Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch
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("We Are All One Big Family")
| Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch | |
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Lawrenny Avenue , CF11 8BR | |
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| Type | Welsh-medium state school |
| Motto | Teulu Mawr Ym Ni i Gyd ("We Are All One Big Family") |
| Established | 1996 |
| Local authority | Cardiff Council |
| Headteacher | Dewi Rees |
| Gender | Both |
| Age | 3 to 11 |
| Enrolment | 520 (in September 2019, including 64 part-time pupils in the nursery class) |
| Houses | Cadair Idris, Epynt, Preseli, Yr Wyddfa |
| Colour | Red |
| Website | http://www.ygpc.cymru |
Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch is a large Welsh-medium primary school in the Canton area of western Cardiff, in Wales.
Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch is a Welsh-medium primary school which provides education for pupils from a wide and diverse area of west Cardiff, including Riverside and parts of Canton, Pontcanna and Victoria Park. There are 520 pupils between 3 and 11 years old on roll, including 64 part-time nursery age pupils.[citation needed] Pupils are divided into 18 single-age classes.
The school feeds Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Welsh-medium secondary schools.
Welsh is the main medium of the school's life and work, although in 2019 only 10% of the pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes. About 25% of pupils came from ethnic minority backgrounds.[citation needed]
The name "Pwll Coch" means "red pool"' in Welsh, and refers to a pool in the River Ely and a hamlet which grew nearby, close to the modern Tŷ Pwll Coch public house. Tradition states that the pool filled with blood following the Battle of St Fagans in 1648.[1] The area is no longer part of the school's catchment area.
The Estyn inspection report on the school in 2018 and 2024 classified the school as good in all five areas that were inspected.[2][3] It commented that "The staff create a happy, caring and inclusive ethos at the school, where everyone is respected and appreciated ... The quality of teaching is good ... most pupils make sound progress, achieve well and use their skills to a high standard by the end of key stage 2 ... Leaders are extremely effective ... Standards of behaviour are consistently high."[3][4]
