Bryn Celyn Primary School, Cardiff

Bryn Celyn Primary 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 187 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

68% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 7% have additional learning needs; 32% are learning English as an additional language; and 58% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 13 pupils (Reception) to 30 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,594 per pupil, against £4,884 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £52k.

Estyn's report on its May 2022 inspection summarises Bryn Celyn Primary School like this:

"Bryn Celyn Primary School gives its pupils a strong start in life. Leaders, staff and governors work very effectively in partnership with parents, the community and Cardiff local authority to help pupils develop the skills and values they need to be successful throughout their lives. Even though the pandemic has led to many challenges for the school and its community, the progress most pupils have made in their learning this year, is impressive. Most pupils are eager to learn, behave very well and have clear views about what they want to achieve when they are older. They work hard in school, persevering to meet the challenges their teachers set them. Most learning is purposeful and motivates pupils to apply their literacy, numeracy and digital skills effectively through topics that they help to plan."

"Staff keep a careful watch over how well each pupil is progressing in their learning and well-being. When needed, they provide valuable extra support that improves pupils’ skills and raises their self-esteem. The headteacher provides strong leadership. Working with a dedicated team of teachers and support staff, she makes sure that families and pupils are treated with care and respect. Pupils feel safe in Bryn Celyn and know that adults act in their best interests. Since the school’s last inspection, leaders have been very successful in driving improvements to many important aspects of its work."

"They use monitoring processes well to check that staff across the school have consistently high expectations for pupils’ learning. Leaders also evaluate whether the actions the school takes make a difference to pupils. For example, they recognise the need to continue to improve pupils’ writing skills. Governors are knowledgeable about the work of the school. They know the community well and are very supportive of the school’s actions to raise pupils’ aspirations and strengthen their attitudes to learning. Currently, governors do not ensure that there are effective arrangements to promote pupils’ healthy eating and drinking."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Continue to develop pupils’ ability to write their own content and structure their writing independently, adapting their writing style to suit the audience and purpose; (2) Strengthen arrangements to promote pupils’ healthy eating and drinking.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bryn Celyn Primary School are Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pen-Y-Groes (0.1 miles), St Bernadette's R.C. Primary School (0.2 miles), St David's C.I.W. Primary School (0.3 miles) and Glan-Yr-Afon Primary (0.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llanishen Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glyn Collen (before), 210 metres away.