Ysgol Bodafon, Conwy

Ysgol Bodafon is a bilingual (Welsh and English) school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.

It had 77 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 19% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 5 pupils (Year 1) to 13 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,142 per pupil, against £4,188 in 2021-22. It carried forward £45k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its November 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Bodafon like this:

"Ysgol Bodafon Church in Wales School is a warm and inclusive community where pupils feel safe, happy and respected. Staff know pupils well and build strong relationships that nurture confidence and positive attitudes to learning. This supportive atmosphere contributes to pupils’ consistently polite behaviour and their willingness to engage fully in school life. During their time at the school, most pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN) and those eligible for free school meals, make suitable progress in their learning. Learning experiences are engaging and draw on the school’s local context well. Pupils enjoy celebrating Welsh culture and use the language enthusiastically in everyday situations. Most pupils develop secure literacy and mathematical skills with older pupils able to read with understanding, write for different audiences and solve more complex number problems."

"As they get older, pupils gain increasingly valuable digital, creative and physical skills, often working together on interesting projects in art, music and dance. However, pupil leadership groups are generally over-directed by staff. Overall, teaching supports most pupils to make suitable progress from their individual starting points. Teachers deploy support staff effectively and suitably promote pupils’ independent learning skills. In a few instances, teachers do not ensure that the level of challenge matches pupils’ needs and teachers’ feedback to pupils is variable in its effectiveness. This means that pupils do not always make the progress of which they are capable. Leaders have established an appropriate culture of safeguarding and staff place a strong and successful emphasis on pupil well-being."

"Most pupils understand how to stay safe online, enjoy learning about healthy lifestyles and benefit from caring support from staff. However, despite the school’s efforts, rates of persistent absence are too high. Governors are committed and supportive, and leaders develop partnerships with external organisations that enrich pupils’ experiences. However, the school’s self-evaluation processes, improvement planning and resource management do not focus well enough on identifying the difference that the school’s work and use of resources make to pupils’ progress. Although parents and carers value the school’s open-door approach and communication, the information they receive about their child’s progress is limited."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Strengthen self-evaluation processes, improvement planning and resource management to ensure a consistent focus on pupils’ outcomes; (2) Provide consistent challenge and timely feedback to ensure that all pupils make the progress of which they are capable; (3) Reduce rates of persistent absenteeism.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Bodafon are Ysgol Glanwydden (0.8 miles), Ysgol Craig Y Don (1 mile), Blessed William Davies School (1.3 miles) and Ysgol Morfa Rhiannedd (1.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llandudno Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ty Gwyn (near), 230 metres away.