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Cowbridge School
All-through · Ages 3–19 · Middle school (ages 3-19)
Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Cowbridge CF71 7EN · cowbridgecomprehensiveschool.co.uk · 01446 772311
On the mapSearch near CF71 7EN
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected March 2026
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,559
- Local authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 6.2%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 3.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.4%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 8.5%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 427.5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427.5 | 354.3 | 416.6 | ||
| 47.4 | 38.6 | 46.2 | ||
| 47.2 | 36.0 | 44.9 | ||
| 46.6 | 35.8 | 44.9 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 18.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in March 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
- Previous inspection
- None other
Recommendations · March 2026
- Strengthen strategic leadership to better support teaching and learning in foundation learning.
- Improve attendance
- Ensure that pupils have access to the full range of learning experiences until the end of Year 9 to conform to Welsh Government guidance
All reports
- Mar 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2026Summary for parents and carers