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Ysgol Y Gorlan

Primary · ages 3-11Council109 pupilsNurseryGwynedd
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance94.1%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families9%
Pupils with additional learning needs24%
Pupils on roll109
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher17.5

Ysgol Y Gorlan is a council school in Gwynedd for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 109 pupils. Teaching is mainly in Welsh.

Tremadog, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9RN01766 512773All 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 mainly in Welsh.

You apply through Gwynedd council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll109
Pupils from low-income families9%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support24%Additional learning needs; Wales –
LanguageWelsh mediumWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
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 meals8.8%10.9%11.0%10.7%9.7%9.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)23.6%16.0%10.8%14.3%18.4%20.0%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.1% 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.

Attendance94.1%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 95.5%95.5%20192023: 93.5%93.5%20232024: 94.0%94.0%20242025: 94.1%94.1%2025
Since 2019: -1.4%

Staff and budget

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

Budget per pupil£5,6072025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 3,8773,87720202021: 4,1294,12920212022: 4,2724,27220222023: 4,6754,67520232024: 4,8064,80620242025: 5,2735,27320252026: 5,6075,6072026
Since 2020: +1,730

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £71 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 m30312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate100 per 1,000 people10% higher than the England average
Typical house price£190,000Gwynedd
Nearest bus stop40 mSportsman, 17 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
Ysgol Eifion WynCouncil150 m212Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol BorthygestCouncil1.0 miles32Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol Cefn CochCouncil2.8 miles157Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol TalsarnauCouncil3.4 miles26Estyn, no gradeCompare
Ysgol TreferthyrCouncil4.6 miles118Estyn, no gradeCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Ysgol Y Gorlan a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Ysgol Y Gorlan yet.

How many pupils does Ysgol Y Gorlan have?

109 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
Tremadog, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9RN
Telephone
01766 512773
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Gwynedd
Ward
Glaslyn
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
400136 · School number 6612110
Language
Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “109” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “8.8” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from