Ysgol Dolwyddelan, Dolwyddelan
Ysgol Dolwyddelan is a primary school for pupils in Dolwyddelan.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Ysgol Dolwyddelan in detail
School in Wales
Ysgol Dolwyddelan 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 20 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
Year groups range from 1 pupils (Year 2) to 5 (Year 1).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £14,664 per pupil, against £7,518 in 2021-22. It carried forward £14k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Ysgol Dolwyddelan dates from 2019.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Ysgol Gynradd Dolwyddelan 2019". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Dolwyddelan are Ysgol Penmachno (3.6 miles), Ysgol Betws-y-Coed (3.9 miles), Ysgol Y Manod (4.5 miles) and Ysgol Maenofferen (4.6 miles).
Ysgol PenmachnoYsgol Betws-y-CoedYsgol Y ManodYsgol Maenofferen
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dolwyddelan Rail Station, about 0 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Gwyddelan`s (before), 220 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Ysgol Dolwyddelan's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Ysgol Dolwyddelan is in Conwy; for families living there:
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
The typical figure for schools in Conwy is 3 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Ysgol Dolwyddelan
How many road collisions happen near Ysgol Dolwyddelan?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. The typical figure for schools in Conwy is 3 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ysgol Dolwyddelan?
Ysgol Dolwyddelan is at Dolwyddelan, Dolwyddelan, LL25 0SZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)