Coastlands County Primary, Pembrokeshire

Coastlands County 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 106 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Year groups range from 6 pupils (Year 3) to 16 (Year 2).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,270 per pupil, against £4,671 in 2021-22. It carried forward £15k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its November 2024 inspection summarises Coastlands County Primary like this:

"Coastlands County Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive school where most pupils make strong progress. The recently appointed headteacher has developed a dedicated team of staff that promotes a positive and nurturing learning environment. Leaders have built strong relationships with pupils and parents, which in turn creates a strong sense of community within the school. Leaders and staff work hard to create a broad, engaging curriculum and use partnerships with other local schools and the community to enrich learning effectively and support professional learning for staff. Teachers draw on their local community well and plan engaging and exciting activities."

"However, teachers do not use a variety of assessment information consistently enough to offer appropriate levels of challenge that address the needs of all pupils effectively. Most pupils develop good literacy and numeracy skills, on the whole. In general, teachers do not provide enough opportunities for pupils to extend and develop their writing and numeracy skills across the curriculum, for example in real-world contexts. Pupils confidently use their digital skills well in a range of contexts as they move through the school. Creativity is a strong feature of the school."

"Younger pupils solve problems through hands-on activities, while older pupils compose and perform music inspired by renowned composers. The school embraces its Welsh language and culture, with pupils gaining confidence in speaking Welsh and using extended vocabulary. Leaders and governors work effectively to support improvement, using professional learning and partnerships to enhance teaching. Governors are beginning to support monitoring processes suitably. Currently, pupil registration processes do not meet statutory requirements."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Further enhance the quality and consistency of teaching to ensure that all pupils are challenged appropriately to meet their needs; (2) Ensure that pupils have suitable opportunities to use and apply their writing and numeracy skills purposefully across the curriculum; (3) Ensure that processes for pupil registration meet statutory requirements.

The nearest other state primary schools to Coastlands County Primary are Gelliswick Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Primary School (3.2 miles), Broad Haven C.P. School (4.1 miles), St Francis V.R.C. School (4.5 miles) and Milford Haven Community Primary School (4.5 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Coastlands County Primary.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brook Inn (opposite), 50 metres away.