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Fairwater Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11Council159 pupilsCardiff
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance90.7%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families40%
Pupils with additional learning needs4%
Pupils on roll159
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher19.4

Fairwater Primary School is a council school in Cardiff for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 159 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Wellwright Road, Fairwater, Cardiff, CF5 3ED029 2056 3160All 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.

Find this school's Estyn reportsMy Local School (Welsh Government)

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 Cardiff council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll159
Pupils from low-income families40%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils31%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals40.0%45.7%45.1%41.7%36.0%31.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)––4.3%4.4%21.9%17.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11.3%11.2%10.4%11.1%12.8%9.3%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils30.5%30.3%30.1%25.0%23.0%22.5%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.7% 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.

Attendance90.7%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 93.1%93.1%20192023: 87.2%87.2%20232024: 89.8%89.8%20242025: 90.7%90.7%2025
Since 2019: -2.4%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£7,5312025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,7314,73120202021: 4,5124,51220212022: 4,8694,86920222023: 5,0355,03520232024: 5,7745,77420242025: 6,2686,26820252026: 7,5317,5312026
Since 2020: +2,800

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £1,853 more 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 m36712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate104 per 1,000 people15% higher than the England average
Typical house price£269,475Cardiff
Nearest bus stop110 mGorse Place, 21 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
Herbert Thompson PrimaryCouncil560 m463Estyn, no grade–Compare
Pentrebane Primary SchoolCouncil840 m199Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-GofCouncil860 m188Estyn, no grade–Compare
Holy Family R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic920 m156Estyn, no grade–Compare
Peter Lea Primary SchoolCouncil950 m303Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant CaerauCouncil990 m231Estyn, no grade–Compare
Millbank Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles251Estyn, no grade–Compare
Windsor Clive Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles469Estyn, no grade–Compare
Primary schools in CardiffBest primary schools in Wales

Questions parents ask

Is Fairwater Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Fairwater Primary School have?

159 pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

Contact and details

Address
Wellwright Road, Fairwater, Cardiff, CF5 3ED
Telephone
029 2056 3160
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Religious character
None
Local authority
Cardiff
Ward
Fairwater
Constituency
Cardiff West
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
401565 · School number 6812017
Language
English medium school / provision
Official recordMy Local SchoolDownload this school's data (CSV)

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “159” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “40.0” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from