Ysgol Bro Alun, Gwersyllt

Ysgol Bro Alun is a Welsh-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 258 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (12% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 27 pupils (Year 5) to 41 (Year 6).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,487 per pupil, against £3,659 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £76k.

Estyn's report on its June 2022 inspection summarises Ysgol Bro Alun like this:

"The headteacher and other leaders at Ysgol Bro Alun succeed in realising their vision to provide a caring, supportive, happy and safe environment for pupils. This in turn allows most pupils to develop their self-confidence and self-discipline. They are supported effectively by dedicated teachers and support staff who support pupils to develop a range of skills appropriately in a proud Welsh environment. As a result, many pupils make sound progress. Ysgol Bro Alun is a happy school where nearly all pupils treat each other, staff and visitors with courtesy and respect. Pupils behave well, on the whole, and are ready to undertake their class work enthusiastically."

"Staff have a good understanding of pupils’ needs and, through joint planning, they prepare stimulating and interesting activities that engage pupils’ interest. However, the level of challenge is not always appropriate for pupils, particularly in the school’s upper years. In the early years, pupils make good progress in their language, mathematics and information and communication technology (ICT) skills. They talk confidently to their teachers about their work and enjoy taking part in a variety of interesting activities that are provided for them in the outdoor areas. As they move through the school, pupils continue to make sound progress in their skills; however, they do not make the best possible progress in their literacy and numeracy skills while working across the curriculum. Ysgol Bro Alun is federated with another local primary school, Ysgol Plas Coch."

"They share the same governing body and the same headteacher, who divides his time between both sites. The governing body discharges its duties diligently, for example by conducting site visits, and governors have a sound understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for development. As a federation, leaders take advantage of a few opportunities to co-operate, for example when senior leaders evaluate lessons and standards in books across both sites. However, leaders do not always consider the findings of their monitoring activities incisively enough when planning for improvement. Beyond senior leader level, the federation arrangement does not have much of an effect on the day-to-day running of the school."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Improve pupils’ standards of literacy and numeracy, particularly at the top of the sc hool; (2) Ensure an appropriate level of challenge for pupils, particularly at the top of the sc hool; (3) Strengthen strategic planning processes to prioritise the most important steps for improving pupils’ outcomes.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Bro Alun are Gwersyllt Community Primary School (0.5 miles), Ysgol Heulfan (0.5 miles), Black Lane C.P. School (1.2 miles) and Brynteg County School (1.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Gwersyllt Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Delamere Avenue (opp 20), 110 metres away.