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Penyrheol Comprehensive School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Pontarddulais Road, Gorseinon, Swansea SA4 4FG · penyrheol-comp.net · 01792 533066
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected July 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 860
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 20.7%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 9.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- 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: 329.8 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329.8 | 354.3 | 365.5 | ||
| 37.4 | 38.6 | 40.6 | ||
| 32.7 | 36.0 | 37.8 | ||
| 35.4 | 35.8 | 37.9 | ||
| 36.2 | 29.0 | 26.3 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in July 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · July 2026
- Improve attendance
- Strengthen the school's strategies to develop pupils' numeracy skills
- Sharpen improvement planning
- Improve the use of Welsh outside the Welsh classroom to further develop pupils' language skills.
All reports
- Jul 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2026Summary for parents and carers
Oct 2018Inspection report3 recommendations
- Improve standards of pupils' literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
- Improve planning to address any weaknesses in teaching and assessment
- Improve provision to develop pupils' Welsh language skills in situations other than Welsh lessons
- Sept 2013Inspection report