Ysgol Mynydd Bychan, Cardiff

Ysgol Mynydd Bychan 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 281 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 16% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 28 pupils (Year 2) to 40 (Reception).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,976 per pupil, against £3,982 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £11k.

Estyn's report on its December 2023 inspection summarises Ysgol Mynydd Bychan like this:

"Ysgol Mynydd Bychan is a highly inclusive and supportive community which promotes a caring ethos successfully. There are close and warm working relationships between pupils and staff, which fosters an ethos of enthusiastic learning and a strong sense of belonging to the school’s family. Pupils enjoy learning and are very enthusiastic during lessons and tasks. They are keen to work with staff and each other and, as a result, to succeed as confident and ambitious learners. During their time at the school, most pupils develop purposeful literacy and digital competence skills and nearly all implement successful social skills. Teachers plan the curriculum intelligently, which promotes very beneficial learning opportunities for pupils. Pupils’ outcomes are good where teaching and feedback on their work is challenging and consistent."

"However, there are inconsistencies in provision in relation to developing pupils’ numeracy skills and teachers’ feedback to target the next steps in pupils’ learning. Staff support and care for pupils very consistently and conscientiously. This contributes to pupils’ desire to learn and persevere with tasks. Staff encourage pupils successfully to take responsibility for their own well-being. Support to promote pupils’ learning and well-being and their ability to use this support meaningfully is a strong feature of the school. As a result, their behaviour is excellent. Staff use the accommodation productively to meet pupils’ needs purposefully and teachers plan stimulating activities to promote learning."

"Provision of outdoor learning experiences is effective and focuses on improving pupils’ skills through stimulating activities. Leaders keep in close contact with the wider school community and build on the very positive relationships with parents. The headteacher leads the school very skilfully and inspires the staff to ensure that pupils’ learning and well-being are regular priorities. This is central to her ambitious vision. She works diligently with staff and governors to ensure that the school is an inclusive learning community, which promotes positive and innovative opportunities for pupils. Leaders evaluate the school’s work wholly effectively and use regular, thorough and skilful self-evaluation processes. The school’s monitoring activities lead to relevant improvement plans and comprehensive training opportunities for staff to develop their skills through agreed professional learning."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Strengthen the opportunities for pupils to apply their numeracy skills more regularly across the curriculum; (2) Ensure that the quality of feedback from teachers is consistent to target the next steps in pupils’ learning effectively.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Mynydd Bychan are St Joseph's R.C. Primary School (0.3 miles), Fairoak Primary School (0.3 miles), St Monica's C.I.W. Primary School (0.4 miles) and Cardiff Muslim Primary School (0.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Cathays Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cathays High School (outside), 100 metres away.