St Joseph's R.C., Tredegar

St Joseph's R.C. 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 89 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

26% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 26% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 8 pupils (Reception) to 14 (Year 2).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,353 per pupil, against £5,512 in 2021-22. It carried forward £144k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its November 2024 inspection summarises St Joseph's R.C. like this:

"St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School is a happy, inclusive school where leaders place a high importance on the well-being of pupils and staff. Nearly all pupils are kind and considerate to their friends, staff and visitors. Relationships between staff and pupils are positive and staff know pupils well This is a strength of the school and enables staff to respond well to meet the individual needs of pupils. The school’s provision for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) is strong. Skilled staff use a range of targeted school interventions effectively to help pupils with ALN make good progress towards their individual targets. Nearly all pupils have positive attitudes to learning and show perseverance and resilience to overcome challenges."

"Pupils develop their speaking skills successfully, particularly in informal situations. They are eager to talk to adults about their work. Most pupils make sound progress in their writing. They write well for different purposes and audiences. However, staff do not address pupils’ errors in punctuation, spelling and grammar effectively enough to ensure that pupils address their mistakes. From an early age, most pupils learn to apply their mathematical skills effectively in real-life situations and use their digital skills well to support their learning across the curriculum."

"Although pupils are enthusiastic about learning Welsh, they make limited progress in developing their Welsh oracy skills. The school has developed a curriculum that engages pupils and provides a range of meaningful learning experiences. Staff provide pupils with interesting opportunities to build on their knowledge and to strengthen their understanding in a range of interesting lessons. Governors show a good awareness of their roles and responsibilities and provide strong support for the school. The headteacher, with the support of staff and governors, promotes a robust culture of safeguarding."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Strengthen feedback to pupils to ensure that they address mistakes in a timely manner; (2) Strengthen pupils’ Welsh oracy skills.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's R.C. are Glanhowy Primary School (0.5 miles), Deighton Primary School (0.5 miles), Bryn Bach County Primary School (0.5 miles) and Georgetown C.P. School (1.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Rhymney Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crown Inn (after), 90 metres away.