Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd, Llangefni

Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd 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 68 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 14% have additional learning needs (33% in 2020/21).

Year groups range from 4 pupils (Reception) to 14 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,719 per pupil, against £4,750 in 2021-22. It carried forward £48k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its October 2023 inspection summarises Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd like this:

"Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd is a friendly and inclusive school that promotes a caring ethos purposefully. There are purposeful working relationships between pupils and staff, which support a positive environment and foster a strong sense of learning and well-being among pupils. Pupils enjoy learning both indoors and around the school grounds and are enthusiastic during lessons and tasks. They take pride in their Welshness. During their time at the school, pupils develop purposeful social, listening, speaking, reading and digital competence skills. Planning of the curriculum and the school environment promotes beneficial learning opportunities. Pupils’ outcomes are good where planning, teaching and feedback on their work are challenging and consistent."

"However, planning to develop pupils’ writing and numeracy skills, and feedback to target the next steps in pupils’ learning, are not consistent across the school. Staff support and care for pupils well. This contributes towards the pupils’ desire to learn and their resilience to persevere with tasks. Staff encourage pupils effectively to take responsibility for their own well-being and behaviour and to embrace their happiness. As a result, the emotional support for pupils is a strong feature of the school. The headteacher leads the school purposefully and ensures that the care and well-being of pupils are a priority. This forms the basis of his vision."

"He works well with staff and governors to ensure that the school is an inclusive learning community, which promotes positive opportunities for pupils. However, due to his teaching responsibilities, he does not have enough time to discharge his leadership and management duties in a sustainable manner. Overall, leaders evaluate the school’s work effectively by using regular self-evaluation processes, which lead to purposeful development plans. The school’s monitoring activities lead to relevant training opportunities for staff to develop their skills through agreed and purposeful professional learning. Inspectors brought an issue relating to the safety of the school grounds to the attention of the school’s leaders during the inspection."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Address the health and safety issues on the site, which was identified during the inspection; (2) Ensure that the headteacher has enough time to discharge his leadership and management duties in a sustainable manner; (3) Plan effective progression in pupils’ writing and numeracy skills as they move through the school; (4) Ensure that the quality of teachers’ feedback targets the next steps in pupils’ learning effectively.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd are Ysgol Corn Hir (1.6 miles), Ysgol Gymuned y Ffridd (2.3 miles), Ysgol Y Graig (2.4 miles) and Ysgol Henblas (2.4 miles).

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

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ysgol Gynradd Bodffordd (after), 50 metres away.