Ysgol Clawdd Offa, Prestatyn

Ysgol Clawdd Offa 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 314 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

33% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 8% have additional learning needs (35% in 2020/21); 7% are learning English as an additional language; and 9% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 32 pupils (Reception) to 48 (Year 2).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,905 per pupil, against £3,865 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £51k.

Estyn's report on its January 2024 inspection summarises Ysgol Clawdd Offa like this:

"Ysgol Clawdd Offa is a calm and safe community for pupils and parents. Leaders and staff provide a warm welcome and offer valuable support for families. Pupils are respectful and well mannered and, in most instances, they behave well. While most enjoy learning, not all pupils attend school as regularly they should. Pupils make good progress in developing their listening and speaking skills, and they talk confidently about the choices they make about how to present their work."

"In a few classes, there is strong teaching that helps pupils to make progress in most aspects of their learning. However, the overall quality of teaching and assessment is too variable. In the minority of classes where teaching is weak, staff do not have high enough expectations of what pupils can achieve and do not respond well enough to pupils’ individual learning needs in the activities they plan. Too often, provision for pupils with additional learning needs, or for those pupils who require extra support, is not effective. As a result of these shortcomings, pupils do not make consistent progress as they move through the school."

"For the youngest pupils, staff provide rich and varied learning experiences appropriate to pupils’ stages of development. These engage them, develop their independence and offer challenge. However, the school has not ensured that it develops pupils’ knowledge and skills systematically, or that all pupils have fair access to learning experiences. Leaders have led improvements to a few areas of the school’s work, such as the development of pupils’ reading. However, self-evaluation processes and professional learning have not focused sufficiently on improving the quality of teaching or ensuring the curriculum supports all pupils to thrive."

Estyn made 5 recommendations: (1) Ensure that all pupils have equitable access to inclusive learning experiences that take full account of their individual learning needs and support them to make the best possible progress; (2) Ensure self-evaluation processes and professional learning for all staff focus on securing improvements in pupils’ learning through high-quality teaching; (3) Improve provision for the systematic development of pupils’ literacy, numeracy and digital skills; (4) Improve attendance for all groups of pupils; (5) Strengthen arrangements to promote pupils’ healthy eating and drinking January 224.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Clawdd Offa are Ysgol Penmorfa (0.6 miles), Ysgol Y Llys (0.6 miles), Ysgol Melyd (0.9 miles) and Bodnant Community School (1.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Prestatyn Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lon Taliesin (outside), 60 metres away.