St David's Catholic Primary School, Swansea

St David's Catholic 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 193 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (11% in 2020/21); 60% are learning English as an additional language; and 77% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 17 pupils (Year 1) to 32 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,672 per pupil, against £4,699 in 2021-22. It carried forward £199k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its January 2026 inspection summarises St David's Catholic Primary School like this:

"St David’s Catholic School is a welcoming and caring school where every individual is valued. The headteacher has established a clear vision and recently managed significant change skilfully to ensure the school is inclusive. The school celebrates the diverse culture of its community with pride. This culture is evident throughout the school’s daily routines and learning experiences that enable pupils to develop a strong sense of belonging. Staff provide a nurturing environment, build strong relationships and have clear expectations for behaviour and learning. These effective strategies ensure that most pupils remain engaged and develop confidence as learners. Most pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN) and those new to English, make good progress across the curriculum from their individual starting points."

"Most teaching is effective, with appropriate challenge and support provided. Teachers use purposeful planning, effective questioning and consistent approaches to assessment to help pupils understand how to improve their work and to foster positive attitudes to learning. They use the environment well to develop pupils’ independence, although outdoor learning and play-based approaches are at an early stage of development. The school’s provision for literacy is a strength. There are frequent opportunities for pupils to develop their speaking and listening, reading and writing skills and to apply them in their work across the curriculum. Pupils make good progress in developing their Welsh language skills and benefit from learning to speak a few international languages and to embrace a diverse range of home languages. Mathematics is taught well with flexible approaches enabling most pupils to make good progress in developing their understanding over time."

"Pupils have regular opportunities to apply their numeracy skills across the curriculum, supporting purposeful learning, but opportunities for independent problem-solving are at an early stage of development. Most pupils’ well-being and behaviour are good. Staff display nurturing and respectful attitudes towards pupils to ensure pupils feel safe, happy and ready to learn. Leadership is highly effective and leaders have a clear vision for the school. Staff work well as a team and the robust systems in place to secure continuous improvement result in positive outcomes for pupils."

Estyn made 1 recommendation: (1) Provide meaningful outdoor learning opportunities for older pupils and further develop play-based learning for younger pupils.

From the headteacher's welcome: "At St David's children experience an inspiring and innovative curriculum where they become resilient, progress, and achieve both in and out of the classroom. We inspire our children and everyone who comes here: We are a welcoming happy school, with lots going on."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to St David's Catholic Primary School are Grange Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Y.G.G. Llwynderw (under 0.1 miles), Oystermouth Primary School (0.5 miles) and Whitestone Primary School (0.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Swansea Rail Station, about 4 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Cross Avenue School (outside), 80 metres away.