Birchgrove Primary, Swansea
Birchgrove Primary is a primary school for pupils in Swansea.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Birchgrove Primary in detail
School in Wales
Birchgrove Primary is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.
It had 408 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
21% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).
Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (43% in 2020/21); 5% are learning English as an additional language; and 15% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 32 pupils (Reception) to 60 (Year 6).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,174 per pupil, against £3,479 in 2021-22. It carried forward £446k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Birchgrove Primary dates from 2020.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Birchgrove Primary 2020". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Birchgrove Primary are Talycopa Primary School (1 mile), Ysgol Gymraeg Lon Las (1 mile), Trallwn Primary School (1.1 miles) and Glais Primary School (1.2 miles).
Talycopa Primary SchoolYsgol Gymraeg Lon LasTrallwn Primary SchoolGlais Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Llansamlet Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Smiths Road (opp junct), 90 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Birchgrove Primary's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Birchgrove Primary
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Birchgrove Primary, with their latest published grades:
- Lilley's Day Nursery - Day nursery, under 0.1 milesCare Inspectorate Wales: Good in 2 themes, Adequate in 2 themes
- Ty Enfys - Day nursery, 1.1 miles
- Little People Day Nursery - Day nursery, 1.6 milesCare Inspectorate Wales: Good in 1 theme, Adequate in 3 themes
- Coedffranc Childcare - Day nursery, 1.6 milesCare Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes
- San Joseff Bach - Pre-school, 1.8 milesCare Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Birchgrove Primary is in Swansea; for families living there:
Apply to Swansea for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about Birchgrove Primary
How many road collisions happen near Birchgrove Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Birchgrove Primary?
Birchgrove Primary is at Heol Nant Bran, Birchgrove, Swansea, SA7 9LS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)