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Darland High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Chester Road, Rossett, Wrexham LL12 0DL · 01244 570588
On the mapSearch near LL12 0DL
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2019
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 682
- Local authority
- Wrexham
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 12.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 9.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.5%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 15.1%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 356.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356.6 | 354.3 | 377.5 | ||
| 42.2 | 38.6 | 41.8 | ||
| 42.2 | 36.0 | 40.6 | ||
| 40.0 | 35.8 | 40.5 | ||
| 34.6 | 29.0 | 38.8 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in January 2019. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards adequate and needs improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning adequate and needs improvement; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance good; Leadership and management adequate and needs improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Adequate |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Good |
| Leadership and management | Adequate |
Recommendations · January 2019
- Raise standards, particularly at key stage 4, including those of the more able
- Improve attendance
- Strengthen the quality of teaching to improve the progress that pupils make in lessons
- Improve the quality and impact of self-evaluation and improvement planning
All reports
- Mar 2021Outcome of Estyn review
- Jan 2019Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Oct 2013Inspection report