St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School, Greenhill

St Joseph's Cathedral 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 494 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

19% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (15% in 2020/21); 37% are learning English as an additional language; and 68% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 60 pupils (Year 1) to 63 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,052 per pupil, against £3,498 in 2021-22. It carried forward £316k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its February 2022 inspection summarises St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School like this:

"St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School is a safe, nurturing and vibrant place for pupils, staff and visitors to be. Pupils love coming to school and are proud to be a part of such an inclusive and supportive learning community. The headteacher and the team of teachers and support staff take exceptional care of their pupils and want the best for all of them. As a school that welcomes refugees and people seeking asylum, all pupils and their families can be sure of a warm welcome, whatever their family background, religion or home language and whether they have lived locally for many years or are new to the area. Pupils know that adults in the school expect them to behave well and work hard."

"They also understand why education is important and do their very best to succeed. Teachers and support staff are always there to help when needed, but they encourage pupils to develop independence and try to solve problems for themselves whenever possible. They offer pupils an impressive, often practical, range of experiences in school and in the local area, all of which help to keep pupils interested and make learning exciting. Most are making very good progress and achieving well, especially considering the disruption to their learning caused by the pandemic in recent years. The headteacher provides strong, purposeful leadership."

"She values the opinions of staff, pupils, parents and governors, and makes sure everyone understands their roles and responsibilities. The current leadership team is relatively new, but members already work well together, trust one another and provide good support for colleagues. Leaders know the school well overall and have identified important areas of the school’s work that they want to improve. This includes improving elements of day-to-day classroom assessment that will help to move pupils on in their learning even further."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Secure teachers’ understanding of effective classroom assessment so that they can evaluate teaching and learning in their classes and identify how to help pupils move on in their learning; (2) Identify and share the strong practice that exists in the school.

In its own words: "St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School is a large Catholic primary school in the heart of Swansea. It is a school for over five hundred 3-11 year olds with a reputation for high standards within a strong Catholic faith and ethos."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School are Waun Wen Primary School (0.1 miles), Hafod Primary School (0.2 miles), Burlais Primary (0.6 miles) and Sea View Community Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Swansea Rail Station, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brynmelyn Flats (opposite), 70 metres away.