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Dylan Thomas Community School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
John Street, Cockett, Swansea SA2 0FR · dylanthomas.school · 01792 610300
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected February 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 695
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 51.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 15.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 5.9%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 13.8%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 313.3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313.3 | 354.3 | 343.6 | ||
| 27.8 | 38.6 | 35.4 | ||
| 25.4 | 36.0 | 32.9 | ||
| 26.1 | 35.8 | 30.8 | ||
| 27.1 | 29.0 | 21.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in February 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · February 2024
- Strengthen the school's self-evaluation and improvement planning procedures, ensuring that leaders evaluate the quality of teaching by its impact on learning
- Address the shortcomings in teaching identified in this report
- Improve planning for curricular continuity between Year 6 and Year 7 and the progressive development of literacy and numeracy skills across subjects
All reports
- Dec 2025Outcome of Estyn review
- Feb 2024Inspection reportLast full
- Feb 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Feb 2016Inspection report
- Feb 2013Monitoring visit
- Jan 2012Monitoring visit