Sea View Community Primary School, Swansea

Sea View Community 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 207 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

58% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 11% have additional learning needs (55% in 2020/21); 13% are learning English as an additional language; and 26% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 19 pupils (Year 1) to 28 (Year 2).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,451 per pupil, against £4,617 in 2021-22. It carried forward £117k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its January 2025 inspection summarises Sea View Community Primary School like this:

"Leaders and staff at Sea View Community Primary have high expectations for pupils’ well- being and learning. Pupils feel safe and happy, they engage in lessons well and demonstrate positive attitudes to school life. Staff build positive relationships with families, creating a nurturing environment so that members of the school community feel valued and supported. The headteacher is an inspiring leader who establishes a strong team ethos where everyone works together to enhance the learning experiences for all pupils. Leaders and teachers provide a purposeful curriculum that takes account of pupils' different needs and cultural backgrounds, as well as the local and historical context of the community. Most teachers plan a range of interesting activities to develop pupils’ sustained engagement and independence in their learning."

"However, adults working with the youngest pupils do not always have the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to support progress and development. From their individual starting points, most pupils make good progress in their literacy, mathematical and digital skills. Across the school, adults and pupils develop their use of British Sign Language (BSL) effectively and this helps those pupils and adults at the school with hearing impairment to join in with all aspects of school life. Overall, pupils do not make enough progress in learning Welsh. The school’s provision for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) is effective. Skilled staff use a range of beneficial interventions successfully to help pupils with ALN make good progress towards their individual targets."

"Leaders use a range of evaluation processes well to identify the school's strengths and areas for development. They work closely with teachers and governors to gather information about the progress the school makes towards its improvement priorities. The governing body provides strong support to the school. Governors ensure leaders manage the budget efficiently and take proactive steps to mitigate the impact of poverty. Leaders implement robust procedures to monitor pupils’ attendance and provide targeted support to pupils and their families who are most at risk of low attendance. Leaders develop effective partnerships with other professionals to signpost support for families experiencing poverty and this helps develop successful community partnerships."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Develop staff subject knowledge of child development to improve the quality of teaching and provision for the youngest pupils; (2) Improve pupils’ Welsh language skills.

The nearest other state primary schools to Sea View Community Primary School are Terrace Road Primary School (0.1 miles), Townhill Community Primary School (0.3 miles), St Helen's Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Swansea Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Islwyn Road (o/s 3), 130 metres away.