across the curriculum;
- continue efforts to improve levels of attendance and punctuality;
- develop the roles of subject coordinators in monitoring as well as in the production of portfolios of assessed work;
- develop further the monitoring of pupils' progress from year to year;
- continue with plans to improve the school's outdoor accommodation; and
- address the health and safety issues raised by inspectors with the governing body.