Tiryberth Primary School, Hengoed

Tiryberth 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 139 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

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

Of its pupils, 21% have additional learning needs (25% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 14 pupils (Year 5) to 22 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,019 per pupil, against £5,229 in 2021-22. It carried forward £100k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its December 2023 inspection summarises Tiryberth Primary School like this:

"Tir-y-berth Primary School provides an inclusive and nurturing environment. Staff foster positive relationships and create a friendly and supportive atmosphere where pupils are treated as individuals and feel valued. The school has an exceptionally strong focus on well-being and emotional support and as a result pupils behave well and engage enthusiastically in lessons. The school provides highly effective support for pupils with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) including those in its Specialist Resource Bases (SRB). As a result, most pupils make good progress during their time in the school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding throughout the school and leaders robustly monitor pupil attendance. However, a few pupils, including those who are eligible for free school meals, do not attend as regularly as their peers."

"The school is well-led by the executive headteacher and the senior leaders who work purposefully alongside the governing body to secure improvements for the school. School leaders work with compassion and purpose to support pupils to reach their full potential. Overall, they understand the school’s strengths and areas for development and plan appropriate strategic actions to secure improvement. However, monitoring systems to measure and improve teaching do not consistently identify a few important shortcomings. The school’s curriculum promotes a sense of belonging, equity, and diversity. Teachers provide rich and authentic learning experiences for the pupils. As a result, pupils engage enthusiastically with their learning and begin to develop aspirations for the future."

"Most pupils make good progress in their learning and many teachers plan exciting opportunities for pupils to build on their literacy, numeracy, and digital skills. Most younger pupils are developing their reading skills effectively. However, the provision for older pupils to expand and build their higher order reading skills is less well developed. The development of mathematical skills across the school is a strength. Nearly all pupils make strong progress in mathematics and numeracy from their starting points, and develop resilience and perseverance when facing challenges."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Sharpen self-evaluation and improvement processes to ensure that they focus precisely on the quality of teaching and progress in learning; (2) Improve pupils’ reading skills; (3) Continue to improve attendance.

The nearest other state primary schools to Tiryberth Primary School are Ysgol Gymraeg Trelyn (0.4 miles), Pengam Primary School (0.4 miles), Derwendeg Primary School (0.5 miles) and Fleur-De-Lys Primary School (0.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Pengam Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Village Hall (opposite), 90 metres away.