Nottage Primary School, Bridgend

Nottage 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 345 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 5% have additional learning needs (8% in 2020/21); and 6% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 32 pupils (Year 1) to 55 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,900 per pupil, against £3,521 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £116k.

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

"Nottage Primary School is a happy, safe and caring school where most pupils make solid progress in the development of their learning and well-being. The school benefits from strong leadership and a dedicated team of staff who work together successfully to support the needs of pupils and their families. Throughout the school, relationships are purposeful and considerate. Staff are strong role models for good behaviour and language, and they treat all pupils with kindness, fairness and respect. This helps pupils to develop as polite, friendly and conscientious learners who behave well and engage positively with school life. Leaders provide staff from all roles with a good range of opportunities to develop their practice."

"This helps staff to refine their individual skills and supports whole-school improvement priorities purposefully. Professional learning for staff to help develop pupils’ reading and independence has been particularly beneficial. Across the school, pupils speak well and read capably. They develop valuable physical and creative skills and enjoy using the wide range of well-planned learning spaces the school provides. However, pupils’ writing and Welsh language skills are underdeveloped overall. Leaders know the school and its pupils well."

"Both staff and governors carry out a good range of activities that provide them with accurate first-hand evidence of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. This helps them to put in place useful measures leading to the development of strong practice in areas such as the provision for pupils with additional learning needs and promoting good attendance. The school’s curriculum is developing well and provides pupils with meaningful opportunities to influence their learning. Purposeful use of the local area helps pupils to understand the impact of local and global events on themselves and their community."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Provide more frequent opportunities for pupils to develop and apply a full range of writing skills; (2) Improve pupils’ Welsh oracy skills.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nottage Primary School are West Park Primary School (0.6 miles), Newton Primary School (0.6 miles), Porthcawl Primary School (0.7 miles) and Corneli Primary School (2.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Pyle Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Llangwm Way (opp junct), 50 metres away.