Trallwn Primary School, Swansea

Trallwn 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 190 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 22% have additional learning needs (43% in 2020/21); 11% are learning English as an additional language; and 17% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 18 pupils (Reception) to 31 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,578 per pupil, against £5,141 in 2021-22. It carried forward £100k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its May 2022 inspection summarises Trallwn Primary School like this:

"Trallwn Primary School is a welcoming and caring school community. Supporting pupils’ well-being is at the heart of all aspects of the school’s work. As a result, pupils feel safe and cared for. Teachers and support staff manage pupils' behaviour very effectively. There are a range of school rewards, which encourage pupils to follow school rules. Pupils respond very well to this provision and as a result most behave very well both in classrooms and around the school. Provision to support the large number of pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) is strong."

"This includes highly skilled and bespoke support for pupils who attend the school’s two specialist teaching facilities (STFs). As a result, most pupils with ALN make strong progress during their time at the school. Most teachers provide pupils with stimulating learning experiences. As a result, most pupils engage well with their learning and progress appropriately as they move through the school. The school plans a generally broad and balanced curriculum, which enables pupils to develop many skills successfully. However, there are shortcomings in the school’s provision for teaching reading and for promoting and developing pupils’ Welsh language skills. Many pupils develop key leadership skills by becoming members of the wide-ranging pupil representation groups."

"Membership of these groups is highly inclusive, and this ensures that pupils of all ability contribute to making decisions about the life and work of the school. The headteacher and other senior leaders provide the school with clear and purposeful leadership. Leaders undertake an appropriate range of activities to evaluate the work of the school. These findings inform their improvement planning processes. However, they do not make regular judgements on the impact of teaching on pupils’ standards. There are a wide range of opportunities for staff to undertake beneficial professional learning activities."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Improve provision for the teaching of reading, particularly to older pupils; (2) Improve provision for the teaching and promotion of the Welsh language; (3) Sharpen self-evaluation activities to focus on the impact of provision on improving pupils’ standards.

In its own words: "In the Summer Term of 2021, we worked as a whole school, face-to-face to revise our school vision in-line with the four purposes. Our vision statement was written by the children, for the children. Our pupils play a big part in informing our curriculum design and in the life of our school, and they are proud of our school."

The nearest other state primary schools to Trallwn Primary School are Talycopa Primary School (0.4 miles), Ysgol Gymraeg Lon Las (0.5 miles), Cwmglas Primary School (0.9 miles) and Birchgrove Primary (1.1 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llansamlet Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Llwyn-crwn Road (opp 33), 110 metres away.