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St. David's High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
St David's Terrace, Saltney, Chester, Flintshire CH4 0AE · stdavidshighschool.org.uk · 01244 671583
Overview
- Estyn
- Special Measures
- Follow-up category · last inspected July 2025
- Pupils
- 351
- Local authority
- Flintshire
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 36.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 15%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 3.1%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 9.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 313.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313.6 | 354.3 | 355.1 | ||
| 33.7 | 38.6 | 38.4 | ||
| 28.9 | 36.0 | 35.7 | ||
| 27.7 | 35.8 | 34.9 | ||
| 30.0 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: special measures. Its last full inspection was in July 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Special MeasuresEstyn page
Recommendations · July 2025
- Strengthen leadership to ensure that leaders at all levels are able to carry out their roles more strategically and be held to account for securing improvement
- Strengthen self-evaluation processes so that leaders have an accurate view of the school's areas for development and plan for improvement precisely
- Improve the quality of teaching
- Improve provision to develop pupils' numeracy skills progressively
- Increase opportunities for pupils to practise and develop their speaking, advanced reading and Welsh language skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen curriculum provision and strategic planning for the Curriculum for Wales, mathematics and Welsh
All reports
- Jul 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Jun 2018Monitoring visit
- Dec 2016Inspection report
- Apr 2011Inspection report