Peterston Super Ely C.I.W. Primary, Cardiff

Peterston Super Ely C.I.W. Primary 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 123 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 8% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 9 pupils (Year 4) to 27 (Year 6).

Estyn's report on its June 2022 inspection summarises Peterston Super Ely C.I.W. Primary like this:

"Peterson Super Ely Primary School is a happy, inclusive school that places a high priority on the well-being of its pupils. Nearly all pupils feel happy and safe in school and behave exceptionally well in class. They show care and consideration for each other in lessons and around the school. Most pupils make good progress from their starting points including those with additional learning needs (ALN). They make particularly good progress in their personal and social development, and their speaking and listening skills. They make strong progress in literacy and numeracy and apply their skills well across the curriculum when given the opportunity."

"The school is working strategically to develop an engaging curriculum that provides an effective breadth and depth of learning experiences across most areas of learning and experience. Pupils contribute to the content of their learning through ‘Quests’, which provide opportunities for them to generate and consider individual questions relating to the current topic. However, overall, opportunities for pupils of all ages to influence what and how they learn are at an early stage. Throughout the school, staff provide many interesting opportunities for pupils to learn through firsthand experiences. However, opportunities for foundation phase pupils to learn through free play and exploration, both indoors and outdoors, are inconsistent. This limits opportunities for them to follow their individual interests and develop their thinking independently."

"Senior leaders identify aspects of the school’s work that are in need of improvement and the steps that are needed to achieve this effectively. Leaders have worked with the school community to create a clear vision, ‘learning and growing together, to become the best we can be’ that is reflected well in the daily life of the school community. Inspection of Peterston Super Ely C.I.W. Primary"

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Ensure that provision for three to seven-year-olds meets their developmental needs effectively both indoors and out; (2) Ensure that pupils have effective opportunities to contribute to what and how they learn in order to follow their interests, develop their ideas and express themselves creatively; (3) Address the safeguarding issue identified during the inspection.

In its own words: "To work as a Christian family, to enthuse and equip independent life-long learners. To prepare its children for active, purposeful and fulfilling lives as present and future members of society. To develop independent, socially well adjusted and adequately equipped pupils who have key skills, knowledge, expressive capabilities, reasoned attitudes and have the ability to make balanced judgements."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, dance, drama, choir, guitar and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:05am and after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to Peterston Super Ely C.I.W. Primary are St Nicholas C.I.W. Primary (1.4 miles), Pendoylan C.I.W. Primary School (1.6 miles), St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School (2.1 miles) and Hywel Dda Primary School (2.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Radur Rail Station, about 3.9 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Three Horseshoes (after), 120 metres away.