Coedpenmaen County Primary School, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

Coedpenmaen County 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 183 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 9% have additional learning needs (28% in 2020/21); 12% are learning English as an additional language; and 15% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 11 pupils (Reception) to 36 (Year 5).

Estyn's report on its May 2022 inspection summarises Coedpenmaen County Primary School like this:

"Most pupils at the school behave well and are polite and well mannered. Many make suitable progress as they move through the school and by the time they leave have appropriate skills in literacy and numeracy. However, around half of pupils are not enthusiastic about the learning experiences that the school provides and they do not enjoy learning. The school has experienced a period of instability in leadership. The newly appointed leadership team has begun to implement change, for example improving safeguarding procedures and the security of the site and improving relationships with parents."

"However, the school’s evaluation and improvement planning processes are not sufficiently robust and do not identify the most important shortcomings that leaders and teachers need to address. Members of the school’s governing body do not provide effective support and challenge to the school’s leaders. Teachers and leaders have focused appropriately on pupils’ well-being as they return to school following the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers and teaching assistants deliver a good range of interventions to support pupils’ emotional and mental health and this is having a positive impact on pupils’ well-being. The support for pupils with additional learning needs is strong."

"The well-being of staff has been affected negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in leadership during the past two years. Teachers do not collaborate well together or share their expertise willingly. This has made it difficult to address national priorities such as planning to implement the Curriculum for Wales. As a result, this work is at a very early stage of development. The high number of pupils, the ratio of teachers to pupils and the overcrowded teaching areas in the classes for younger pupils makes it difficult for teachers to deliver learning experiences that match the needs and ability of these pupils."

Estyn made 6 recommendations: (1) Improve the effectiveness of leadership at all levels, including that of the governing body; (2) Develop stronger collaborative working arrangements between staff; (3) Improve self-evaluation and improvement processes; (4) Ensure that teachers match teaching and learning opportunities closely to pupils’ needs; (5) Ensure that the school is prepared for the implementation of the Curriculum for Wales; (6) Ensure that the organisation of the classing structure of the school meets the needs of all pupils and enables pupils to access the learning experiences that are required for their age and ability.

The nearest other state primary schools to Coedpenmaen County Primary School are Trallwng Infants School (0.2 miles), Coedylan Primary School (0.3 miles), Ysgol G.G. Evan James (0.6 miles) and Parclewis Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Pontypridd Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

27 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Corn Stores (after), 100 metres away.