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The Maelor School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Penley, Wrexham LL13 0LU · maelorschool.org.uk · 01948 830291
On the mapSearch near LL13 0LU
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 787
- Local authority
- Wrexham
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Foundation
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 9.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 11.4%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 402.7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402.7 | 354.3 | 416.6 | ||
| 41.5 | 38.6 | 46.2 | ||
| 42.4 | 36.0 | 44.9 | ||
| 44.7 | 35.8 | 44.9 | ||
| 42.6 | 29.0 | 18.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in December 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · December 2025
- Continue to work towards reducing the budget deficit
- Ensure that all leaders, particularly middle leaders, evaluate provision by its impact on pupils' learning
- Improve rates of whole school attendance
- Strengthen the provision for the progressive development of pupils' literacy skills, in particular their advanced reading skills
All reports
- Dec 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Mar 2021Outcome of Estyn review
Feb 2019Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve standards, particularly at key stage 4
- Improve the quality of teaching
- Improve leadership at all levels, including the rigour and effectiveness of quality improvement processes
- Address the health and safety concerns raised during the inspection
- Mar 2014Inspection report