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Birchgrove
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Birchgrove Road, Swansea SA7 9NB · 01792 535400
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected October 2019
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 722
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 12.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 3.1%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 10.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 322.7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322.7 | 354.3 | 358.6 | ||
| 33.1 | 38.6 | 37.9 | ||
| 29.8 | 36.0 | 34.5 | ||
| 28.3 | 35.8 | 34.9 | ||
| 30.3 | 29.0 | 28.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in October 2019. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards good; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning excellent; Teaching and learning experiences good; Care, support and guidance excellent; Leadership and management good.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Good |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Excellent |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Good |
| Care, support and guidance | Excellent |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Recommendations · October 2019
- Strengthen the co-ordination of literacy to ensure a worthwhile range of activities across the curriculum to secure the progressive development of pupils'… Full report
- Improve the impact that teachers' feedback has on pupils' progress
- Improve standards in Welsh, particularly at key stage 4
All reports
- Sept 2024Interim visit letter
- Oct 2019Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2013Inspection report