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Ysgol Bro Dinefwr
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Ffairfach, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 6PE · 01558 824800
On the mapSearch near SA19 6PE
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,092
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Language
- Welsh and English (dual language)
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 15.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 11.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 326.9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326.9 | 354.3 | 363.1 | ||
| 38.1 | 38.6 | 41.8 | ||
| 35.5 | 36.0 | 37.6 | ||
| 33.1 | 35.8 | 38.3 | ||
| 35.4 | 29.0 | 31.8 |
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 teaching, paying particular attention to raising teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve and increasing the level of challenge for pupils of… Full report
- Ensure coherent provision to develop pupils' literacy, numeracy and digital skills
- Sharpen self-evaluation and improvement planning arrangements so that leaders evaluate the school's work according to its impact on pupils' progress and… Full report
- Strengthen strategic planning for the curriculum in key stage 4 and the sixth form and whole-school leadership roles and responsibilities
- Improve attendance
- Ensure appropriate management and monitoring of the budget
All reports
- May 2026Monitoring visit
- Dec 2024Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2024Summary for parents and carers
Feb 2017Inspection report4 recommendations
- Reduce the variation in performance in the key performance indicators and improve boys' performance at the higher levels
- Improve attendance
- Sharpen procedures for self-evaluation and improvement planning to include a comprehensive evaluation of the strengths and areas for improvement in teaching
- Ensure that the views of parents and pupils are given due consideration as part of the school's self-evaluation and improvement planning processes