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Radnor Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11Council226 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.
Attendance93.8%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families20%
Pupils with additional learning needs6%
Pupils on roll226
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher20.7

Radnor Primary School is a council school in Cardiff for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 226 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Radnor Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1RB029 2038 7506All 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 Cardiff council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll226
Pupils from low-income families20%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support6%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English16%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils40%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19.9%23.1%22.4%21.4%19.0%17.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)5.5%3.7%7.9%18.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language15.6%11.9%16.2%14.2%11.7%13.3%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils40.3%38.9%44.7%42.2%42.7%40.7%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.8% 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.

Attendance93.8%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 95.3%95.3%20192023: 91.9%91.9%20232024: 93.1%93.1%20242025: 93.8%93.8%2025
Since 2019: -1.5%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£4,7582025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,7573,75720202021: 3,8473,84720212022: 3,8293,82920222023: 3,8293,82920232024: 3,9813,98120242025: 4,2954,29520252026: 4,7584,7582026
Since 2020: +1,001

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £920 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 m67012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate94 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£269,475Cardiff
Nearest bus stop110 mThompsons Park, 22 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
Lansdowne Primary SchoolCouncil530 m315Estyn, no gradeCompare
Severn Primary SchoolCouncil610 m439Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Mary's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic650 m206Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Gymraeg TregannaCouncil700 m659Estyn, no gradeCompare
Kitchener Primary SchoolCouncil840 m449Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll CochCouncil0.7 miles315Estyn, no gradeCompare
Llandaff City C.I.W. Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles402Estyn, no gradeCompare
Millbank Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles251Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Radnor Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Radnor Primary School have?

226 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
Radnor Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1RB
Telephone
029 2038 7506
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Religious character
None
Local authority
Cardiff
Ward
Canton
Constituency
Cardiff West
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
401580 · School number 6812039
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 “226” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “19.9” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from