Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch, Cardiff

Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch 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 331 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 10% have additional learning needs; and 26% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 29 pupils (Year 3) to 47 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,830 per pupil, against £4,061 in 2021-22. It carried forward £35k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its October 2024 inspection summarises Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch like this:

"Leaders and staff at Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch have developed a vision which focuses on well-being, progress in skills and raising pupils’ standards. The growing sense of teamwork contributes well to purposeful co-operation to improve the school’s work. Staff promote inclusivity and are successful in integrating this ethos strongly in nearly all aspects of the school’s life and work. Pupils in the Special Resource Base (SRB) are valuable members of the school community and participate in the school’s activities completely naturally. Across the school, provision for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN) is co-ordinated well. On entry to the school, most pupils’ social, language and numeracy skills are at the expected stage of development for their age."

"Teaching supports most pupils, including those with ALN and those who are affected by poverty, to make good progress. Staff have recently refined their mathematics teaching methods, by providing more opportunities for pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of an area of learning. This has improved pupils’ ability to use and apply their skills in other areas of learning. Staff act as good language models, as a result pupils across the school develop good oracy skills. Most pupils develop their love of reading successfully and have sound writing skills. Teachers use questioning methods effectively to develop pupils’ understanding and to assess their progress during learning sessions."

"Overall, across the school, learning activities are not always consistent enough to ensure that pupils are challenged to make continuous progress. In general, provision does not enable pupils to make independent choices about their learning and how to complete and present their work. Staff have a positive relationship with parents. Leaders have built a successful working relationship between the home and school. Governors are aware of when to support the school and when to challenge, they take good steps to develop a better understanding of the effect of the school’s day-to-day work on pupils’ well-being and learning."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Ensure consistency in effective teaching practices across the school and raise staff’s expectations to provide a consistent challenge for all pupils; (2) Provide opportunities for pupils to take responsibility for their learning and develop to become independent learners.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch are Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna (0.4 miles), Lansdowne Primary School (0.5 miles), Kitchener Primary School (0.5 miles) and Radnor Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Ninian Park Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lawrenny Avenue (o/s flats), 180 metres away.