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Hendredenny Park Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council266 pupilsNurseryCaerphilly
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance94.5%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families8%
Pupils with additional learning needs4%
Pupils on roll266
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher26.6

Hendredenny Park Primary School is a council school in Caerphilly for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 266 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Groeswen Drive, Hendredenny, Caerphilly, CF83 2BL029 2085 2520All 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 Caerphilly council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll266
Pupils from low-income families8%Three-year average; Wales –
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils6%
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 10 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals7.7%7.5%8.3%7.5%6.5%5.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)4.3%4.9%5.0%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils5.6%5.2%4.3%3.8%5.5%5.0%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.5% 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.

Attendance94.5%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 96.3%96.3%20192023: 93.7%93.7%20232024: 94.1%94.1%20242025: 94.5%94.5%2025
Since 2019: -1.8%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£4,5722025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,1483,14820202021: 3,4773,47720212022: 3,5643,56420222023: 3,6933,69320232024: 3,8783,87820242025: 4,2224,22220252026: 4,5724,5722026
Since 2020: +1,424

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £1,106 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 m10512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate101 per 1,000 people11% higher than the England average
Typical house price£190,000Caerphilly
Nearest bus stop310 mGroes-wen Drive, 11 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
Hendre Primary SchoolCouncil460 m291Estyn, no gradeCompare
Cwm Ifor Primary SchoolCouncil960 m215Estyn, no gradeCompare
Cwrt Rawlin Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles361Estyn, no gradeCompare
Plasyfelin PrimaryCouncil1.0 miles291Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y CastellCouncil1.0 miles419Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol G.G. CaerffiliCouncil1.1 miles442Estyn, no gradeCompare
Twyn Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles414Estyn, no gradeCompare
Cwmaber Junior SchoolCouncil1.6 miles107Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Hendredenny Park Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Hendredenny Park Primary School have?

266 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
Groeswen Drive, Hendredenny, Caerphilly, CF83 2BL
Telephone
029 2085 2520
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Caerphilly
Ward
Penyrheol
Constituency
Caerphilly
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
401370 · School number 6762338
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 “266” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “7.7” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from