Rhydyfro Primary School, Swansea

Rhydyfro 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 131 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 24% have additional learning needs; and 8% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 11 pupils (Reception) to 24 (Year 6).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,174 per pupil, against £3,963 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £143k.

Estyn's report on its March 2026 inspection summarises Rhydyfro Primary School like this:

"Rhydyfro School is a caring and nurturing school where most pupils behave well and are polite and considerate of each other. All staff act as positive role models and create an effective learning environment. They foster respectful working relationships with pupils and each other, and pupils develop good attitudes towards their learning. Leaders and staff manage pupils’ behaviour well. Leaders work effectively with governors to promote a strong culture of safeguarding. Most pupils feel safe and many enjoy their time in school. Parents appreciate the engaging learning experiences and the caring and nurturing ethos the school provides."

"Although the school takes a systematic approach to raising attendance, overall attendance remains too low, particularly for pupils eligible for free school meals. Teachers have worked hard to develop a curriculum that successfully develops pupils’ thinking skills. However, it does not always meet pupils’ needs well enough to secure strong pupil progress in all areas of learning. Teachers plan real-life learning opportunities that interest pupils and engage them well. These experiences help to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills appropriately, in a range of contexts. Many pupils, including those from low-income households, make effective progress in their skills, knowledge and understanding. However, pupils do not make sufficient progress in writing or have enough opportunities to plan their responses to feedback."

"This includes making decisions about how they will work, or how they will present or express their thinking. Teaching assistants are highly skilled at meeting pupils’ individual learning and well-being needs. They support pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) effectively and many make good progress towards their individual targets. Governors play an active role in school life and make worthwhile contributions to the self- evaluation process. Together with leaders, they focus on identifying and addressing areas for improvement suitably. Despite this, leaders’ self-evaluation does not always draw heavily enough on the progress pupils make because of the improvement actions the school implements."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Improve attendance; (2) Sharpen self-evaluation processes to focus on pupil progress; (3) Ensure curriculum design supports effective pupil progress; (4) Improve pupils’ writing.

The nearest other state primary schools to Rhydyfro Primary School are YGG Pontardawe (0.7 miles), Llangiwg Primary School (0.9 miles), Alltwen Primary School (1.3 miles) and YGGD Trebannws (1.6 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Rhydyfro Primary School.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Royal Oak (after), 180 metres away.