Christ The King R.C. Primary School, Cardiff

Christ The King R.C. 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 238 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 3% have additional learning needs (9% in 2020/21); and 19% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 28 pupils (Year 1) to 31 (Year 6).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,466 per pupil, against £3,508 in 2021-22. It carried forward £73k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its February 2023 inspection summarises Christ The King R.C. Primary School like this:

"Christ the King Roman Catholic school provides a warm, inclusive learning environment for its pupils. The sense of belonging to the school community is a strength of the school. The school promotes its values well, linked to its motto, ‘Learning to love, loving to learn’. The school is developing its curriculum to focus on important concepts and to engage and stimulate nearly all learners. The school makes effective use of its extensive outdoor provision, including a forest school area. Recent improvements to reading provision, including a new library, enable pupils to read for pleasure independently. Staff promote pupils’ health and well-being diligently."

"There are strong opportunities for pupils to develop their physical skills, both in lessons and in the range of extra- curricular clubs on offer. Although the curriculum is sufficiently broad, the school has not yet developed aspects of the Expressive Arts systematically enough. Staff encourage pupils to become ambitious, confident learners. There are particularly beneficial opportunities for pupils to develop their oracy and thinking skills. There are regular opportunities for pupils to discuss and debate matters of topical interest. The pupil participation groups, which form the school’s Senedd, are very effective in bringing about positive changes in the school. In these groups, pupils use their own ideas to consider wider aspects of school life and beyond, such as health and nutrition and how to help the local community."

"However, in lessons, opportunities for pupils to influence how and what they learn are too limited. The headteacher ensures that all staff have beneficial opportunities for professional development so that they can fulfil their roles and support school improvements confidently. Leaders and governors monitor pupil progress and the improvements the school makes conscientiously. They listen to pupils and take the view of parents into account when deciding how best to move the school forward. All staff work very well as a team. They encourage their pupils and know them well. This contributes to the supportive and caring ethos in the school and helps new pupils to settle into the school successfully."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Further develop the school’s curriculum to ensure suitable progression across all areas of learning and experience; (2) Extend opportunities for pupils to influence how and what they learn in lessons.

From the headteacher's welcome: "Christ the King is a vibrant school where children are enthusiastic and motivated to achieve their full potential. We believe that each child is unique and special and we strive to ensure that our curriculum meets the differing needs of all our children both now and for the future."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to Christ The King R.C. Primary School are Coed Glas Primary School (0.4 miles), Ysgol-Y-Wern (0.7 miles), Llysfaen Primary School (0.7 miles) and Rhydypenau Primary School (0.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llanishen Rail Station, about 70 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Llanishen Station (outside), 110 metres away.