Black Lane C.P. School, Wrexham

Black Lane C.P. School 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 142 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

17% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 5% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 12 pupils (Year 6) to 21 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,992 per pupil, against £4,113 in 2021-22. It carried forward £79k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its November 2023 inspection summarises Black Lane C.P. School like this:

"Black Lane Primary School is a caring and nurturing school. Senior leaders promote a vision that focuses on striving to ensure that everyone is happy, healthy and safe. All staff share this vision. They are compassionate and support the needs of individual pupils well. As a result, pupils have high levels of well-being across the school. Most pupils behave well in class and when moving around the school. At playtimes, nearly all pupils play well together and enjoy spending time with their friends. Within the positive learning environment, most pupils make good progress in all areas of learning during their time in school. Pupils and staff enjoy being a part of Black Lane Primary and they are proud of their school."

"Senior leaders, supported by governors, work diligently to evaluate the school’s strengths and to identify areas in need of improvement. They plan for change effectively and have a strong track record of improving teaching and learning. For example, they have improved provision to develop pupils’ Welsh language skills. The support for pupils in need of additional help with their learning is a strength of the school. There are effective arrangements in place to identify and meet pupils’ needs during their time at the school. This supports pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) to make good progress in relation to their individual targets. Teachers plan exciting and engaging activities for pupils and learning is fun. Nearly all pupils are highly engaged in lessons. Staff support pupils well to develop the skills they need to improve their own work."

"Teachers generally have suitable expectations for the standard of pupils' work and the progress they make. However, they do not always match the level of challenge well enough to pupils' capabilities, especially in the mixed age classes . Senior leaders have supported staff to develop engaging learning areas outdoors, to further develop pupils’ skills and opportunities to explore the natural environment. However, the provision for purposeful and meaningful outdoor learning, especially for older pupils, is at an early stage of development. The school collaborates well with parents and the local community. Parents have beneficial opportunities to visit school and engage in their child’s learning journey through regular ‘come and see’ sessions. Pupils enjoy the many opportunities to perform and to meet people that live and work in the local area, to enhance their learning experiences."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Ensure that teaching and planned activities challenge all pupils and support them to make the progress of which they are capable of; (2) Further develop outdoor learning experiences for pupils.

The nearest other state primary schools to Black Lane C.P. School are St Mary's Aided Primary School (0.6 miles), Brynteg County School (0.7 miles), Ysgol Heulfan (0.7 miles) and Tanyfron C.P. School (0.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Gwersyllt Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Black Lane School (outside), 70 metres away.