Exterior
School consists of 2 separate blocks, formerly juniors to left and infants to right. Both buildings of red brick with blue brick patterning, also diapering in two shades of red, ashlar and some yellow brick dressings, Welsh slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, mouldings and pots to tall chimneys. Each block is assymetrical in its arrangement of doors, windows, gables, chimneys and outshuts. Original block to left consists of two parallel gabled wings and attached rectangular wing to rear. Main frontage facing road has central gabled bay which breaks forward with 3 stepped long multipane windows, decorative corniced surround to heads, imposts with circle motif and ashlar bands to corner piers, pediment with inscription panel 'Porthcawl County School' and stepped coping, ventilation louvres above, moulded stone sills and brick aprons. Original entrance to side right inscribed 'Girls and Infants' within pediment has segmental arched doorway with keystone and decorative spandrels, banded pilasters with circle motif to imposts. Similar original boys entrance side left. Elaborate roof ventilator to main ridge with 2 bay arcade to each side, louvred pediment and copper roof. All windows are tall, multipane fixed glazing with pull-down opening lights; sills, lintels, some surrounds, decorative bands of ashlar; brick patterning is diamond shaped in blue brick, diapering in red; yellow and blue brick window surrounds to rear.
Separate building to right consists of centre schoolroom range and gabled schoolroom cross wings left and right. Entrance left inscribed 'Domestic Science and Handicraft' with pediment incorporating shield above and eared architrave, recessed door with overlight; side door to cross gable right is the original Infants Entrance; gable end has a plaque inscribed 'Porthcawl Infants School 19 Dawn Dydd 15 Yw y Borel'; bell below. Windows are multipane sashes with deep and wide chamfered lintels, blue brick voussoirs with heavy keystones at front; cast iron downpipes with some decorative hoppers.
Rockfaced stone roadside wall with moulded brick coping, brick and stone gatepiers octagonal caps, replaced railings.