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St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Argae Lane, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF63 1BL · 01446 729250
On the mapSearch near CF63 1BL
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected July 2025
- Pupils
- 817
- Local authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Voluntary aided
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 4.9%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 25.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 394.7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394.7 | 354.3 | 375.9 | ||
| 42.2 | 38.6 | 41.1 | ||
| 36.1 | 36.0 | 38.2 | ||
| 38.7 | 35.8 | 39.6 | ||
| 38.9 | 29.0 | 28.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in July 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · July 2025
- Improve the consistency of quality teaching across the school
- Strengthen the strategic leadership of skills so that pupils have challenging and progressive opportunities to improve their literacy, numeracy and digital… Full report
- Improve the planning and provision for pupils with ALN
- Ensure that school improvement processes focus precisely on the impact of provision on pupils' learning and progress
- Strengthen accountability at all levels
All reports
- Jul 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2018Outcome of Estyn review
May 2017Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve standards in key stage 4
- Improve the quality of teaching
- Reduce persistent absence
- Strengthen arrangements for improvement planning
- Jan 2011Inspection report