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Tyn - y - Wern Primary

Primary · ages 3-11Council233 pupilsNurseryNewportCaerphilly
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance91.9%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families29%
Pupils with additional learning needs44%
Pupils on roll233
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher19.4

Tyn - y - Wern Primary is a council school in Newport for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 233 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Navigator Street, Trethomas, Newport, CF83 8BR029 2085 2528All 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 roll233
Pupils from low-income families29%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support44%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils4%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals29.4%30.9%29.7%26.1%22.8%21.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)43.5%3.2%9.1%8.6%28.9%30.4%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils3.7%5.3%4.0%4.0%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 91.9% 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.

Attendance91.9%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 93.5%93.5%20192023: 90.2%90.2%20232024: 90.4%90.4%20242025: 91.9%91.9%2025
Since 2019: -1.6%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£5,5242025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,1104,11020202021: 4,3434,34320212022: 4,4864,48620222023: 4,4594,45920232024: 5,1135,11320242025: 5,1575,15720252026: 5,5245,5242026
Since 2020: +1,414

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £154 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 m23912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate92 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£190,000Caerphilly
Nearest bus stop30 mTy yn y Pwll, 16 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
Bedwas Junior SchoolCouncil930 m156Estyn, no gradeCompare
Bedwas Infant SchoolCouncil0.6 miles163Estyn, no gradeCompare
Graig-Y-Rhacca Primary and Nursery Community SchoolCouncil0.7 miles105Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic1.1 miles224Estyn, no gradeCompare
St James PrimaryCouncil1.1 miles271Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol G.G. CaerffiliCouncil1.6 miles442Estyn, no gradeCompare
Twyn Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles414Estyn, no gradeCompare
Plasyfelin PrimaryCouncil1.8 miles291Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Tyn - y - Wern Primary a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Tyn - y - Wern Primary yet.

How many pupils does Tyn - y - Wern Primary have?

233 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
Navigator Street, Trethomas, Newport, CF83 8BR
Telephone
029 2085 2528
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
Bedwas and Trethomas
Constituency
Caerphilly
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 January 2003 (new provision)
URN
402043 · School number 6762385
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 “233” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “29.4” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from