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Ysgol Y Moelwyn
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Heol Wynne, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3DW · 01766 830435
On the mapSearch near LL41 3DW
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected July 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 355
- Local authority
- Gwynedd
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 28.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 4.1%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 367.6 (Wales: 354.3).
Welsh Government’s interim Key Stage 4 measures for Year 11 (points scores), from My Local School, and never set beside England’s.
Capped 9
| 2024/25 · points | Trend | School | Wales | Similar schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367.6 | 354.3 | 377.4 | ||
| 42.9 | 38.6 | 42.0 | ||
| 37.1 | 36.0 | 36.9 | ||
| 36.0 | 35.8 | 37.5 | ||
| 40.3 | 29.0 | 31.4 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in July 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · July 2026
- Strengthen self-evaluation processes, particularly the use of data, to ensure that improvement priorities are incisive enough
- Ensure co-ordinated provision to develop numeracy in relevant subjects
- Disseminate the strong teaching practices seen in the best lessons to ensure consistency in the quality of teaching across the school
All reports
- Jul 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2026Summary for parents and carers
Oct 2017Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve standards, particularly in key stage 4 and English
- Ensure that the leadership team's duties enable them to address improving standards in full
- Ensure that leaders evaluate provision, particularly interventions, as a result of their effect on pupils' progress and achievement
- Improve the quality of assessment, and ensure that teachers provide specific feedback and that pupils respond meaningfully to that feedback
- Feb 2014Inspection report