St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School, Wrexham

St Giles VC Church in Wales 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 392 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

22% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (15% in 2020/21); 62% are learning English as an additional language; and 75% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 38 pupils (Reception) to 63 (Year 6).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,776 per pupil, against £4,124 in 2021-22. It carried forward £253k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2024 inspection summarises St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School like this:

"St Giles Church in Wales Primary School is a happy, inclusive school where leaders place a high importance on the well-being of pupils. Relationships between staff and pupils are positive. Nearly all pupils are kind and considerate to each other and behave very well. The school develops strong working relationships with parents and the community. Nearly all pupils settle in well when they join the school. Many pupils, including those with English as an additional language (EAL) and those attending the learning resource provision (LRP) class, make good progress in developing their speaking and listening skills."

"However, the quality of teaching and assessment is variable. As a result, staff do not build on pupils’ knowledge and skills systematically. By the time they reach Year 6, many pupils read with confidence and fluency. However, overall, the teaching of reading is inconsistent and pupils do not develop effective higher order reading skills, such as inference and deduction. Teachers plan a range of learning activities that focus well on the termly topics. However, teaching often lacks pace and does not meet the needs of all pupils well enough."

"Staff tend to over-direct learning activities and do not regularly provide feedback for pupils to improve their work. As a result, pupils do not develop sufficiently strong independent learning skills. Leaders’ plans for school improvement do not focus sharply enough on the progress and development of pupils’ outcomes or skills. Although they have identified areas to improve, such as the development of reading and phonics, progress is slow and lacks rigour. They do not always identify other important areas in need of improvement, such as pupils’ digital skills and their use of numeracy across the curriculum."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Address the health and safety concerns raised during the inspection; (2) Improve leadership and self-evaluation in order to identify and address areas for improvement more accurately and promptly; (3) Improve the pace and challenge of teaching so that it meets the needs of all pupils and develops their skills as independent learners; (4) Improve provision for the systematic development of pupils’ reading, digital and numeracy skills.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School are St Mary's R.C. Primary School (0.1 miles), Victoria Primary School (0.3 miles), Ysgol Bodhyfryd (0.6 miles) and Alexandra C.P. School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Wrexham Central Rail Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pen-Y-Bryn, 130 metres away.