Llanfechain C.I.W. School, Powys

Llanfechain C.I.W. 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 39 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 19% have additional learning needs (15% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 3 pupils (Year 1) to 9 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,502 per pupil, against £5,499 in 2021-22. It carried forward £36k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its July 2024 inspection summarises Llanfechain C.I.W. School like this:

"Llanfechain Church in Wales School is a happy, supportive and aspirational learning community. Pupils are proud of their school and appreciate the care and nurture that they receive. They are well behaved, polite, engaging and articulate. There is a strong culture of safeguarding at the school, which helps pupils to feel safe and to enjoy their learning experiences. The school provides an interesting and balanced curriculum that reflects pupils’ needs, the school’s values and the local context well. Over time, most pupils make good progress in developing their literacy and digital skills. The provision for developing pupils’ numeracy skills is strong."

"They make strong progress and apply their skills effectively across the curriculum and in a range of contexts. Teachers employ a range of suitable teaching strategies. They underpin learning activities with a clear purpose and ensure that they proceed at a good pace. Staff have a good working relationship with pupils and are effective language role models. They have high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and support pupils well. Teachers provide pupils with regular feedback on their work. However, this does not always focus well enough on important areas for improvement or provide pupils with meaningful opportunities to respond and make improvements."

"The headteacher is a passionate and caring leader. She has high expectations of herself and works diligently to ensure that all pupils achieve their potential. She is supported well by a small but conscientious team of staff who strive to achieve the very best that they can for the pupils and the school community as a whole. Governors provide strong support for the headteacher and staff and ensure that the school makes effective use of its resources. They have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities and have a suitable awareness of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement."

Estyn made 1 recommendation: (1) Ensure that teachers’ feedback is timely and provides meaningful opportunities for pupils to respond and improve their work.

The nearest other state primary schools to Llanfechain C.I.W. School are Llansantffraid C.I.W.A. School (1.8 miles), Carreghofa C.P. School (4.4 miles), Ysgol Meifod (4.9 miles) and Arddleen C.P. School (5.1 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Llanfechain C.I.W. School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Old School (near), 70 metres away.