Wepre C.P. School, Flintshire

Wepre C.P. 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 327 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 8% have additional learning needs (14% in 2020/21); and 3% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 35 pupils (Year 2) to 47 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,965 per pupil, against £3,868 in 2021-22. It carried forward £63k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its October 2023 inspection summarises Wepre C.P. School like this:

"The headteacher, supported by the governing body, promotes a clear vision for all learners and staff based on ‘achievement through happiness’. Leaders have created a positive learning environment that promotes inclusion, well-being, and an ethos of mutual respect. The school is a safe place where teachers undertake their role in caring for pupils diligently. However, the school’s procedures for safeguarding need improving. Regular self-evaluation activities allow leaders to accurately identify strengths and plan for areas for development. The headteacher seeks the views of all stakeholders and monitors the progress of most improvement strategies well."

"One example of effective practice is how senior leaders have implemented the Additional Learning Needs (ALN) reform, resulting in nearly all pupils with additional learning needs making good progress. However, improvement strategies do not always focus sharply enough on improving the quality of teaching. The school has made effective progress in developing a broad and inclusive curriculum. The curriculum provides many opportunities for pupils to engage in a range of relevant learning experiences that enable pupils to enjoy their learning and develop their skills. Overall, teachers plan beneficial learning opportunities, but the provision for developing purposeful independent learning is not consistent across the school. Most pupils make appropriate progress in nearly all areas of learning."

"As they move through the school, their language and mathematical skills develop well. However, pupils are not always given suitable opportunities to apply these skills in real life contexts. In addition, teachers do not always challenge pupils well enough, and therefore a minority of pupils do not make the progress that they are capable of. The relationships between all members of the school community reflect the kind, caring and positive ethos. Nearly all pupils enjoy being at Wepre school. They behave exceptionally well and show respect for each other, staff and visitors."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Address the safeguarding issues identified during the inspection; (2) Improve teaching and learning experiences to ensure that all pupils make the progress they are capable of; (3) Ensure that monitoring and evaluation processes focus sharply on improving the quality of teaching.

The school runs after-school care until 5:30pm.

The nearest other state primary schools to Wepre C.P. School are Northop Hall C.P. School (0.9 miles), Bryn Deva C.P. School (0.9 miles), Ysgol Cae'r Nant (1 mile) and Ewloe Green C.P. School (1 mile).

The nearest railway station is Shotton High Level Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vaughan Way (after), 90 metres away.