Ysgol Penrhyn New Broughton Primary, Wrexham

Ysgol Penrhyn New Broughton Primary is an English-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 212 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

20% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 5% have additional learning needs (22% in 2020/21); 6% are learning English as an additional language; and 19% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 21 pupils (Year 2) to 32 (Year 4).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,757 per pupil, against £3,892 in 2021-22. It carried forward £24k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Penrhyn New Broughton Primary like this:

"Ysgol Penrhyn is a happy, inclusive school that places a high priority on pupils’ and staff well-being. Leaders, governors and staff work together diligently to ensure the school vision, ‘Altogether we Shine’, is a lived experience that supports everyone to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Leaders and staff provide high levels of care and support for pupils across the school. They recognise the needs of every pupil and, when appropriate, provide additional support that meets pupils needs successfully. During their time in school, most pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN) and those affected by poverty and disadvantage, make good progress in their well-being and learning across the curriculum. Most pupils make strong progress in writing skills and nearly all develop a love of reading."

"Pupils are friendly and kind to each other and most have positive attitudes to learning. Staff set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, and nearly all pupils behave well, and show mutual respect for each other. Teachers nurture a respectful culture that permeates all areas of school life, helping to create a calm, orderly and supportive learning environment where everyone can focus on learning. The school has developed a knowledge rich curriculum which supports pupils to become curious learners, who are well acquainted with their local community, Wales and the wider world. Staff make good use of educational and residential visits to further enrich learning experiences. In general, teachers do not always support pupils to develop their skills progressively over time."

"Members of the governing body are supportive and well-informed. Leaders have identified many of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. However, leaders have a self- evaluation and improvement process that is overly complex, and they identify too many priorities. This makes it difficult to focus well enough on the most important aspects of its work."

Estyn made 2 recommendations: (1) Ensure that monitoring, evaluation and improvement processes focus sharply on the aspects in most need of improvement; (2) Strengthen curriculum planning and provision to support pupils to develop their skills progressively over time.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Penrhyn New Broughton Primary are Brynteg County School (0.5 miles), Tanyfron C.P. School (0.8 miles), Ysgol Plas Coch (1.1 miles) and Gwersyllt Community Primary School (1.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Gwersyllt Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Brambles (before), 80 metres away.