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Rhyl High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Grange Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 4BY · rhylhigh.denbighshire.sch.uk · 01745 343533
On the mapSearch near LL18 4BY
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected July 2026
- Pupils
- 1,167
- Local authority
- Denbighshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 29.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 8.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.8%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.8%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 342.3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342.3 | 354.3 | 354.1 | ||
| 34.2 | 38.6 | 37.5 | ||
| 29.6 | 36.0 | 34.2 | ||
| 29.2 | 35.8 | 34.5 | ||
| 26.5 | 29.0 | 27.8 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in July 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · July 2026
- Improve the quality of teaching so that pupils of all abilities make good progress
- Strengthen the leadership of, and provision for, the progressive development of pupils' literacy and numeracy skills
- Improve attendance
- Strengthen strategic leadership and accountability at all levels, particularly in relation to teaching and learning
- Refine self-evaluation and improvement planning so that leaders at all levels focus precisely on the impact of teaching on pupils' progress and skills
All reports
- Jul 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2026Summary for parents and carers
Oct 2022Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment so that pupils of all abilities engage and make strong progress
- Provide worthwhile opportunities for pupils to develop their skills particularly literacy across the curriculum
- Improve all leaders' ability to evaluate the quality of teaching and its impact on pupils' progress and skills development
- Oct 2022Summary for parents and carers
- May 2014Inspection report