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Ysgol Calon Cymru
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
College Road, Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3BW · ysgolcalon.cymru · 01982 553292
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected October 2022
- Pupils
- 948
- Local authority
- Powys
- Language
- Welsh and English (dual language)
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 13.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.7%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.7%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 339.1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339.1 | 354.3 | 362.3 | ||
| 39.9 | 38.6 | 41.0 | ||
| 33.6 | 36.0 | 36.6 | ||
| 35.6 | 35.8 | 37.9 | ||
| 30.8 | 29.0 | 33.2 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in October 2022. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · October 2022
- Improve the quality of teaching.
- Strengthen the provision for literacy, numeracy and digital skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen improvement planning processes
- Address the health and safety issues identified during the inspection
All reports
- Oct 2024Monitoring visit
- Oct 2022Inspection reportLast full
Oct 2022Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve the quality of teaching.
- Strengthen the provision for literacy, numeracy and digital skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen improvement planning processes
- Address the health and safety issues identified during the inspection
- Oct 2022Summary for parents and carers