Oystermouth Primary School, Swansea
Oystermouth Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Swansea.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Oystermouth Primary School in detail
School in Wales
Oystermouth 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 213 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
Of its pupils, 7% have additional learning needs (13% in 2020/21); 4% are learning English as an additional language; and 21% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 22 pupils (Year 1) to 31 (Year 6).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,558 per pupil, against £3,892 in 2021-22. It carried forward £205k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Oystermouth Primary School dates from 2019.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Oystermouth Primary School 2019". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Oystermouth Primary School are Newton Primary School (0.5 miles), St David's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Grange Primary School (0.5 miles) and Y.G.G. Llwynderw (0.6 miles).
Newton Primary SchoolSt David's Catholic Primary SchoolGrange Primary SchoolY.G.G. Llwynderw
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Oystermouth Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oystermouth Primary School (outside), 100 metres away.
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 Oystermouth Primary School's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Oystermouth Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Oystermouth Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Oystermouth Primary School is in Swansea; for families living there:
Apply to Swansea for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 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.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about Oystermouth Primary School
What is the catchment area for Oystermouth Primary School?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Oystermouth Primary School has a defined catchment published by Swansea. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Swansea 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 Oystermouth Primary School?
Apply through Swansea, naming Oystermouth Primary School on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Swansea's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Oystermouth Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Oystermouth Primary School?
Oystermouth Primary School is at Newton Road, Mumbles, Swansea, SA3 4BE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)