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Olchfa School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Gower Road, Sketty, Swansea SA2 7AB · olchfa.org.uk · 01792 534300
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected November 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,907
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 4.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 5.9%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 40.3%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 408.1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408.1 | 354.3 | 377.5 | ||
| 45.5 | 38.6 | 41.8 | ||
| 45.6 | 36.0 | 40.6 | ||
| 46.0 | 35.8 | 40.5 | ||
| 43.1 | 29.0 | 38.8 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · November 2025
- Share the good practice in questioning to ensure that all teachers use questioning to deepen pupils' understanding and encourage them to explore their thinking.
- Sharpen some aspects of self-evaluation and line management, so that leaders have a consistently detailed and fully accurate picture of all aspects of the… Full report
All reports
- Nov 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2025Summary for parents and carers
Feb 2018Inspection report1 recommendation
- Ensure that all teachers use consistently effective questioning techniques to challenge pupils' thinking and deepen their understanding
- May 2011Inspection report