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Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Ffordd Llanbadarn, Llangawsai, Aberystwyth SY23 3QN · penweddig.ceredigion.sch.uk · 01970 639499
On the mapSearch near SY23 3QN
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 587
- Local authority
- Ceredigion
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 5.4%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 8.4%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.4%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 398.5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398.5 | 354.3 | 384.9 | ||
| 44.9 | 38.6 | 43.5 | ||
| 41.4 | 36.0 | 40.8 | ||
| 41.4 | 35.8 | 40.4 | ||
| 41.2 | 29.0 | 40.2 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in December 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · December 2024
- Improve aspects of teaching to raise expectations and the level of challenge and meet the needs of all pupils
- Co-ordinate provision to develop pupils' skills across the curriculum so that pupils make continuous progress
- Ensure that leaders evaluate the school's work by its effect on pupils' standards
All reports
- Sept 2026Interim visit letter
- Dec 2024Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2018Outcome of Estyn review
Jan 2017Inspection report6 recommendations
- Improve pupils' standards and progress, particularly boys in key stage 4
- Improve attendance
- Improve the quality of teaching and ensure that provision enables pupils to achieve to the best of their ability
- Strengthen arrangements for tracking pupils' progress and setting targets for them
- Improve the quality and effectiveness of self-evaluation and planning for improvement
- Work effectively in order to eliminate the budget deficit
- Mar 2013Monitoring visit
- Oct 2011Inspection report