Creunant Primary School, Neath

Creunant 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 95 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 19% have additional learning needs (25% in 2020/21); and 9% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 8 pupils (Year 2) to 14 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,853 per pupil, against £3,979 in 2021-22. It carried forward £74k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its January 2025 inspection summarises Creunant Primary School like this:

"Nearly all pupils at Creunant Primary School are well-behaved, polite and show respect to each other. They feel safe in school and attend regularly. A recent period of turbulence has impacted negatively on working relationships between leaders, staff and governors. In addition, leaders’ relationships with a minority of parents are strained. Leaders evaluate the quality of the school’s work and identify areas for improvement."

"However, the evaluation processes do not always prioritise areas in most need of improvement, for example, leaders have not identified the weak areas of teaching identified during the inspection. Members of the governing body are keen to support the work of the school, but their knowledge and capacity to hold the school to account are limited. They do not visit the school to collect first-hand evidence and are reliant on information presented to them by the headteacher. During their time in school, most pupils including those with additional learning needs (ALN) do not make the progress of which they are capable. There are inconsistencies in the quality of teaching, expectations are not high enough and staff do not plan for pupils to develop their literacy, numeracy and digital skills progressively."

"In many classes, teachers do not match activities to the ability of pupils, and they overuse worksheets. In addition, the learning environments do not enable pupils to learn independently, and activities for younger pupils tend to be very adult led. The school budget has a large underspend, and leaders and governors have not prioritised funding well enough, for instance to improve the quality of outdoor learning."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Improve leadership at all levels; (2) Improve the quality of self-evaluation and improvement activities so that leaders identify, prioritise and address successfully the areas of the school’s work that are in most need of improvement; (3) Improve the quality and consistency of teaching and ensure that all staff have consistently high expectations of pupils; (4) Ensure that pupils develop their literacy, numeracy and digital skills progressively over time.

Estyn follow-up status: Special Measures.

The nearest other state primary schools to Creunant Primary School are Ysgol Bro Tawe (2.5 miles), Blaendulais Primary School (2.7 miles), YGG Blaendulais (2.7 miles) and Godre'rgraig Primary School (2.8 miles).

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

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crynant Rugby Club (before), 210 metres away.