Ysgol Santes Dwynwen, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Ysgol Santes Dwynwen 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 94 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

26% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 24% have additional learning needs.

Year groups range from 8 pupils (Year 4) to 16 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,554 per pupil, against £4,612 in 2021-22. It carried forward £194k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2024 inspection summarises Ysgol Santes Dwynwen like this:

"Ysgol Santes Dwynwen is a supportive community, which promotes a caring and positive ethos. There are warm working relationships between pupils and staff which foster a good learning environment and pride in belonging to the school family. Support to promote pupils’ learning and well-being, and pupils’ ability to use this support, is a strong feature of the school. This helps pupils to develop sound attitudes towards their learning and well-being. Teachers plan interesting activities, which promote learning sensibly. Staff use the indoor learning environment productively to target pupils’ needs purposefully and planning in terms of activities to promote pupils’ learning is effective."

"However, provision of outdoor learning experiences is not as effective, particularly for the youngest pupils. Most pupils develop purposeful listening, speaking, reading and digital skills. However, teachers do not provide enough valuable opportunities for pupils to develop their extended writing and numeracy skills. In addition, the quality of teachers’ feedback does not support pupils to know what the next steps are in their learning effectively enough. The headteacher leads the school in a meaningful and caring manner and supports staff to ensure that pupils’ learning and well-being are consistent priorities. This is central to her inclusive vision."

"She works diligently with staff and governors to ensure that the school is a happy learning community that promotes positive opportunities for pupils. Leaders keep in close contact with the school’s wider community and build on the active relationship with parents. However, inspectors brought an issue relating to the safety of the school’s site to the attention of leaders during the inspection. Leaders evaluate the school’s work thoroughly by using regular and skilful self-evaluation processes. Monitoring activities lead to relevant improvement priorities and comprehensive training opportunities for staff to develop their skills through agreed professional learning."

Estyn made 4 recommendations: (1) Address the concern regarding the safety of the school’s site that was identified during the inspection; (2) Plan jointly to improve pupils’ skills, particularly their extended writing and numeracy skills across the curriculum; (3) Ensure that the quality of teachers’ feedback targets the next steps in pupils’ learning effectively; (4) Improve the quality and provision of outdoor learning experiences, particularly for the youngest pupils.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Santes Dwynwen are Ysgol Gynradd Brynsiencyn (3.6 miles), Ysgol Santes Helen (3.9 miles), Ysgol Y Gelli (4.2 miles) and Ysgol Gynradd Maesincla (4.3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Bodorgan Rail Station, about 3.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ysgol Gynradd Niwbwrch (outside), 30 metres away.