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St Joseph's RC School and 6th Form Centre
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Newton Avenue, Aberavon, Port Talbot SA12 6EY · 01639 884305
On the mapSearch near SA12 6EY
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected March 2026
- Pupils
- 835
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Voluntary aided
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 13.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 6.4%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 23.7%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 325.5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 325.5 | 354.3 | 332.9 | ||
| 38.6 | 38.6 | 35.0 | ||
| 34.2 | 36.0 | 31.8 | ||
| 33.8 | 35.8 | 31.0 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 28.2 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in March 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · March 2026
- Ensure senior leadership roles and responsibilities are defined clearly and balanced well and that leaders at all levels hold staff to account fully for their… Full report
- Strengthen self-evaluation and improvement planning processes.
- Improve provision for pupils' reading and writing skills so that they have meaningful and challenging opportunities to develop these skills across the… Full report
- Improve the effectiveness of teaching.
- Improve the coordination of provision to develop pupils' numeracy and digital skills.
All reports
- Mar 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Apr 2021Outcome of Estyn review
Oct 2019Inspection report6 recommendations
- Improve standards, particularly in terms of pupils' skills
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the quality and impact of strategic leadership
- Improve attendance
- Ensure robust financial management
- Respond to the wellbeing issues identified during the inspection
- Oct 2014Monitoring visit
- Feb 2013Inspection report