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Porth Community School
All-through · Ages 3–16 · Middle school (ages 3-16)
Cemetery Road, Porth CF39 0BS · 01443 682137
On the mapSearch near CF39 0BS
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected November 2019
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 927
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 26.7%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 9.6%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.6%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.4%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 379.9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379.9 | 354.3 | 354.3 | ||
| 36.7 | 38.6 | 36.6 | ||
| 35.8 | 36.0 | 34.6 | ||
| 37.4 | 35.8 | 35.0 | ||
| 41.8 | 29.0 | 34.3 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2019. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning adequate and needs improvement; Teaching and learning experiences unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Care, support and guidance adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management adequate and needs improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Unsatisfactory |
| Care, support and guidance | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Adequate |
Recommendations · November 2019
- Raise standards across the school including improving pupils' skills
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Strengthen the provision for progressive development of pupils' skills across the curriculum
- Improve pupils' attendance
- Improve leadership at all levels
All reports
- Jun 2026Interim visit letter
- Jul 2022Monitoring visit
- Nov 2019Inspection reportLast full