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Gwernyfed High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Three Cocks, Brecon, Powys LD3 0SG · gwernyfed-hs.powys.sch.uk · 01497 847445
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected March 2020
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 505
- Local authority
- Powys
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 9.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 4.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 412.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412.6 | 354.3 | 416.6 | ||
| 45.7 | 38.6 | 46.2 | ||
| 40.4 | 36.0 | 44.9 | ||
| 42.8 | 35.8 | 44.9 | ||
| 45.6 | 29.0 | 18.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in March 2020. 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 adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Adequate |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Unsatisfactory |
Recommendations · March 2020
- Improve the progress that all pupils make in lessons, including in the development of their literacy and numeracy skills and Welsh language development
- Improve attendance overall and the attitudes to learning of a few pupils
- Strengthen the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the quality and impact of leadership at all levels, particularly by strengthening improvement processes
- Address the health and safety issues raised during the inspection
All reports
- Jul 2024Monitoring visit
- Oct 2022Monitoring visit
- Mar 2020Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2016Monitoring visit
- Sept 2013Inspection report