Ysgol Bro Gwydir, Llanrwst

Ysgol Bro Gwydir 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 315 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

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

Of its pupils, 10% have additional learning needs (19% in 2020/21); and 2% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 33 pupils (Reception) to 50 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,888 per pupil, against £4,080 in 2021-22. It carried forward £20k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Bro Gwydir like this:

"Ysgol Bro Gwydir is an inclusive community that places a strong emphasis on pupils' learning, wellbeing and personal development. The headteacher has an innovative vision which ensures that pupils have interesting learning experiences in an engaging and caring learning environment. This contributes purposefully to excellent behaviour and a willingness to learn among pupils. This sensible vision, which includes contributions from staff and the wider community, supports the school's improvement practices successfully. Teachers and assistants work together effectively to ensure broad and balanced curricular provision. They are a team of effective staff who focus on promoting pupils' learning and wellbeing purposefully."

"They work enthusiastically with parents and external agencies and know the needs of the pupils and their community well. The local authority's Moderate Needs Unit, which is located on the school’s site, provides effective care for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN). As a result, almost all pupils in the unit make sound progress in line with their personal targets. The pace of the teaching sessions corresponds well to pupils' learning. Teachers' feedback to pupils to improve their learning is appropriate. However, there is no consistency in teachers' feedback practices in challenging all pupils’ learning."

"In the best cases, teachers provide suitable opportunities for pupils to develop their skills purposefully across the areas of learning. This leads to strong progress in pupils' literacy, numeracy and digital skills. However, pupils do not receive sufficient challenging opportunities to apply their skills at appropriate levels across the curriculum. Staff and pupils foster close and loyal working relationships. Staff encourage pupils to cooperate and share ideas and feelings intelligently, which develops their respect for others successfully. Staff ensure that pupils develop effective personal, social and creative skills, which creates a good awareness of their locality and a strong cultural appreciation ."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Provide useful feedback to challenge all pupils' learning; (2) Increase opportunities for pupils to apply their skills at appropriate levels across the curriculum.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Bro Gwydir are Ysgol Llanddoged (1.4 miles), Ysgol Betws-y-Coed (3.2 miles), Ysgol Capel Garmon (3.8 miles) and Ysgol Dyffryn yr Enfys (4.4 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llanrwst Rail Station, about 200 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Llanrwst Bridge (before), 100 metres away.