Coedylan Primary School, Pontypridd

Coedylan 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 149 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 6% have additional learning needs (32% in 2020/21); 11% are learning English as an additional language; and 24% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 12 pupils (Reception) to 27 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,927 per pupil, against £3,794 in 2021-22. It carried forward £11k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its February 2023 inspection summarises Coedylan Primary School like this:

"Over time, leadership at all levels at the school has not been effective enough. This has led to poor teaching and learning experiences that limit pupils’ progress during their time at school. Currently the school has interim leadership arrangements that are beginning to have a positive influence on a few aspects of the school’s work. However, these arrangements have not had time to address the many long-standing deficiencies at the school, particularly in teaching and learning. Overall, the school’s curriculum and the delivery of it do not support pupils to make sufficient progress. Staff do not ensure that pupils develop their skills progressively as they move through the school."

"Provision for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) does not support this group of learners well enough. School leaders ensure that provision for pupils’ personal and social development is beneficial in helping them to understand how to stay safe and reflect on important values such as kindness and respect. Pupils at Coed-y-Lan Primary School show respect and consideration to each other, staff and visitors. They are courteous and polite and nearly all of them behave impeccably. Pupils in leadership roles take their responsibilities seriously. They have helped to improve the school through deciding on new playground equipment and discussing how to improve parking outside the school gates."

"They promote aspects of safety in school well. However, these groups have been established very recently and it is therefore too early to measure their impact. The interim leadership team has begun to evaluate the school’s provision appropriately. This has enabled them to establish a realistic picture of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. However, due to staffing instability, they have not been able to share responsibilities effectively among staff or build a whole-school ethos, where staff feel valued for their contributions. A safeguarding issue was brought to the attention of the school during the inspection."

Estyn made 5 recommendations: (1) Improve leadership at all levels; (2) Improve teaching and assessment across the school; (3) Improve the curriculum and provision for the progressive development of pupils’ skills; (4) Improve provision for pupils with ALN; (5) Address the safeguarding issue that was identified during the inspection.

The nearest other state primary schools to Coedylan Primary School are Ysgol G.G. Evan James (0.3 miles), Coedpenmaen County Primary School (0.3 miles), Trallwng Infants School (0.4 miles) and Maes-Y-Coed Primary School (0.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Pontypridd Rail Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

28 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coedylan Primary School (outside), 20 metres away.