Ffaldau Primary School, Bridgend

Ffaldau 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 135 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

34% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 7% have additional learning needs (24% in 2020/21); 6% are learning English as an additional language; and 16% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 10 pupils (Year 6) to 22 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,780 per pupil, against £4,434 in 2021-22. It carried forward £77k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its May 2024 inspection summarises Ffaldau Primary School like this:

"Ffaldau Primary School is a caring school where the well-being of pupils and their prospects are central to all it does. This is due to the strong, agile and effective leadership provided by the executive headteacher and the unwavering support she receives from the deputy headteacher in her role as head of school. Leaders have invested time in the staff team and provided beneficial professional development to ensure that they are confident and competent in their roles. Teachers and support staff develop calm and inviting learning environments that encourage pupils to become confident and independent learners."

"As a result of the consistent approach of staff, the behaviour of pupils is an exemplary feature of the school. In addition, staff use common methods to develop pupils independence, engage pupils in their learning and ensure that they make good progress. Teachers’ highly effective questioning and deep knowledge of pupils’ needs and interest assist the delivery of a highly engaging curriculum that enables most pupils to make good progress. However, there are limited opportunities for pupils to develop their writing skills and apply them across the curriculum at a suitably challenging level."

"The school’s additional learning needs (ALN) co-ordinator has worked with staff to develop robust procedures to support pupils with ALN. As a result, they make good progress in lessons and over time. Leaders place a high priority on pupil attendance and work with families to ensure that their children attend school regularly, yet rates of attendance are still too low. Overall, parents value what the school does for their children and the way in which it shares important information with them."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Improve pupils’ ability to write at length across the curriculum and at a suitably challenging level; (2) Improve pupil attendance.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ffaldau Primary School are Blaengarw Primary School (1 mile), Ogmore Vale Primary (1.7 miles), Nantymoel Primary School (2 miles) and Tynyrheol Primary School (2.4 miles).

The nearest railway station is Garth (Bridgend) Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Richard Street (after), 150 metres away.