Ysgol Gynradd Beddgelert, Gwynedd

Ysgol Gynradd Beddgelert 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 24 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Year groups range from 1 pupils (Year 2) to 10 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £10,451 per pupil, against £8,114 in 2021-22. It carried forward £28k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its November 2023 inspection summarises Ysgol Gynradd Beddgelert like this:

"Most pupils enjoy their time at this inclusive and homely school, which promotes their well-being effectively. Nearly all pupils are polite and respectful towards each other, staff and visitors. This is a strong feature of the school. Staff know the pupils well. They provide a range of stimulating activities that engage most pupils’ interest successfully. They ask probing questions that are effective in terms of recalling previous learning and developing pupils’ thinking skills. At the beginning of a new theme, teachers provide opportunities for pupils to contribute to what they would like to learn."

"This promotes pupils’ interest in their work and gives them an opportunity to take ownership of learning themes. Staff provide purposeful oral feedback, which enables pupils to identify spelling and punctuation errors in their work. However, feedback does not always provide opportunities for pupils, particularly the older ones, to identify and act on the next steps in their learning. Pupils are given purposeful opportunities to develop their skills across the areas of learning and experience, including their literacy, numeracy and digital skills. As a result, many pupils make sound progress in developing their skills over time. However, teachers tend to over-direct learning. As a result, pupils are not given purposeful enough opportunities within learning activities to develop their skills with increasing independence."

"The sense of teamwork is strong across the school. The headteacher is supported by a small team of staff and a governing body who are passionate about the school. Together, they work together enthusiastically to identify the school’s strengths and act on the areas for improvement. There is a firm emphasis on developing pupils’ Welsh language skills, which has a positive effect on raising many pupils’ standards of Welsh. Leaders and staff provide information for parents about events and occasions within the school. However, communication methods are not always effective enough and parents do not receive enough timely information about their children’s progress or to support, maintain and improve their children’s attendance."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Provide activities that support pupils to extend their skills to the best of their ability when applying them in independent learning activities; (2) Provide pupils with feedback that enables them to identify and act on the next steps in their learning; (3) Strengthen communication methods between the school and the home, so that parents receive timely information about their children’s progress and support to improve their attendance.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Gynradd Beddgelert are Ysgol Y Garreg (4.4 miles) and Ysgol Baladeulyn (5.5 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Beddgelert (Welsh Highland Rly-Caernarfon), about 190 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beddgelert B (at), 130 metres away.