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Tonyrefail Community School
All-through · Ages 3–19 · Middle school (ages 3-19)
Gilfach Road, Tonyrefail CF39 8HG · 01443 670647
On the mapSearch near CF39 8HG
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected July 2026
- Pupils
- 1,707
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 19.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.1%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 392.9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392.9 | 354.3 | 358.6 | ||
| 39.2 | 38.6 | 37.9 | ||
| 36.9 | 36.0 | 34.5 | ||
| 35.9 | 35.8 | 34.9 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 28.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in July 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · July 2026
- Strengthen the quality and impact of evaluation and improvement processes
- Improve the quality of teaching so that pupils in all phases make strong progress
- Improve the strategic leadership and coordination of the provision for the progressive development of pupils' literacy, numeracy and Welsh skills
- Improve attendance, particularly for pupils who are eligible for free school meals
- Ensure that the curriculum up to Year 9 enables pupils to build progressively on their learning
All reports
- Jul 2026Report
- Jul 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Jul 2026Report
May 2022Inspection report4 recommendations
- Ensure that self-evaluation activities focus on pupils' progress and skills development, and link clearly to precise, robust improvement planning
- Strengthen provision for and monitoring of the progressive development of pupils' skills across the school
- Improve provision for developing pupils' Welsh language skills and the promotion of the advantages of learning Welsh, particularly in the middle and upper… Full report
- Ensure that teachers consistently plan and deliver sessions that meet the needs of all pupils, particularly the more able