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Ysgol Ardudwy
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Ffordd y Traeth, Harlech, Gwynedd LL46 2UH · 01766 780331
On the mapSearch near LL46 2UH
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2018
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 331
- Local authority
- Gwynedd
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 11.4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 16.4%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 3.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 321.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321.2 | 354.3 | 370.3 | ||
| 39.1 | 38.6 | 42.2 | ||
| 32.9 | 36.0 | 38.3 | ||
| 32.2 | 35.8 | 39.4 | ||
| 31.0 | 29.0 | 38.4 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in December 2018. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning adequate and needs improvement; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Unsatisfactory |
Recommendations · December 2018
- Improve standards in key stage 4
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve provision to develop pupils' literacy skills
- Improve the quality and effect of leadership at all levels
- Improve the use of findings from self-evaluation activities to plan improvement
All reports
- Feb 2022Monitoring visit
- Dec 2018Inspection reportLast full
- Sept 2013Monitoring visit
- May 2012Inspection report