St Therese's Catholic Primary School, Port Talbot

St Therese'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 223 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 17% have additional learning needs; and 14% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 25 pupils (Reception) to 32 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,470 per pupil, against £3,794 in 2021-22. It carried forward £50k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2023 inspection summarises St Therese's Catholic Primary School like this:

"During her first year, the headteacher has established a vision and aims for the school which centre around developing pupils’ life skills and positive well-being. All leaders provide strong support to realise the school’s aims. There are warm, respectful relationships between staff and pupils. Teachers manage pupils’ behaviour well, resulting in a calm, collaborative culture in lessons. There is a strong focus on everybody’s well-being in the school. Teaching assistants provide valuable support for pupils’ learning and social development. The Family Engagement Worker (FEW) supports families very effectively to improve attendance and parental engagement in school life."

"Most pupils are courteous and welcoming and nearly all pupils who are new to the school settle in well. Most pupils feel safe in school, and they know who to go to if they need help. Staff work together to provide a curriculum that engages pupils successfully and meets their learning needs effectively. Most pupils make good progress during their time at the school. Recent improvements to provision for the teaching of literacy and numeracy have a good impact on the standards pupils achieve. However, the school needs to provide more opportunities for pupils to practise writing at length and in different ways. Teachers enhance the curriculum with interesting trips and visitors to school."

"There are opportunities for pupils to hear the Welsh language daily. Although most pupils participate in Welsh lessons enthusiastically, their confidence to speak Welsh in simple conversations is underdeveloped. The school encourages pupils to play an active part in helping others in school and in the local community through the active pupil groups. These groups influence decisions that affect all pupils in the school, but older pupils do not make enough decisions about their own learning in lessons. There is a range of worthwhile extra- curricular opportunities on offer and regular opportunities to take physical exercise and learn about being healthy during the school day."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Increase pupils’ opportunities to write at length across the curriculum; (2) Improve pupils’ spoken Welsh around the school; (3) Ensure that pupils make decisions about how and what they learn in lessons.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Therese's Catholic Primary School are YGG Rhos-Afan (0.2 miles), Awel Y Môr Primary School (0.2 miles), Tywyn Primary School (0.7 miles) and Sandfields Primary School (0.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Baglan Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farm Drive (after), 120 metres away.