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Afon Taf High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Yew Street, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 4ED · afontaf.merthyr.sch.uk · 01685 351830
On the mapSearch near CF48 4ED
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 798
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 19.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 9.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.4%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 4.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 380.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380.6 | 354.3 | 369.8 | ||
| 42.1 | 38.6 | 39.9 | ||
| 38.4 | 36.0 | 38.2 | ||
| 39.7 | 35.8 | 37.8 | ||
| 42.4 | 29.0 | 38.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in December 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · December 2025
- Continue to develop a coherent approach to the progressive development of pupils' skills, particularly their reading and numeracy skills
- Increase the precision of self-evaluation and improvement processes
All reports
- Dec 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Dec 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Mar 2021Outcome of Estyn review
Feb 2019Inspection report5 recommendations
- Improve standards at key stage 4, particularly in English and mathematics
- Strengthen the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the planning for progression in developing pupils' literacy, numeracy and digital skills
- Strengthen leadership at all levels, including that for additional learning needs and personal and social education
- Improve the quality of self-evaluation and improvement planning
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Mar 2014Inspection report