Radnor Valley C.P. School, Powys

Radnor Valley 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 53 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 14% have additional learning needs (19% in 2020/21); and 14% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 5 pupils (Year 3) to 12 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,122 per pupil, against £5,603 in 2021-22. It carried forward £67k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its February 2023 inspection summarises Radnor Valley C.P. School like this:

"Radnor Valley County Primary School is an inviting, nurturing place to learn. The headteacher leads a small team of energetic teachers, many of whom are at the beginning of their profession. School staff strive to improve all aspects of school life and professional working relationships across the school are a strength. Pupils are keen to come to school, parents feel they are included in the life of the school and governors are heavily involved in ensuring that the school is a safe and happy place to be. Throughout the school, pupils’ behaviour is exceptional and they often engage positively with their learning. Pupils enjoy opportunities to learn more about the heritage and culture of Wales, beginning at their doorstep, and especially enjoy learning and practising the language."

"As a result, pupils become confident speakers, readers and writers and their enthusiasm spills into the community, where local businesses are now keen to practice the language too. Across the school, pupils develop extremely positive attitudes to reading and make accelerated progress in developing their reading skills. They use digital skills well and make the most of opportunities to be active, especially in the school’s extensive, natural outdoor environment. Many develop good mathematical skills and knowledge but do not use these skills often enough in their work across the curriculum. They do not always build systematically on literacy or creative skills coherently enough to make the progress they are capable of. Teachers use questioning well and provide pupils with appropriate guidance to support their learning during lessons."

"The school is developing its understanding of how pupils make progress but this is at an early stage of development and arrangements to monitor pupils’ progress over time are less secure. Teachers include pupils’ ideas when planning learning experiences and when choosing how to learn during lessons. From a young age, pupils are keen to do well. They develop as articulate learners and follow instructions carefully when completing work. However, pupils do not generally have enough opportunities to learn in a wide enough variety of ways to enable them to become independent learners. They do not learn in enough depth across the curriculum."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Strengthen leadership capacity in order to address improvement priorities; (2) Develop teaching to secure effective progress for all pupils, and learning experiences that allow pupils to explore concepts in enough depth; (3) Provide opportunities for pupils to take more responsibility for their learning and develop as independent learners.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 4 February 2027 and an open day on Saturday 6 February 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Radnor Valley C.P. School.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eagle Hotel (near), 250 metres away.