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Ysgol Maesydderwen
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Tudor Street, Ystradgynlais, Swansea SA9 1AP · 01639 842115
Overview
- Estyn
- Special Measures
- Follow-up category · last inspected March 2025
- Pupils
- 513
- Local authority
- Powys
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 14.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 353.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353.6 | 354.3 | 367.1 | ||
| 37.1 | 38.6 | 39.1 | ||
| 37.0 | 36.0 | 36.8 | ||
| 33.4 | 35.8 | 35.6 | ||
| 31.1 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: special measures. Its last full inspection was in March 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Special MeasuresEstyn page
Recommendations · March 2025
- Improve the quality of teaching to raise expectations and provide appropriate challenge for all pupils, including those with additional learning needs
- Strengthen leadership to ensure leaders at all levels evaluate their work accurately and robustly, and secure the improvements required
- Improve cross-curricular planning to develop pupils' literacy and numeracy skills progressively
- Improve attendance
All reports
- Mar 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Feb 2021Outcome of Estyn review
Oct 2017Inspection report5 recommendations
- Improve standards, particularly at key stage 4 and those of more able pupils, and improve pupils' independent learning skills
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Ensure that leaders at all levels evaluate accurately the effectiveness of their work and act swiftly to address aspects in need of improvement
- Review examination entry policies in English, mathematics and Welsh so that all pupils have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
- Work to reduce the deficit budget.
- Nov 2010Inspection report