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Aberdare Community School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Ynys Road, Ynys, Aberdare CF44 7RP · 01685 888500
On the mapSearch near CF44 7RP
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected March 2026
- Pupils
- 1,227
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.5%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.5%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 356.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356.2 | 354.3 | 354.1 | ||
| 35.9 | 38.6 | 37.5 | ||
| 33.2 | 36.0 | 34.2 | ||
| 33.9 | 35.8 | 34.5 | ||
| 41.1 | 29.0 | 27.8 |
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
- Strengthen strategic leadership and accountability at all levels
- Improve the quality and impact of teaching so that it supports all pupils to make strong progress
- Improve the leadership of and provision for the progressive development of pupils' literacy and numeracy skills
- Strengthen the rigour and precision of self-evaluation and improvement processes
- Improve attendance
All reports
- Mar 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Oct 2021Monitoring visit
Mar 2018Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve attendance and behaviour
- Improve the quality and consistency of teaching and assessment
- Improve pupil standards and progress
- Improve the rigour and effectiveness of self-evaluation and improvement planning