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Waldo Williams Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council228 pupilsNurseryHaverfordwestPembrokeshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance89.0%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families23%
Pupils with additional learning needs9%
Pupils on roll228
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher23.1

Waldo Williams Primary School is a council school in Haverfordwest for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 228 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Scarrowscant Lane, Haverfordwest, SA61 1BS01437 765376All 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 Pembrokeshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll228
Pupils from low-income families23%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support9%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils12%
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 5 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals23.0%23.5%24.1%25.4%26.3%26.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)9.0%10.7%25.8%31.2%33.0%32.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.6%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils12.0%7.7%6.0%5.0%6.7%7.1%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.0% 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.

Attendance89.0%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 94.3%94.3%20192023: 90.6%90.6%20232024: 90.1%90.1%20242025: 89.0%89.0%2025
Since 2019: -5.3%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£5,3252025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,3904,39020202021: 4,5344,53420212022: 4,7124,71220222023: 4,6404,64020232024: 4,9104,91020242025: 5,1805,18020252026: 5,3255,3252026
Since 2020: +935

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £353 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 m26512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate109 per 1,000 people19% higher than the England average
Typical house price£225,000Pembrokeshire
Nearest bus stop210 mTasker Milward 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
Mary Immaculate V.R.C. SchoolRoman Catholic440 m213Estyn, no gradeCompare
Fenton C.PCouncil540 m359Estyn, no gradeCompare
St Marks V.A.P. SchoolChurch in Wales0.7 miles114Estyn, no gradeCompare
Prendergast Community SchoolCouncil1.2 miles446Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Caer ElenCouncil2.1 miles907Estyn, no grade97Compare
Johnston C.P. SchoolCouncil2.9 miles256Estyn, no gradeCompare
Hook C.P. SchoolCouncil3.3 miles71Estyn, no gradeCompare
Cleddau Reach VC SchoolChurch in Wales4.3 miles231Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Waldo Williams Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Waldo Williams Primary School have?

228 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
Scarrowscant Lane, Haverfordwest, SA61 1BS
Telephone
01437 765376
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Pembrokeshire
Ward
Haverfordwest: Portfield
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 January 2019 (result of amalgamation)
URN
402436 · School number 6682397
Language
English medium school / provision
Formerly
Mount Airey C.P., Haverfordwest Junior V.C. School

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “228” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “23.0” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from