Ysgol Trefnant, Denbighshire

Ysgol Trefnant 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 92 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

Of its pupils, 8% have additional learning needs (13% in 2020/21); and 18% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 7 pupils (Year 4) to 16 (Year 3).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,047 per pupil, against £4,949 in 2021-22. It ended 2024-25 with a deficit of £38k.

Estyn's report on its September 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Trefnant like this:

"Leaders at Ysgol Trefnant create an inclusive environment where teamwork and care for pupils’ and staff well-being are a priority. Relationships across the school are strong, and pupils demonstrate respect, behave well and attend school regularly. The curriculum reflects local culture and identity well and provides rich opportunities for pupils to connect with their community and to understand the wider world. Overall, teaching is purposeful and engaging. Most teachers have high expectations and use effective questioning to develop pupils’ thinking skills. Support staff make a strong contribution to learning."

"Pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN), make good progress in developing their oracy and reading skills and their mathematical knowledge. They enjoy reading for pleasure and use their numeracy skills well in a range of meaningful contexts. However, pupils’ writing skills are less well developed due to frequent use of worksheets and limited opportunities to write for a range of purposes. Staff promote the Welsh language well, and pupils develop confidence in using the language. However, pupils’ digital skills are not developed progressively. Leaders regularly evaluate the work of the school but monitoring activities do not always evaluate the progress of pupils accurately enough."

"Leaders identify broad school priorities across the federation, but they do not always focus on what most needs improving. Working on priorities across the federation of schools has improved support for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN), but wider collaboration and distributed leadership is less developed. Staff provide pupils with a wide range of sports, clubs and leadership opportunities. They maintain strong relationships with parents and the community."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Ensure that monitoring and self-evaluation enables the school, including the governing body, to identify the most important areas in need of improvement; (2) Further develop leadership at all levels across the federation and share the good practice that exists in teaching and learning; (3) Develop pupils’ writing and digital skills progressively.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Trefnant are Ysgol Gymraeg Henllan (2.2 miles), St Asaph V.P. Infants (2.4 miles), Ysgol Tremeirchion (2.4 miles) and Ysgol Frongoch (2.5 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ysgol Trefnant.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trefnant Village Hall (opposite), 100 metres away.