Ysgol Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd

Ysgol Llanystumdwy 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 28 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Year groups range from 2 pupils (Year 1) to 5 (Year 2).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £11,037 per pupil, against £10,969 in 2021-22. It carried forward £13k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its January 2026 inspection summarises Ysgol Llanystumdwy like this:

"Ysgol Llanystumdwy provides a friendly learning environment where pupils, staff and parents feel part of a close-knit community. The headteacher's inspirational leadership sets a clear direction for the school's work and ensures that pupils' wellbeing and strong working relationships are at the heart of the educational provision. This focus is evident in the daily work of staff and helps to foster a strong sense of safety, trust and respect amongst pupils. Staff identify pupils' wellbeing and learning needs well, and, as a result, most pupils are happy and show positive attitudes to their learning. Most pupils' behaviour is positive. They cooperate effectively and demonstrate appropriate resilience and perseverance when engaging in their work."

"Beneficial professional learning activities strengthen staff's ability to support pupils with emotional needs or with additional learning needs (ALN). Effective cooperation between staff, families and external agencies helps pupils with emotional needs to overcome barriers to learning beneficially. The school's arrangements for evaluating the quality of the provision are suitable. Leaders identify the school’s strengths and some areas for improvement appropriately, on the whole. Leaders' quality evaluation activities do not always focus in sufficient detail on the effect of provision on pupils’ outcomes to ensure continuous improvement. The curriculum offers a wide range of purposeful learning experiences that engage and maintain most pupils’ interest."

"Teachers use questioning and oral feedback purposefully to support pupils to recall previous learning and to think more deeply about their work. Many pupils, including those with ALN and those from low-income households, make appropriate progress in their skills over time. However, activities do not always challenge the learning of a few pupils consistently enough. The provision for developing pupils' reading skills is strong, and by the top of the school, most read confidently in Welsh and English. A notable strength of the provision is the methods used to support pupils to develop their Welsh oral skills. Through this, many speak clearly and use rich language in a variety of contexts."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Strengthen quality improvement processes; (2) Provide experiences to challenge pupils' learning consistently.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Llanystumdwy are Ysgol Treferthyr (1.2 miles), Ysgol Gynradd Chwilog (2.6 miles), Ysgol Gynradd Llangybi (3.5 miles) and Ysgol Gynradd Garndolbenmaen (3.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Criccieth Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eglwys (after), 50 metres away.