St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School, Cardiff

St Fagans C.I.W. 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.

15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (14% in 2020/21); 6% are learning English as an additional language; and 19% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 22 pupils (Reception) to 29 (Year 1).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,939 per pupil, against £3,978 in 2021-22. It carried forward £117k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its September 2024 inspection summarises St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School like this:

"St Fagan’s Church in Wales Primary School has an inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and happy. Leaders develop a nurturing and caring environment where pupils and staff feel supported and respected. Nearly all pupils have good attitudes to learning and their behaviour is excellent. Staff provide effective support for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) and, as a result, pupils with ALN make good progress. Staff work collaboratively to develop pupils’ literacy skills well. They promote a love of reading and develop pupils’ speaking and listening, and their writing skills successfully."

"Most pupils develop as confident and skilful mathematicians and use their numeracy skills in a range of purposeful activities across the curriculum. However, across the school, pupils’ Welsh and digital skills are underdeveloped. The school has developed a curriculum that engages pupils and provides a range of meaningful learning experiences. Pupils benefit from learning from visitors and visits that support their understanding of diversity and their community. Most staff use effective feedback to enable pupils to understand how to evaluate and improve their work. Older pupils gain valuable leadership skills through the school’s Senedd activities."

"However, opportunities for pupils to choose how and what they learn are limited. The school’s governors provide valuable support. They use a range of suitable monitoring activities to evaluate the school’s performance and are beginning to support the identification of new priorities. Staff generally communicate effectively with parents to keep them up to date with school events."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Improve pupils’ digital and Welsh language skills; (2) Enable pupils to make choices in how and what they learn to further develop their skills as independent learners.

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the children, parents, staff and governors, I am delighted to introduce you to our school. St Fagans Church in Wales Primary School is a voluntary aided co-educational day school, situated on the western edge of the city of Cardiff in the parishes of St Fagans with Michaelston-Super-Ely."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School are Hywel Dda Primary School (0.6 miles), Pencaerau Primary school (0.6 miles), St Francis V.A. Primary School (0.8 miles) and Windsor Clive Primary School (0.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Waun-gron Park Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mansell Avenue (before), 60 metres away.