Ysgol Trefonnen Church In Wales Community Primary, Powys

Ysgol Trefonnen Church In Wales Community Primary is a bilingual (Welsh and English) school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.

It had 191 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

23% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 9% have additional learning needs (28% in 2020/21); and 7% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 23 pupils (Reception) to 32 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,577 per pupil, against £4,180 in 2021-22. It carried forward £161k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its June 2022 inspection summarises Ysgol Trefonnen Church In Wales Community Primary like this:

"Ysgol Trefonnen Church in Wales Community Primary is a safe, nurturing and vibrant place for pupils, staff and visitors to be. Pupils love coming to school and are proud to be a part of such an inclusive and supportive learning community. The staff know and respect every child as an individual. This respect works both ways, and in classrooms the professional relationships between pupils and staff are effective. In turn, this helps pupils to take responsibility for their progress and behaviour and contributes to their positive attitudes to learning. The school is a diverse community and pupils develop confidence in their own, individual identity, while also developing a healthy respect for others."

"Pupils say that they feel safe, secure, and happy at the school. Most pupils make good progress across the school, including those with additional learning needs. There is a strong focus on developing literacy and numeracy in all classes, particularly following the pandemic, and teachers and support staff work well together to make sure pupils achieve well in using these skills. However, pupils do not apply their problem solving skills in numeracy frequently enough and older pupils do not refine pieces of extended writing sufficiently to develop their writing skills to the full. The headteacher provides strong, purposeful leadership. She values the opinions of staff, pupils, parents and governors, and makes sure everyone understands their roles and responsibilities."

"School leaders set a positive and ambitious tone for the school’s work. They place a high priority on supporting pupils and families to thrive. Partnerships with parents and specialist agencies are highly effective and make a profoundly positive difference to the school community. Leaders ensure that the school is inclusive, treating all pupils and all families with care, courtesy and respect through its actions and the opportunities it provides. Leaders know the school well overall and have identified important areas of the school’s work that they want to improve. This includes improving the quality of teachers’ feedback so that pupils understand where and how they can improve their work"

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Improve older pupils’ extended writing skills; (2) Improve the quality of teachers’ feedback so that pupils understand where and how they can improve their work; (3) Provide opportunity to apply numeracy skills to problem solving activities in real life context.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ysgol Trefonnen Church In Wales Community Primary are Ysgol Cefnllys (0.4 miles), Crossgates C.P. School (2.7 miles), Newbridge-On-Wye V.P. (3.6 miles) and Franksbridge C.P. School (5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Llandrindod Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tremont Road, 190 metres away.