Schools by area › Powys › Brecon High School

Brecon High School

Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school

Penlan, Brecon, Powys LD3 9SR · brecon-hs.powys.sch.uk · 01874 622361

On the map Search near LD3 9SR

Overview

Estyn: Inspected November 2018; Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category

Pupils: 557
Local authority: Powys
Language: English medium; School language category, Welsh Government
Governance: Community; Welsh Government address list
Free school meals: 10.3%; 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
Learning needs: 8.4%; Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
Still learning English: 3%; Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
Minority ethnic: 8.8%; StatsWales 2025/26

From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.

Results

Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 385.0 (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

School	Wales	Similar schools
385.0	354.3	383.7
41.2	38.6	42.6
38.1	36.0	40.9
40.3	35.8	40.3
39.5	29.0	41.2

Estyn

Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2018. 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 unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Care, support and guidance adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.

Last full inspection: November 2018; Published 31 Jan 2019
Latest report: Dec 2025; Monitoring visit

Estyn page

Judgements · 2017 framework

Standards	Adequate
Wellbeing and attitudes to learning	Adequate
Teaching and learning experiences	Unsatisfactory
Care, support and guidance	Adequate
Leadership and management	Unsatisfactory

Recommendations · November 2018

Improve standards at key stage 4, including those of more able pupils
Improve attendance
Improve the learning experiences of pupils including the quality of teaching, the curriculum at key stage 4 and the provision to develop their skills
Improve the quality and impact of leaders at all levels including their ability to self-evaluate robustly and accurately to support effective school improvement
Provide robust financial management
Address the health and safety issue raised during the inspection

All reports

Also near this school

Ysgol y BannauNearest primary school · 0.22 mi
Gwernyfed High SchoolSecondary · 9.38 mi
Crickhowell High SchoolSecondary · 12.11 mi
Pen-Y-Dre High SchoolSecondary · 12.75 mi
Brynmawr Foundation SchoolSecondary · 13.69 mi
Ysgol Calon CymruSecondary · 13.83 mi

All schools in Powys