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Cefn Mawr Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council192 pupilsNurseryWrexham
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance92.3%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families23%
Pupils with additional learning needs5%
Pupils on roll192
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher21.7

Cefn Mawr Primary School is a council school in Wrexham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 192 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Plas Kynaston Lane, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, LL14 3PY01978 820719All details

Inspection

Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.

Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.

Results

Wales stopped publishing results for individual primary schools in 2019, so there are none to show. Attendance, pupil numbers and staffing below come from the Welsh Government's My Local School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances.

Teaching is in English.

You apply through Wrexham council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll192
Pupils from low-income families23%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support5%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils5%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22.8%22.9%20.9%22.0%21.3%21.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)5.1%4.0%7.7%8.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.5%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils5.1%7.3%6.7%5.6%6.3%5.6%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.3% of the time. Across primary schools in Wales it was 92.8%. Wales doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on exclusions, for individual schools.

Attendance92.3%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 94.7%94.7%20192023: 91.1%91.1%20232024: 91.4%91.4%20242025: 92.3%92.3%2025
Since 2019: -2.4%

Staff and budget

From the Welsh Government's My Local School, 2025/26.

Budget per pupil£5,0312025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,6893,68920202021: 4,0174,01720212022: 4,3224,32220222023: 4,3684,36820232024: 4,5244,52420242025: 4,7304,73020252026: 5,0315,0312026
Since 2020: +1,342

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £647 less than the Welsh average for primary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m17812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate89 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£195,000Wrexham
Nearest bus stop140 mKynaston Place, 20 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Ysgol Min-Y-DdolCouncil110 m124Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol AcrefairCouncil0.7 miles205Estyn, no gradeCompare
Rhosymedre Community Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles215Estyn, no gradeCompare
Froncysyllte C.P. SchoolCouncil1.0 miles11Estyn, no gradeCompare
Pentre Church in Wales Controlled Primary SchoolChurch in Wales1.1 miles47Estyn, no gradeCompare
Garth C.P. SchoolCouncil1.4 miles58Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Mary's Primary (Ruabon) SchoolChurch in Wales1.9 miles213Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol MaesyllanCouncil2.0 miles138Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Cefn Mawr Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Cefn Mawr Primary School yet.

How many pupils does Cefn Mawr Primary School have?

192 pupils aged 3 to 11.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Plas Kynaston Lane, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, LL14 3PY
Telephone
01978 820719
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Wrexham
Ward
Cefn East
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
400399 · School number 6652151
Language
English medium school / provision

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “192” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “22.8” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from