Headteachers’ Welcome

A warm welcome to our school website from Headteacher, Mr Street

Pen-y-Fai Church in Wales Primary School is set in a small village in Bridgend, we have a strong Christian ethos and provide our children with an outstanding education.

At Pen-y-Fai, we want our children to begin their journey of growth to become the best possible version of themselves.

Our mission is to encourage the whole school community to work in partnership to provide an inclusive yet challenging environment, where self-esteem and confidence are nurtured and excellence is aspired for.

Be the best that you can be

Understanding this motto is crucial in order to thrive at Pen-y-Fai school. Very simply, life and learning at our school is not to be viewed as a competition to reach a certain level but as a journey of self-improvement and an acknowledgement that this journey is continual and that we are all on it.

At Pen-y-Fai, we want our children to begin their journey of growth to become the best possible version of themselves. We also want our teachers to become the best teachers that they can be.

We want our learning support officers and other staff to fulfil their roles as effectively as they are able to. We want the parents of our pupils to be the best parents that they can be and our governors the best governors that they are able to be.

We feel that these learning attributes are crucial for our pupils as they move on to the world of work.

If you would like to read more about our key learning attributes please click here.

Be the best that you can be in terms of the basic skills that you have.

As a learning establishment, it is vital that we, not only try to develop the entire community as human beings and learners, also help our pupils to develop the highest possible level of basic skills to allow them to function in the world of work.
We aim to ensure that our children are challenged to;