Waun Wen Primary School, Swansea

Waun Wen 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 187 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

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

Of its pupils, 9% have additional learning needs (44% in 2020/21); 53% are learning English as an additional language; and 61% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 17 pupils (Year 4) to 28 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,365 per pupil, against £4,473 in 2021-22. It carried forward £172k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2022 inspection summarises Waun Wen Primary School like this:

"This is a happy school. Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel that they belong quickly. Most behave very well and take part in lessons enthusiastically. They make strong progress in their learning, often from low starting points. Pupils with English as an additional language and those eligible for free school meals make good progress."

"This is because staff support them very well from the moment they arrive at the school. All staff care for pupils very well and have their best interests at heart. They understand their needs and there are many effective programmes to support pupils’ well-being and help to remove the things that make it more difficult for them to learn. Staff have a clear understanding of the community the school serves. They develop strong relationships with parents and try to include them in their children’s education at every opportunity."

"Leaders provide clear direction to the school. They make sure that all staff work to improve pupils’ lives and get them emotionally ready to learn. There is a strong team ethos at the school. The school building and site pose many challenges and, although leaders and staff work hard to make improvements, there are still aspects that need attention."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Address the issues concerning the physical environment of the school that affect pupils' well-being identified in the report; (2) Improve outdoor provision to ensure that it meets the needs of all pupils.

The nearest other state primary schools to Waun Wen Primary School are St Joseph's Cathedral Primary School (0.1 miles), Hafod Primary School (0.2 miles), Burlais Primary (0.4 miles) and Brynhyfryd Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Swansea Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Zoar Chapel (before), 170 metres away.