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St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Church in Wales32 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.
Attendance94.9%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families19%
Pupils on roll32
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher12.3

St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School is a Church in Wales school (voluntary aided) in Wrexham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 32 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Bowling Bank, Isycoed, Wrexham, LL13 9RL01978 661556All 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 roll32
Pupils from low-income families19%Three-year average; Wales –
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18.9%20.2%13.0%9.3%8.1%11.6%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.9% 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.

Attendance94.9%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 95.3%95.3%20192023: 93.5%93.5%20232024: 94.6%94.6%20242025: 94.9%94.9%2025
Since 2019: -0.4%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£8,4592025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,6314,63120202021: 5,7255,72520212022: 5,3735,37320222023: 5,8815,88120232024: 6,6896,68920242025: 7,7037,70320252026: 8,4598,4592026
Since 2020: +3,828

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £2,781 more than the Welsh average for primary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Local crime rate70 per 1,000 people23% lower than the England average
Typical house price£195,000Wrexham

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
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England2.4 miles83Not inspected6Compare
Holt's Community Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles68Estyn, no gradeCompare
Deiniol C.P. SchoolCouncil2.8 miles158Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Sant DunawdCouncil2.8 miles93Estyn, no gradeCompare
Farndon Primary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles313No overall grade 202536Compare
St Anne's R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic3.1 miles169Estyn, no gradeCompare
Gwenfro Community Primary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles298Estyn, no gradeCompare
Hafod - y - Wern Community Primary SchoolCouncil3.2 miles249Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School yet.

How many pupils does St Pauls Voluntary Aided Primary School have?

32 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
Bowling Bank, Isycoed, Wrexham, LL13 9RL
Telephone
01978 661556
Type of school
Church in Wales school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
Church in Wales
Local authority
Wrexham
Ward
Holt
Constituency
Wrexham
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
24 August 2004 (new provision)
URN
401698 · School number 6653347
Language
English medium school / provision

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Voluntary aided school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “32” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “18.9” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “Church in Wales” to “–”

Where these figures come from