Glan Usk Primary School, Newport
Glan Usk Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Newport.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Glan Usk Primary School in detail
School in Wales
Glan Usk 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 680 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).
Of its pupils, 5% have additional learning needs (25% in 2020/21); 15% are learning English as an additional language; and 34% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 83 pupils (Reception) to 90 (Year 2).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,605 per pupil, against £3,375 in 2021-22. It carried forward £233k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Glan Usk Primary School dates from 2026.
Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) further improve the attainment of boys at the higher levels at key stage 2;; (2) further improve standards of reading in Welsh as a second language; and; (3) ensure that teaching is consistently good or better across the school. What happens next? recommendations. Estyn may invite the school to prepare written case studies describing the excellent practice identified during the inspection. Main findings Key Question 1: How good are outcomes? Good Standards: Good On entry, pupils’ skills in communication and wellbeing are below the local authority average. However, nearly all pupils make progress which is good or very good in relation to their starting points during their time at school. Data over the last two years, since the opening of the new school, shows that pupils at seven years of age do better on average than pupils in other schools in Wales in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science. They also do better on average than pupils in the family of schools (schools with similar characteristics) in mathematics and science. When compared with schools within the same free school meals band, the school has fluctuated between being within the top 25% and the.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection Report Glan Usk Primary School ENG 2011 (English only)". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glan Usk Primary School are Crindau Junior & Infant School (0.4 miles), Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Teyrnon (0.7 miles), St Joseph's R.C. Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Mary's R.C. Primary School (0.8 miles).
Crindau Junior & Infant SchoolYsgol Gymraeg Bro TeyrnonSt Joseph's R.C. Primary SchoolSt Mary's R.C. Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newport (S Wales) Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Glan Usk Primary School's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Glan Usk Primary School is in Newport; for families living there:
Apply to Newport for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 14 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Newport is 10 (the median across 60 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Glan Usk Primary School
What is the catchment area for Glan Usk Primary School?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Glan Usk Primary School has a defined catchment published by Newport. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Newport applies the published criteria, which usually put looked-after children first, then siblings, then distance - but it normally carries priority.
How do I apply to Glan Usk Primary School?
Apply through Newport, naming Glan Usk Primary School on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Newport's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Glan Usk Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 14 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Newport is 10 (the median across 60 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glan Usk Primary School?
Glan Usk Primary School is at Bank Street, Newport, NP19 7HF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)