Colcot Primary School, Vale of Glamorgan

Colcot 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 267 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

37% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 16% have additional learning needs (23% in 2020/21); 3% are learning English as an additional language; and 7% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 22 pupils (Reception) to 44 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,640 per pupil, against £3,758 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £444k.

Estyn's report on its October 2025 inspection summarises Colcot Primary School like this:

"Colcot Primary is a welcoming and inclusive school that promotes equity and inclusion effectively. The headteacher and staff work closely with external agencies to provide strong welfare and emotional support to pupils and their families. They provide a range of worthwhile opportunities for parents and carers to engage in school life, and this helps develop a strong sense of trust and belonging. From their individual starting points, most pupils make good progress in their literacy and numeracy skills, including those pupils with additional learning needs (ALN). Many pupils make good progress in their oracy, reading and writing skills. They develop effective mathematical skills and demonstrate increasing confidence when solving number problems."

"Most pupils' Welsh language skills remain at a basic level. Across the school, most teachers provide effective, targeted support for pupils with ALN. In the most effective examples, additional adults know their pupils well and offer valuable support that helps them manage their emotions and access the school curriculum successfully. Leaders and staff provide a purposeful and engaging curriculum that reflects pupils’ interests. Through an inquiry-based approach, pupils research topics and express their understanding creatively through presentations, drama and digital media. Many lessons support pupils' progress effectively."

"However, in a few examples, especially for younger pupils, activities do not build on prior learning, and adults supervise rather than actively extend and challenge pupils’ thinking. During lessons, many older pupils respond positively to written and verbal feedback and use it to improve their work. However, the quality and use of feedback varies across the school Leaders use a range of monitoring activities appropriately to identify the school’s strengths and areas for development. They take suitable actions to support improvement. The governing body is supportive of the school and works closely with leaders to manage pupils’ attendance. Governors recognise the financial challenges the school faces and are working with the headteacher and local authority to put in place more robust plans to address these."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Improve staff understanding of child development and pupil engagement to ensure that all adults provide purposeful learning that builds on pupils’ skills progressively; (2) Strengthen the quality and consistency of feedback to help pupils improve their work and achieve the next steps in their learning; (3) Improve standards in Welsh; (4) Improve the financial management of the school.

The nearest other state primary schools to Colcot Primary School are Ysgol Gynradd Gwaun Y Nant (0.5 miles), Oakfield Primary School (0.5 miles), Jenner Park Primary (0.9 miles) and Cadoxton Community Primary (1 mile).

The nearest railway station is Cadoxton Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Winifred Avenue (after), 150 metres away.