Carreghofa C.P. School, Powys

Carreghofa 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 104 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 8% have additional learning needs (16% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 11 pupils (Year 6) to 19 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,839 per pupil, against £4,303 in 2021-22. It carried forward £83k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its September 2025 inspection summarises Carreghofa C.P. School like this:

"Carreghofa Primary is a welcoming and caring school where the well-being of its pupils has the highest priority. Nearly all pupils feel safe, secure, and confident that their views are listened to and acted upon. There are positive relationships between staff and parents, which contribute valuably to the family ethos of the school. The school offers pupils a wide range of experiences to stimulate their interest and to enrich learning. Nearly all pupils enjoy coming to school and engage very well in their lessons. Over time, most develop positive attitudes to learning and take suitable ownership for aspects of their learning, such as when making suggestions about how and what to learn."

"Teachers devise interesting and engaging lessons, which stimulates pupils’ interests well. Teaching ensures that many pupils, including those affected by poverty or those with additional learning needs (ALN), make good progress. However, teachers tend to provide too much direction in lessons, and this limits pupils’ development as independent learners. The school provides worthwhile opportunities for pupils to develop their speaking, listening and reading skills and as a result, many pupils make good progress. Arrangements to support older pupils to develop their writing skills are not strong enough and this affects their rate of progress. The teaching of mathematics is effective, and pupils make good progress over time."

"There are suitable opportunities for pupils to develop their numeracy skills meaningfully. Most staff provide good Welsh language role models, and the language is used and heard frequently in the life of the school. This means that most pupils make good progress in learning Welsh. Most pupils develop strong digital skills and have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe online. Leaders have the capacity to implement improvement successfully but, monitoring work does not focus sharply enough on evaluating the effectiveness of teaching. Governors support the school well and provide appropriate levels of accountability."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Improve self-evaluation processes; (2) Ensure that teaching provides all pupils with sufficient challenge; (3) Improve pupils’ writing skills.

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The nearest other state primary schools to Carreghofa C.P. School are Bryn Offa CofE Primary School (1.1 miles, 68% reading, 77% maths); Llandysilio C.I.W. School (1.3 miles); Llansantffraid C.I.W.A. School (2.5 miles); and Arddleen C.P. School (3.1 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Carreghofa C.P. School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chapel (opposite), 300 metres away.