Ysgol Gwenffrwd, Sir Y Fflint

Ysgol Gwenffrwd 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 107 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

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

Of its pupils, 28% have additional learning needs (48% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 6 pupils (Year 6) to 17 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,199 per pupil, against £4,119 in 2021-22. It carried forward £133k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its April 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Gwenffrwd like this:

"Leaders have established a robust vision for the school which places a clear priority on promoting pupils’ well-being. Staff know the pupils well and meet the needs of many of them purposefully. Pupils feel safe at the school and most behave well in their learning and play. Staff have a good working relationship with pupils. They provide a curriculum that engages pupils’ interest appropriately and supports many of them to make suitable progress in their skills over time. However, teachers do not provide activities that challenge the learning of a few pupils regularly enough."

"Many pupils’ attitudes to their experiences are positive and they enjoy their learning. Teachers use an appropriate range of questioning methods to recall previous learning which confirms pupils’ understanding skilfully. At times, teachers provide pupils with useful feedback which supports them to make beneficial improvements to their work. However, feedback does not support pupils to improve their learning consistently enough. Leaders use a suitable range of evidence to evaluate the quality of provision and, as a result, they have an appropriate understanding of some of the strengths and areas for improvement. Monitoring and evaluation procedures do not focus clearly enough on the effect of provision on pupils’ standards and progress."

"Governors are supportive of the school and have a suitable awareness of their responsibilities. One of the school’s prominent strengths is the provision for developing pupils’ oral Welsh skills. Staff are effective linguistic role models and support pupils to acquire sound oral skills over time. Many pupils respond well and use the Welsh language confidently during learning and play."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Ensure that self-evaluation procedures focus clearly on the effect of provision on pupils’ standards and progress; (2) Ensure that teachers’ feedback supports pupils to improve their learning regularly; (3) Provide activities that challenge pupils consistently.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Gwenffrwd are St Winefrides R.C. School (under 0.1 miles), Ysgol Maes-Y-Felin (0.5 miles), Brynford C.P. School (0.9 miles) and Greenfield C.P. School (1 mile).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ysgol Gwenffrwd.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Winefrides Primary School (outside), 140 metres away.