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Trelai Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council329 pupilsNurseryCardiff
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance89.1%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families64%
Pupils with additional learning needs8%
Pupils on roll329
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher21.9

Trelai Primary School is a council school in Cardiff for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 329 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Bishopston Road, Caerau, Cardiff, CF5 5DY029 2040 2814All 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 roll329
Pupils from low-income families64%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support8%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English25%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils38%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals63.8%70.8%73.1%69.6%62.3%54.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)8.2%6.7%5.9%13.8%27.0%28.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language25.1%23.5%16.7%14.4%11.7%16.1%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils38.4%36.2%31.4%27.7%26.6%27.7%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.1% 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.

Attendance89.1%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 90.6%90.6%20192023: 85.7%85.7%20232024: 87.4%87.4%20242025: 89.1%89.1%2025
Since 2019: -1.5%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£4,7342025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,1994,19920202021: 4,3904,39020212022: 4,0804,08020222023: 3,9563,95620232024: 4,2794,27920242025: 4,3504,35020252026: 4,7344,7342026
Since 2020: +535

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £944 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 m53812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate178 per 1,000 people96% higher than the England average
Typical house price£269,475Cardiff
Nearest bus stop130 mTrelai School, 12 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
Millbank Primary SchoolCouncil700 m251Estyn, no grade–Compare
Herbert Thompson PrimaryCouncil0.6 miles463Estyn, no grade–Compare
Windsor Clive Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles469Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Gymraeg TregannaCouncil0.8 miles659Estyn, no grade–Compare
Lansdowne Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles315Estyn, no grade–Compare
St Francis V.A. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic1.0 miles332Estyn, no grade–Compare
Fairwater Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles159Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll CochCouncil1.0 miles315Estyn, no grade–Compare
Primary schools in CardiffBest primary schools in Wales

Questions parents ask

Is Trelai Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Trelai Primary School have?

329 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
Bishopston Road, Caerau, Cardiff, CF5 5DY
Telephone
029 2040 2814
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Cardiff
Ward
Caerau
Constituency
Cardiff West
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
401564 · School number 6812015
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 “329” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “63.8” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from