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Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire SA38 9LN · ysgolgyfunemlyn.org.uk · 01239 710447
On the mapSearch near SA38 9LN
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 502
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Language
- Welsh and English (dual language)
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 309.4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309.4 | 354.3 | 380.7 | ||
| 34.9 | 38.6 | 41.7 | ||
| 32.9 | 36.0 | 39.8 | ||
| 33.0 | 35.8 | 40.1 | ||
| 29.4 | 29.0 | 27.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in January 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · January 2026
- Work with the local authority to eliminate the budget deficit
- Sharpen self-evaluation and improvement planning to focus precisely on the elements of teaching that need most improvement
- Ensure that teaching consistently challenges pupils to make strong progress
- Improve attendance
- Increase the opportunities for pupils to undertake leadership roles and whole school responsibilities
All reports
- Jan 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Feb 2021Outcome of Estyn review
Dec 2018Inspection report5 recommendations
- Improve standards in Welsh and increase the use that pupils make of the language
- Improve pupils' attendance, behaviour and their attitudes to learning, especially in key stage 4
- Plan for the progressive development of pupils' information and communication technology (ICT) skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen self-evaluation and improvement planning around pupils' attendance, behaviour and use of Welsh
- Address the budget deficit
- Feb 2014Monitoring visit
- May 2012Inspection report