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Pencoedtre High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Merthyr Dyfan Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 9YQ · pencoedtrehigh.org.uk · 01446 403500
On the mapSearch near CF62 9YQ
Overview
- Estyn
- Special Measures
- Follow-up category · last inspected November 2022
- Pupils
- 1,061
- Local authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 16.9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 12%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 245.1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245.1 | 354.3 | 332.9 | ||
| 30.0 | 38.6 | 35.0 | ||
| 25.2 | 36.0 | 31.8 | ||
| 22.2 | 35.8 | 31.0 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 28.2 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: special measures. Its last full inspection was in November 2022. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
- Previous inspection
- None other
Special MeasuresEstyn page
Recommendations · November 2022
- Improve strategic leadership and accountability at all levels, including the school's approach to self-evaluation and improvement planning
- Improve the provision and strategic approach to supporting pupils' attendance and behaviour
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the strategic leadership and quality of the provision for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN), and the general oversight of the range of… Full report
- Improve the provision to develop the standards of pupils' skills
- Address the issue regarding site security at the front entrance of the school
All reports
- Nov 2022Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2022Summary for parents and carers