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St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedChurch in Wales396 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.
Attendance92.0%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families24%
Pupils with additional learning needs3%
Pupils on roll396
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher21.2

St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School is a Church in Wales school (voluntary controlled) in Wrexham for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 396 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Mederia Hill, Wrexham, LL13 7HD01978 318880All 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. As a Church in Wales school it may put families of that faith first.

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 roll396
Pupils from low-income families24%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support3%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English63%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils74%
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 8 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals24.2%26.6%27.6%27.0%22.6%18.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)3.2%5.4%7.6%15.2%15.4%15.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language63.1%61.7%54.1%48.6%48.9%48.5%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils74.4%69.5%65.5%60.8%58.7%57.5%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.0% 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.

Attendance92.0%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 92.7%92.7%20192023: 89.9%89.9%20232024: 90.5%90.5%20242025: 92.0%92.0%2025
Since 2019: -0.7%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£4,7022025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,7123,71220202021: 3,9853,98520212022: 4,1244,12420222023: 4,3294,32920232024: 4,5804,58020242025: 4,5844,58420252026: 4,7024,7022026
Since 2020: +990

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £976 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 m1,55712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate209 per 1,000 people130% higher than the England average
Typical house price£195,000Wrexham
Nearest bus stop130 mPen-Y-Bryn, 23 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
St Mary's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic230 m342Estyn, no gradeCompare
Victoria Primary SchoolCouncil430 m440Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol BodhyfrydCouncil980 m280Estyn, no gradeCompare
Alexandra C.P. SchoolCouncil0.7 miles367Estyn, no gradeCompare
Rhosddu Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles274Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Anne's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic1.0 miles169Estyn, no gradeCompare
Hafod - y - Wern Community Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles249Estyn, no gradeCompare
Gwenfro Community Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles298Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School yet.

How many pupils does St Giles VC Church in Wales Primary School have?

396 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
Mederia Hill, Wrexham, LL13 7HD
Telephone
01978 318880
Type of school
Church in Wales school (voluntary controlled) (Voluntary controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church in Wales
Local authority
Wrexham
Ward
Erddig
Constituency
Wrexham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
6 November 2007 (new provision)
URN
402152 · School number 6653055
Language
English medium school / provision

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Voluntary controlled school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “396” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “24.2” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “Church in Wales” to “–”

Where these figures come from