Llandinam C.P. School, Powys

Llandinam C.P. 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 35 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

17% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 19% have additional learning needs (29% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 3 pupils (Year 1) to 6 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,509 per pupil, against £6,846 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £49k.

Estyn's report on its May 2022 inspection summarises Llandinam C.P. School like this:

"Llandinam Primary School is a friendly and caring learning community. Pupils thrive at the school, developing confidence and a strong understanding of their place in their locality. Adults at the school know the pupils and their families very well and work diligently to ensure that they meet their needs in many ways, for example in developing effective digital skills. However, in other areas they don't develop as strongly, such as in improving their reading and mathematical skills when in the younger class."

"The school takes good advantage of the local area to provide pupils with interesting learning opportunities. Teachers draw upon features, such as the nearby river, and weave these into the pupils’ learning experiences cleverly. This gives pupils a strong understanding of areas, such as the local wildlife and geography. While this engages pupils well, not all teachers challenge pupils consistently or develop their independence well enough."

"Leaders work tirelessly to ensure that all pupils receive high levels of care. They encourage and support all adults at the school to do the same and this creates a highly supportive school community. However, the school's teaching and leadership structure means that the acting headteacher is not able to monitor the quality of teaching and learning effectively or focus on taking forward improvement priorities as well as she would like. This includes making sure that all staff have a strong enough understanding of their role in safeguarding procedures."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Ensure that all staff have a strong understanding of their role in safeguarding processes; (2) Put in place appropriate strategic leadership to take forward improvement priorities, and to lead and manage staff effectively; (3) Improve approaches to teaching, and pupils’ reading and mathematical skills, in the younger class; (4) Ensure that the curriculum, and the structure of the school day, supports the systematic development of pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding.

The nearest other state primary schools to Llandinam C.P. School are Caersws C.P. School (2.4 miles), Ysgol Dyffryn Trannon (3.7 miles) and Maesyrhandir C.P. School (4.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Caersws Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Llandinam Bus Shelter (outside), 160 metres away.